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Grant for shared ownership could be diverted back into social rent, says former LUHC chair
The former chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee said grant could be switched from shared ...
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Grant for shared ownership could be diverted back to social rent, former LUHC chair says
The former chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee said grant could be switched from shared ...
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More than half of planning teams lack capacity to meet strategic goals such as housing targets
More than half of planning and placemaking professionals say their teams lack the capacity to meet strategic goals beyond ...
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How housing providers can use grants to meet national demand for temporary accommodation
There are government funds available for registered providers to use, but the process is far from straightforward, writes Leo Stevens, a partner at Devonshires #UKhousing As registered providers (RPs) ...
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What does a truly accessible new home look like?
Amy Francis-Smith is senior architect at Pinnegar Hayward Design LLP, and is also a disability access consultant and spokesperson The way we design and construct houses needs to be radically ...
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Council spending on temporary accommodation tops £2.2bn
Council spending on emergency temporary accommodation has reached £2.29bn, according to new provisional government figures #UKhousing Covering the period from April 2023 to March 2024, the spend ...
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Welsh housing sector bodies publish revised Housing First principles
Cymorth Cymru and the Housing First Wales Network have released revised national principles for the Housing First service #UKhousing The most prominent change is a switch in focus from rough sleeping ...
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Nearly 100 families face eviction after council confirms it will close housing company
Nearly 100 families have been told they will have to leave their homes after a South East council confirmed it will close down its wholly-owned housing company. Nearly 100 families have been told they ...
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South East landlord removes term ‘vulnerable’ from its policies
Eastlight Community Homes has stopped using the word ‘vulnerable’ to describe individuals or groups in its documentation, deeming the term a “meaningless” adjective. Hattie Llewelyn-Davies, chair of ...
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Ministers eye 200 stalled schemes as New Homes Accelerator launched
The government is stepping up its homebuilding efforts with the launch of a new expert group today, which it hopes will unlock thousands of homes blocked in the planning system. The government is ...
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CPD webinar on demand: How can social landlords assess whether retrofit is delivering intended performance improvements?
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Take-off time for council housing companies?
There are scores of local authority-owned housing companies, but are they ever likely to deliver new homes on an impressive scale? Steve Sampson reports. Illustration by Peter Crowther There are ...