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Charis Shop platform has built in capacity to cope with increased demand for financial support

|Date: 23 November, 2022

Charis Shop platform has built in capacity to cope with increased demand for financial support

Are administrative systems set up to cope with the increasing demand expected from households for financi ...

Are administrative systems set up to cope with the increasing demand expected from households for financial help and support? Charis Grants discusses how it can help local authorities and housing asso ...

23 November, 2022
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Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

|Date: 5 March, 2021

Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guaran ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guarantee scheme, a Levelling Up Fund and over £1bn for 45 new town deals, plus various other measure ...

5 March, 2021
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Progress Housing Group to kickstart careers for young people in Lancashire

|Date: 5 February, 2021

Progress Housing Group to kickstart careers for young people in Lancashire

Progress Housing Group is offering fully paid work placements for six months to give young people a stepp ...

Progress Housing Group is offering fully paid work placements for six months to give young people a stepping stone into work. 28 young people will be given the opportunity to start a paid work placeme ...

5 February, 2021
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Industry Comment | Let’s build 100,000 new Council homes

|Date: 24 November, 2020

Industry Comment | Let’s build 100,000 new Council homes

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), highlights new r ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), highlights new research, which makes a strong case for building thousands of new council homes. The Government’ ...

24 November, 2020
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£497m affordable homes funding boost for housing associations

|Date: 30 January, 2019

£497m affordable homes funding boost for housing associations

Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP has announced that nearly £500m will be spent building ...

Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP has announced that nearly £500m will be spent building more than 11,000 much-needed affordable properties across the country. Homes England’s ambition ...

30 January, 2019
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Expansion of Permitted Development is a major threat to council budgets, claims TCPA

|Date: 5 November, 2018

Expansion of Permitted Development is a major threat to council budgets, claims TCPA

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has warned that the Government’s planned expansion of pe ...

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has warned that the Government’s planned expansion of permitted development will deprive local authorities of essential funding and risks creating poor ...

5 November, 2018
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The Government’s 2018 Spring Statement: The responses

|Date: 13 March, 2018

The Government’s 2018 Spring Statement: The responses

Following the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, various members of the housing sector have responded. Melani ...

Following the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, various members of the housing sector have responded. Melanie Rees, CIH's Head of Policy, said the balance of housing funding needs to be addressed after a ...

13 March, 2018
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DCLG figures show an increase in new homes and government reclassifies housing associations

|Date: 16 November, 2017

DCLG figures show an increase in new homes and government reclassifies housing associations

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Local Government Association (LGA) respond to the latest hou ...

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Local Government Association (LGA) respond to the latest housebuilding figures and reclassification of housing associations announcement. New figures from ...

16 November, 2017
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Oldham Council and Jigsaw Homes start work on new homes for young people at risk of homelessness

New affordable housing development in High Wycombe given green light

Ground broken on zero-gas affordable homes development in Sheffield

Mayor joins Livv Housing Group to celebrate completion of its £35m development in Prescot

100 new council homes for Westminster

£11million expansion at North Birmingham Academy

Cutting-edge extra care scheme opened

Award-winning regeneration delivers 22 new affordable homes in Sale West

Coldhurst home improvements receive warm praise

JPS launches first ever dual-offering AVAIL Housing Hub in Aberdeen

Charis Shop platform has built in capacity to cope with increased demand for financial support

Charis Shop platform has built in capacity to cope with increased demand for financial support

Progress Housing Group to kickstart careers for young people in Lancashire

Progress Housing Group to kickstart careers for young people in Lancashire

£497m affordable homes funding boost for housing associations

£497m affordable homes funding boost for housing associations

Expansion of Permitted Development is a major threat to council budgets, claims TCPA

Expansion of Permitted Development is a major threat to council budgets, claims TCPA

The Government’s 2018 Spring Statement: The responses

The Government’s 2018 Spring Statement: The responses

DCLG figures show an increase in new homes and government reclassifies housing associations

DCLG figures show an increase in new homes and government reclassifies housing associations