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Three more councils found in breach of regulator’s consumer standards
Castle Point Borough Council, North Yorkshire Council and Warwickshire Council have received ‘C3’ gradings
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Rayner holds meeting with council leaders to discuss Right to Buy changes
The deputy PM is expected to launch a consultation on scrapping the scheme for new-build homes and reducing discounts for sales of existing stock
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Local housing deals could deliver almost 200,000 new social homes over the next 30 years, LGA says
The LGA has said that local councils need funding and autonomy, stressing that they ’know their areas best’
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Half of complaints referred to the Ombudsman are from social housing tenants in London
The Ombudsman acknowledges that the operating environment for social landlords in London is “vastly different” from other areas
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Rayner urges council leaders in ‘devolution deserts’ to take on new powers
The government wants to hand over more powers to manage housing, planning and transport to those with “skin in the game”
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For-profit RPs to treble housing portfolios to more than 80,000 homes by 2028, Knight Frank estimates
Increase fuelled by increased institutional capital entering the sector and existing players expanding their portfolios, says consultancy.
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Social value in procurement needs assurance process to boost credibility, says HACT
Social housing charity says third-party verification process could help deliver long-term impact
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In Focus
A labour of love: My work as a housing and employment officer at Kensington and Chelsea Council
Not many councils have a housing and employment officer, but Monica Chabria is one. In the first of our Frontline Stories series, she tells Olivia Barber about the role
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Reading Council set to wind down ‘unviable’ housing company
The local authority says the wholly-owned Homes for Reading has missed two loan repayments
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Councils given new powers to tax empty homes
The empty homes premium will apply after one year, rather than the current two years
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Fresh £450m funding round opens for council refugee housing scheme with focus on new-build
DLUHC wants half of properties delivered through the Local Authority Housing Fund round three to be new homes
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Crawley council declares housing emergency after vote
Motion passed amid ‘concerning’ acceleration of temporary accommodation problem
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Crawley Council set to declare housing emergency
West Sussex town facing surge in demand for temporary accommodation
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Housing secretary intervenes to prevent Surrey council from withdrawing local plan
Rowley said withdrawal of the local plan would result in the council having one of the oldest adopted local plans in the country
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Number of people in temporary accommodation up 14%
The rate of homelessness in England has increased from 1 in 208 in 2022, to 1 in 182 this year
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Regulator of Social Housing publishes guidance on Tenant Satisfaction Measures
RSH will evaluate TSM requirements for providers with fewer than 1,000 homes following voluntary pilot
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Housing Forum calls on government to scrap planning validation checklists
Validation checklists “not working well” and should be replaced with simpler planning statement system, says housing membership body
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Six complaints made to statistics regulator about ombudsman’s maladministration rate data
Housing figures raise concerns about Housing Ombudsman’s ‘misuse’ of statistics to publicly rate landlords
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Green light for further 356 affordable homes at Custom House project in east London
The second phase of Newham Council’s £300m regeneration scheme was awarded outline planning permission
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Barnet Council seeks partner for £145m Grahame Park Estate regeneration
Plans for the north-eastern site include the construction of 505 new homes of mixed tenure