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Rowntree report slams government on planning gain
Research finds just one-tenth of housing completions are affordable under section 106
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Glasgow stock transfer faces judicial review
Opponents of Glasgow’s £4bn stock transfer have launched a legal bid to scupper the plan.
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Struggling Selhal stops development programme
North of England registered social landlord Selhal Housing Group has shut down its development programme and made all five of its development staff redundant.Selhal, which owns 2500 homes in the North-west, has an annual turnover of £8m and employs around 180 people, made the redundancies as part of an emergency ...
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New Deal work scheme ‘failing ethnic youth’
The government’s welfare-to-work scheme, the New Deal, is failing young people from ethnic minorities, according to an influential parliamentary group.
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Archive TitlesMore criticism of subregional funds policy
Housing Corporation policy of allocating funding on a subregional basis threatens the government's aim of creating and maintaining balanced communities, ministers were told this week.
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Archive TitlesCourting success:
Courting success: Eastleigh Housing Association just completed phase two of its redevelopment of Makins Court, a Winchester council sheltered housing scheme (pictured). Makins Court, in the New Alresford area of the city, is being demolished in phases and replaced with 16 flats and 12 bungalows along with new warden accommodation ...
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Editor's comment
Fewer affordable homes are being delivered by planning gain than the government needs, says a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (see page 9). Fancy that. Oh, and most homes will need public money to subsidise them if they are to be built at all, it says. Now there's ...
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Tenants’ group forced to close
A gloucester tenants’ group is to fold because of a shortage of tenant activists.Gloucester Tenants’ Federation will close its doors in January after 15 years of representing residents of council homes. Its three staff will be laid off. The decision follows a survey of the city’s council tenants and a ...
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Treasury rule change could force councils to revalue their housing stock
The sector was this week shocked to learn of proposals to change Treasury accounting rules that could have major implications for the value of social housing stock.
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Case digest
This week, the independent housing ombudsman offers seven case studies which contain cautionary tales and important lessons for all housing providers
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Hanover Housing set to take over Durham care homes
Hanover Housing Group is taking over six of Durham council’s 16 care homes that are threatened with closure.
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Housing Forum groups to tackle off-site building weaknesses
The Housing Forum has set up four project groups to deal with weaknesses in the government’s drive for a greater use of off-site manufacturing in the £200m Challenge Fund.One will commission research into the capacity of the housebuilding sector to provide such homes (HT 3 October, page 16). The second ...
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Housebuilders and government at loggerheads over low building figures
The latest housebuilding figures have provoked a heated exchange between the government and the House Builders' Federation as to who is responsible for the lack of homes being built.
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Here comes the new-look Tory bride
The Tory Bride moved a little closer to the altar last week. Her dream is that when the big day comes, the British electorate will not abandon her again.
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Camden calls for more council borrowing powers
Camden council demanded this week to be given the same borrowing powers as registered social landlords.
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Archive TitlesA whole new Ball game
Just six months ago, Birmingham's housing policy was in disarray. Now it's bouncing back. In the first of a series of updates from the regions, Mark Beveridge checks out the council's new strategy and its chances for success.
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Archive TitlesWelsh Assembly: ‘Get the facts before tackling holiday homes’
Out-of-date needs surveys mean Welsh councils are working in the dark, says report
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Transport plans clash with urban regeneration agenda
The government's transport plans are at odds with its urban regeneration policy, a report has warned.