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22 Oct 18
Adopting international accounting standards would keep council house borrowing off the national debt and allow real fiscal autonomy, says Chartered Institute of Housing’s policy adviser John...
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19 Oct 18
Councils’ housing revenue account borrowing cap will be scrapped before the end of the month, the communities secretary has revealed.
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18 Oct 18
The first round of funding to remove Grenfell-style cladding has been released to local authorities and housing associations today.
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5 Oct 18
Local Government Information Unit's chief executive Jonathan Carr-West mulls over what came out of the Conservative Party Conference for the public sector.
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4 Oct 18
Right to buy is costing English councils £1bn - £300m net - a year and cutting the discounts could lead to an extra 12,000 homes being built every year, a trade body has said.
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3 Oct 18
The government has given a welcome boost to council borrowing for public purpose, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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3 Oct 18
The cap on how much councils can borrow against their housing revenue account will be scrapped and austerity brought to an end, Theresa May announced in her speech to the Conservative Party...
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1 Oct 18
The government is to ban use of combustible materials for all new high-rise residential building, communities secretary James Brokenshire said today.
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27 Sep 18
Theresa May has pledged to hand £2bn to housing associations over the course of seven years from 2022. Jeremy Earnshaw, chief financial officer at housing association Your Housing Group, writes about...
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25 Sep 18
Ken Lee, chair of CIPFA’s housing panel, says there are plenty of actions the government can take if it wants to send a positive message about social housing.
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24 Sep 18
Labour would bring in a new tax on holiday homes and set up a national housing department, the party’s shadow housing secretary has told its annual conference.
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19 Sep 18
Funding to build more housing should go to councils – not just housing associations – and must be made available now, council leaders have urged.
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10 Sep 18
Councils may be urged to take action against the owners of buildings who do not remove Grenfell-style cladding from their properties.
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10 Sep 18
Low pay and the high cost of renting make home ownership a “pipe dream” for most public sector workers, a trade union has said.
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6 Sep 18
Personal debt is costing the UK economy £900m every year, the public spending watchdog has warned today.
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30 Aug 18
The government must end the freeze on private rent housing benefits to help low income tenants cover their rent, a housing group has urged.
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21 Aug 18
Allowing councils to buy agricultural land at ‘fair market value’ could ease the housing crisis, housing groups and think-tanks have said.
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21 Aug 18
The long-awaited social housing green paper, published last week, pledged to support local authorities to build more. But the Chartered Institute of Housing’s David Pipe says it did not go far...
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17 Aug 18
The government has launched a pilot allowing housing association tenants to buy their social homes.
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14 Aug 18
The government has come under fire from campaign groups for failing to commit new funding to boost social housing, in its long-awaited green paper released today.
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13 Aug 18
A £100m homelessness strategy to help end rough sleeping in the UK by 2027 has been announced by the government.
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9 Aug 18
Ministers have abandoned plans to change the way rent for people in supported housing is paid and confirmed it will remain within the welfare system.
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3 Aug 18
Grenfell Tower will come under central government control, it has been announced.
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3 Aug 18
Rents in England have risen 60% faster than wages since 2011, a housing charity has said.
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26 Jul 18
Council leaders have praised the government’s “positive” u-turn on the definition of affordable housing but said it was “hugely disappointing” that local authorities would be punished for low build...
22 Oct 18Adopting international accounting standards would keep council house borrowing off the national debt and allow real fiscal autonomy, says Chartered Institute of Housing’s policy adviser John...
19 Oct 18Councils’ housing revenue account borrowing cap will be scrapped before the end of the month, the communities secretary has revealed.
18 Oct 18The first round of funding to remove Grenfell-style cladding has been released to local authorities and housing associations today.
5 Oct 18Local Government Information Unit's chief executive Jonathan Carr-West mulls over what came out of the Conservative Party Conference for the public sector.
4 Oct 18Right to buy is costing English councils £1bn - £300m net - a year and cutting the discounts could lead to an extra 12,000 homes being built every year, a trade body has said.
3 Oct 18The government has given a welcome boost to council borrowing for public purpose, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
3 Oct 18The cap on how much councils can borrow against their housing revenue account will be scrapped and austerity brought to an end, Theresa May announced in her speech to the Conservative Party...
1 Oct 18The government is to ban use of combustible materials for all new high-rise residential building, communities secretary James Brokenshire said today.
25 Sep 18Ken Lee, chair of CIPFA’s housing panel, says there are plenty of actions the government can take if it wants to send a positive message about social housing.
24 Sep 18Labour would bring in a new tax on holiday homes and set up a national housing department, the party’s shadow housing secretary has told its annual conference.
19 Sep 18Funding to build more housing should go to councils – not just housing associations – and must be made available now, council leaders have urged.
10 Sep 18Low pay and the high cost of renting make home ownership a “pipe dream” for most public sector workers, a trade union has said.
6 Sep 18Personal debt is costing the UK economy £900m every year, the public spending watchdog has warned today.
30 Aug 18The government must end the freeze on private rent housing benefits to help low income tenants cover their rent, a housing group has urged.
21 Aug 18Allowing councils to buy agricultural land at ‘fair market value’ could ease the housing crisis, housing groups and think-tanks have said.
21 Aug 18The long-awaited social housing green paper, published last week, pledged to support local authorities to build more. But the Chartered Institute of Housing’s David Pipe says it did not go far...
13 Aug 18A £100m homelessness strategy to help end rough sleeping in the UK by 2027 has been announced by the government.
9 Aug 18Ministers have abandoned plans to change the way rent for people in supported housing is paid and confirmed it will remain within the welfare system.
26 Jul 18Council leaders have praised the government’s “positive” u-turn on the definition of affordable housing but said it was “hugely disappointing” that local authorities would be punished for low build...
