In the LHA ghetto
LHA dolce vita? Tabloid reports that benefit recipients are living the high life focus on exceptional cases. The April 2008 roll-out of the local housing allowance (LHA) wasn’t expected to…
Tag: councils
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Council tenant rent cut causing confusion
While council leaders welcomed the government’s announcement last week that it will limit the level of rent increases for council tenants, many say they are unclear how the shortfall will…
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Leicestershire rejects eco-town
Leicestershire county council has voted to object to plans for the proposed 15,000-home Pennbury eco-town. The authority met on Tuesday and decided to object to the plans on the ground…
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Housing need study
The government has announced it is to commission a major study into housing need to determine whether people want to rent, buy or are interested in shared ownership. The findings…
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Stock transfer is a continuing success
Housing associations who inherited council housing have been ‘highly successful’ in delivering improvements to tenants, new research by the Joseph Rowntree Association has found. More than one million tenants have…
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Council tax âstealthâ increases
Since the Labour government came to power in 1997 more than 100,000 properties have moved into a higher council tax band because of home improvements. Critics are arguing that the…
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‘Drop outs’ will top 1 million
The number of young people not in employment, education and training (neets) is expected to total one million by September research by the Local Government Association has found. Much earlier…
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Housing minister to âdismantleâ the housing finance system
John Healey is expected to announce details of a consultation to allow councils to keep the proceeds of council house sales and the revenue from rent, after revealing last night…
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Local councils will not receive any more money
Treasury minister John Healey warned local councils they would receive no more money than the funding agreement already struck allowed, while council taxes could be capped to stop them passing…
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Hundreds of thousands affected in council tax cover up
Hundreds of thousands of households have been overcharged in a âcouncil tax cover upâ according to the Telegraph. According to leaked minutes, the Treasury has known since at least 2005…