LAs not buying unsold properties
Social landlords in the 20 areas with the longest social housing waiting lists have bought only 20 properties between them through the government’s £200 million rescue package. Just four local…
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Huge drop in social housing predicted
Housing associations have warned that without urgent government intervention there will be a ‘catastrophic’ collapse in the provision of new social housing. The 1,900 social landlords have urged ministers to…
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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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Tenants launch alternative housing plan
Tenants First has outlined proposals for a public housing strategy to meet the housing crisis. It calls for the establishment of a £3 billion fund to be used for a…
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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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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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Bid to entice institutions into investment in housing
The Homes and Communities Agency is in talks with groups such as Legal & General about the way for institutional investors to build social housing. Gordon Brown is keen to…
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Social landlords have no duty of care
The House of Lords has ruled that social landlords to not have a duty of care to their tenants, after an elderly man was murdered by his neighbour. The man’s…
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Council tenant evictions
Twice as many people are losing their homes due to evictions by social landlords than mortgage repossessions, Shelter Scotland has warned. It found that 13.1 out of every thousand social…
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Asbestos risks in social housing
A report looking at how asbestos is managed and removed from peopleâs homes has revealed major differences in how local authorities and registered social landlords notify tenants of the likely…