All council housing articles
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NewsBirmingham's social housing waiting list ‘continues to grow’ after council's decision to keep it open
There are now almost 23,500 applicants on the list, after the council decided not to close its housing register last month
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NewsLeeds council considers removing 18,000 applicants from housing register
Council says lower-priority applicants have ‘little or no realistic prospect’ of being offered a council home
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NewsBirmingham Council considering closing its social housing waiting list
England’s largest council may close its housing waiting list due to a build up of 11,000 unassessed applications
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In FocusWhat happens to housing development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?
When a section 114 ‘bankruptcy’ notice is put in place, a council’s non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding ’goes to the back of the queue’. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building.
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NewsSadiq Khan to divert AHP development grant into buying 10,000 existing private homes
Challenging market sees Mayor shift partially away from development towards helping local authorities buy homes on the open market for council housing
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NewsMPs renew call for evidence on the future of council housing
The group has extended the deadline into the new year
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NewsSix 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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In FocusHow Westminster council is rewriting the rules for council housing and urban regeneration
In a London borough once beset by council housing controversy, a quiet revolution is underway, write Ben Flatman
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NewsCouncils sitting on £3bn of developer contributions, report finds
Home Builders Federation research finds local authorities have an average of £8m in their bank accounts from housebuilders
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NewsLampton Homes appoints new managing director
Hounslow council-owned company names property exec Steven Wild to run its housing arm
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NewsGreater Manchester authority could take homes off failing landlords, says mayor
Combined authority mayor Andy Burnham announces Good Landlord Charter alongside new enforcement measures
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In FocusBriefing: Why Mount Anvil's ethos comes from ‘granny’s shop’
Managing director Darragh Hurley explains why decency and respect are key for developers forming joint venture partnerships to regenerate housing estates
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NewsHousebuilding concerns at fore as Tories lose control of key councils
Difficult night for the Conservatives with the party losing control of Windsor & Maidenhead and East Herts
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NewsCall for ‘bottom-up’ viability model to boost council affordable housing delivery
‘Flipped’ model could allow councils more say over type and mix of homes and guarantee developers higher returns, report says
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NewsBristol Council appoints Hill to affordable home scheme
Hill Group will build 53 properties as part of the Hengrove Park development
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NewsLord Kerslake appointed chair of local authority-owned regen company
Former civil service head to oversee £3bn plan to develop on council-owned land in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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NewsHackney gives green light to 189 council-built homes in estate regen
The new homes are the first phase of the redevelopment of the De Beauvoir Estate
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NewsGreenwich buys 265 Woolwich homes from Lovell
Lovell to be paid £87.5m by Greenwich council for homes to rent to people on housing waiting list
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NewsGovernment to propose major cut to rent rises for affordable housing
Consultation due shortly on limiting 2023/24 rents to help struggling tenants, in move expected to hit development
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NewsLondon to double council housing target
Sadiq Khan pledges to start work on 20,000 new council homes by 2024