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Temporary gas supplies to bring homes into use
Tuesday 7th July 2009Temporary gas supplies are being introduced in empty council houses in a bid to cut waiting times for prospective tenants. ...
Uncertainty over source of £1.5bn housing fund
Tuesday 7th July 2009There is uncertainty over where the £1.5 billion for affordable housing announced by Gordon Brown this week is coming from. ...
Grants on offer to help social landlords work with tenants
Tuesday 7th July 2009The Tenant Services Authority is offering social landlords small grants to help them develop ‘local deals’ with their tenants. The ...
Council bans rent arrears evictions
Thursday 2nd July 2009Stirling Council has put a ban on evicting its tenants for rent arrears. In the first such move in Scotland ...
Ruling hailed a ‘major victory’ for resident wardens campaign
Thursday 2nd July 2009Sheltered housing residents are claiming a ‘major victory’ in the ongoing battle to reinstate their wardens, following last week’s Court ...
Building goals put pressure on greenfield land
Thursday 2nd July 2009Councils are coming under pressure to allow development on greenfield land to meet house building goals, a study has found. ...
Brown finds £2.1bn to build social housing
Thursday 2nd July 2009Gordon Brown has pledged to put £2.1 billion into housing to ensure 20,000 affordable homes are built in the next ...
Land for equity deal part of £1.5bn fund
Thursday 2nd July 2009Public land is to be offered to builders in return for an equity stake in developments, as part of plans ...
Councils to be put in charge of housing finance
Thursday 2nd July 2009Control over the financing of council housing is to be devolved from central government to local authorities, under plans being ...
Housing finance reforms were nearly scrapped
Thursday 2nd July 2009Efforts to reform the housing finance system came close to being shelved, it has emerged. Earlier this week housing minister ...
Individual budgets threaten warden services
Thursday 2nd July 2009Council officials have warned MPs that sheltered housing services such as wardens could struggle to function if residents receive individual ...
Sovereign and Wessex join but avoid usual merger charges
Thursday 2nd July 2009Sovereign Housing Group this week joined with Wessex Housing Partnership to form a new 30,000-home housing association. It is the ...