Fear of return to council ghettos
Housing associations are to stop building mixed estates of privately owned and social rented homes because of the credit crunch, leading to fears of a return to ‘council ghettosâ says…
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Social tenants in Northern Ireland can buy share of home
Social housing tenants can now apply to buy a share in their home, Margaret Ritchie, social development minister announced yesterday. Tenants with more than five years tenancy can purchase a…
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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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Social tenancy scheme falls short
A scheme to help social tenants buy their homes is likely to fall far short of its target to fund nearly 2,000 purchases over the next three years. Only 62…
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Banks âprejudicedâ against low cost housing
The National Housing Federation says banks are turning away £1 billion of business because of prejudice against low cost housing. The banks are refusing to lend to people on modest…
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More affordable housing
There were more affordable homes created this year than in any year since 1996/7, the government said yesterday. Some 53,730 affordable homes were provided in England in 2007/8, an increase…
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Empty homes could house homeless, Tories say
The Conservatives have unveiled a plan to tackle social housing waiting lists by bringing empty homes back into use. Tory leader David Cameron pledged to make it easier for social…
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London’s mayor to ‘jump start’ the housing market
Boris Johnson has pledged to help Londoners needing affordable housing and cut social housing waiting lists, in his £5 billion draft housing strategy being unveiled today. He said he would…
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Mounting fears over future of housing associations
The financial health of some of Britain’s largest housing associations (HAs) is being questioned following the admission on Tuesday by the Tenant Services Authority that six were on a watch…
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Young excluded from home ownership
Fewer young people are living independently than ten years ago, and more households in the private rented sector are headed by young people aged 16-24 than in owner occupation and…