Empty Homes Agency calls for public action
To mark next week’s national empty homes week, the Empty Homes Agency (EHA) has launched a new website and called on the public to report run-down and empty homes, to…
Tag: Communities
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Grants for social landlords
The Tenant Services Authority is offering social landlords small grants to help them develop ‘local deals’ with their tenants. Grants up to £9,000 will be made available to housing associations,…
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Time to take off the blinkers
The stigmatisation of council tenants has become commonplace, aided by a government determined to erode a form of tenure that, only a generation ago, housed a third of our population.…
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Plan for another 20,000 social homes
Details of Gordon Brownâs plan to boost social housing were revealed in the House of Commons yesterday. He announced he would pump £2.1 billion into building affordable housing, including an…
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Scarborough is Europeâs most enterprising place
The north Yorkshire town of Scarborough has beaten Valencia in Spain, Helsinki, Finlandâs capital and 350 other towns to be named the most enterprising place in Europe. Scarboroughâs work to…
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Freeing councils will spur recovery, says Blears
Communities minister Hazel Blears told parliament yesterday that economic recovery rested in giving local people more say in the decisions that affect them. She said it was vital that councils…
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Government to impose minimum design standards
Communities secretary Hazel Blears launched a strategy to improve design standards in new public buildings. She said that badly designed estates and low quality neighbourhoods âencourage crime, undermine communities, deter…
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Pathfinder scheme to get £350 million
Iain Wright, junior housing minister, confirmed yesterday that almost £350 million will be made available in the next financial year through the Homes and Communities Agency to help regenerate local…
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Eco development given planning permission
An eco-village in South Gloucestershire, which has been billed as Englandâs first large scale zero carbon development, has been given full planning permission. Hanham Hall, a development between Barratt Developments…
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Supercities to transform UK
A report has said that five new supercities will evolve in the coming 20 years as the country increasingly focuses on new economic endeavours based on scientific innovation. The report…