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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...
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24 Jul 18
Expensive rents and a lack of social homes have caused a 73% rise in homelessness among working people, a charity has said.
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19 Jul 18
The government has adopted proposals for council tax on empty homes to be quadrupled.
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18 Jul 18
Haringey Council has voted to bury the controversial development scheme aiming to join forces with the private sector to build more housing.
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18 Jul 18
Proposals to ban Grenfell-style combustible cladding on high-rise blocks do not go far enough and must be extended to other buildings, say MPs.
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18 Jul 18
Council leaders have urged the Lords to back a bill to double council tax premiums on empty homes in England in order to tackle a “chronic housing shortage”.
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17 Jul 18
A “disastrous” Ministry of Defence property deal could get worse when rental rates are reviewed in 2021, MPs have said.
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13 Jul 18
Housing associations should be doing more to help unemployed social renters back into work, a think-tank has said.
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13 Jul 18
Local authorities need to put in place 25-year infrastructure plans to deliver economic and social benefits, Lord Andrew Adonis told the CIPFA conference yesterday.
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6 Jul 18
A commission has been launched to help English councils halt the “runaway train of increasing homelessness”.
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 18Councils may be urged to take action against the owners of buildings who do not remove Grenfell-style cladding from their properties.
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...
17 Aug 18The government has launched a pilot allowing housing association tenants to buy their social homes.
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.
3 Aug 18Grenfell Tower will come under central government control, it has been announced.
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...
24 Jul 18Expensive rents and a lack of social homes have caused a 73% rise in homelessness among working people, a charity has said.
18 Jul 18Haringey Council has voted to bury the controversial development scheme aiming to join forces with the private sector to build more housing.
17 Jul 18A “disastrous” Ministry of Defence property deal could get worse when rental rates are reviewed in 2021, MPs have said.
13 Jul 18Housing associations should be doing more to help unemployed social renters back into work, a think-tank has said.
13 Jul 18Local authorities need to put in place 25-year infrastructure plans to deliver economic and social benefits, Lord Andrew Adonis told the CIPFA conference yesterday.
