CLG lets landlords decide decent homes standard
The government has dropped the method it uses to check the number of social homes that meet its decency standard. In the past, Communities and Local Government (CLG) has used…
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Lunchtime news June 15
London’s suburbs are in danger of becoming dormitories with no jobs as they gear up for more new homes, according to a report by the London Assembly. Housing associations will…
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ALMOs discuss decent homes delivery
The UK’s leading arms length management organisations (ALMOs) are meeting to discuss the most effective way of progressing towards the 2012 deadline for all homes to meet the decent homes…
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Lunchtime news June 21
The government will amend the law so that people leaving the armed services do not fail to get priority for social housing because they lack a local connection, housing minister…
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Poor housing affects the Northâs economy
Meanwhile a report has found that poor quality housing is holding back the economic potential of the North. The report says that northern towns and cities have a poor range…
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Third of families in non-decent homes
The Office for National Statistics has released its annual snapshot of life in Britain. It found there were 25 million households in the UK, with the average household numbering between…
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CLG to reveal its budget cuts
Communities and Local Government will reveal before 21 July which of its programmes’ budgets are to be cut to help fund the £1.5 billion housing package, and has suggested the…
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Lunchtime news Friday 16 November 2025
Beleaguered bank, Northern Rock, is expected to receive as many as eight offers – some priced ‘aggressively low’ – to buy all or some of it, as the deadline closes…
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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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HCA unveils insulation funding
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has published guidance on how social landlords can bid for part of the additional £84 million funding package to cover cavity wall insulation. The…