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Bid to prevent rent increase fails
Monday 23rd February 2009The Local Government Association announced two weeks ago that it was planning meetings with ministers last week to persuade them ...
Beckett backs council-led building
Friday 6th February 2009In a historic move, housing minister Margaret Beckett announced this week that councils will be allowed to keep the rental ...
What a waste
Friday 6th February 2009As housing waiting lists grow and social house building grinds to a halt, hundreds of thousands of homes like these ...
Grant rates rise for associations
Friday 6th February 2009The Homes and Communities Agency is upping grant rates for social housing schemes threatened by the credit crunch, according to ...
Brown to rewrite council rule book
Friday 6th February 2009Mr Brown promised last week to overcome barriers that caused council house building to nosedive to just 340 in England ...