All Policy articles – Page 10
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NewsIn full: Angela Rayner’s speech to UKREiiF
Labour’s deputy leader today addressed the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) event in Leeds this morning, setting out more detail about the party’s policy including New Towns. Here is the full text of the speech.
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NewsPlanning rules allowing farmers to convert unused buildings into homes and shops take effect
Rowley says the extension of permitted development rights aims to remove “unnecessary barriers” to development and deliver more homes for rural communities
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NewsDLUHC opens consultation on social housing tenants’ rights to access information about their homes
Government proposing to allow tenants to more easily access information about the management of their homes ‘to hold their landlords to account’
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NewsRayner announces 40% affordable housing target for New Towns
Shadow housing secretary and deputy Labour leader details new policy at UKREiiF event in Leeds
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NewsFixing poor-quality homes could save the NHS and social care £1.5bn a year, research finds
Research by the Building Research Establishment on behalf of the Centre for Ageing Better finds that investment in home improvements could help save public sector services billions per year
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NewsWelsh government’s extension of rent settlement will provide ‘stability and certainty’, CIH says
The current rent settlement of CPI + 1% will be extended for another year
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NewsReport commissioned by Labour proposes introduction of private rent caps
Labour has responded to the report stating that rent controls are not official party policy but that action does need to be taken to protect renters
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NewsHomes England exceeds annual housing starts and completions targets
Homes England chair says the figures reflect the conclusion of the recent Public Bodies review and the “effectiveness and efficiency” of the agency
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NewsProbe into Sanctuary reveals repair delays and ‘inadequate’ staff training on tenant vulnerabilities
A review ordered by the Housing Ombudsman under the Social Housing Regulation Act looked at nearly 4,000 cases
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NewsBerkeley wins approval for 500-home Hackney estate regeneration
Scheme designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands will include 26-storey tower
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NewsL&Q recovers 143 homes from tenancy fraud over the last year
The 105,000-home housing association made 100 tenancy recoveries the year before
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NewsScottish government to declare national housing emergency
This is Scottish Labour’s second attempt to push MSPs to formally acknowledge the housing crisis
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CommentIt’s time to rethink how we set social housing rents
Outdated rent-setting practices no longer meet the needs of tenants or providers, argues Charles Kaminaris
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NewsCIH welcomes DESNZ’s changes to Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund wave three
The membership body says that changes to the scheme design should make delivery easier and shows DESNZ has listened to feedback
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NewsRent policy changes put 300,000 social homes at risk of becoming unsustainable, warns G15
Inequalities to social rents have cost London’s largest housing associations more than £2bn, housing association group says
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NewsHousing Ombudsman report into Southern Housing merger finds ‘lack of ownership’ of complaints
The special report highlights risks around mergers and oversight of complaint handling
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CommentWhat should England’s affordable housing target be and how can we reach it?
A committee of MPs last week called for action to build 90,000 social rented homes year. In making its case, it cited up-to-date research from the Chartered Institute of Housing’s UK Housing Review. John Perry explains more about the research.
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News‘We have not built enough homes’ admits Michael Gove
Housing secretary quizzed on latest homelessness figures
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NewsNorth Yorkshire Council refers itself to Regulator of Social Housing
Local authority finds it does not meet all requirements of the new Social Housing (Regulation) Act
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NewsNon-compliant A2Dominion drafts two housing association bosses on to its board
Paul Fiddaman and Emma Palmer have been appointed to the board to help A2Dominion improve its governance after breaching regulatory standard