housing affordability Archives

Official ‘affordable rent’ schemes fail to help low-income tenants — new report

|Date: 5 March, 2024

Official ‘affordable rent’ schemes fail to help low-income tenants — new report

Fewer than one in four people believe that the official definition of ‘affordable housing’ lives up to it ...

Fewer than one in four people believe that the official definition of ‘affordable housing’ lives up to its name, according to an opinion poll. The finding from polling commissioned by the leading thin ...

5 March, 2024
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CIP marks its seventh-year anniversary with the topping out of Colville Road Phase 3

|Date: 29 February, 2024

CIP marks its seventh-year anniversary with the topping out of Colville Road Phase 3

Celebrating its seventh anniversary, Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP), the equal partnership betwee ...

Celebrating its seventh anniversary, Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP), the equal partnership between Cambridge City Council and The Hill Group, has completed or is actively constructing over 1,1 ...

29 February, 2024
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Do the decent thing

|Date: 18 August, 2023

Do the decent thing

LABM's Editor Claire Clutten discusses the housing affordability crisis, and why we need more social hous ...

LABM's Editor Claire Clutten discusses the housing affordability crisis, and why we need more social housing as well as affordable homes. I received the latest research from the House Buyer Bureau in ...

18 August, 2023
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Budget 2023: Boroughs warn at least one child in every London classroom is homeless

|Date: 15 March, 2023

Budget 2023: Boroughs warn at least one child in every London classroom is homeless

On average at least one child in every classroom in the capital is homeless, according to new analysis fr ...

On average at least one child in every classroom in the capital is homeless, according to new analysis from London Councils. The latest figures gathered by the cross-party group reveal worsening homel ...

15 March, 2023
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65% of homeless Londoners in temporary accommodation are women, figures reveal

|Date: 8 March, 2022

65% of homeless Londoners in temporary accommodation are women, figures reveal

Analysis by London Councils reveals almost double the number of homeless women than men are in temporary ...

Analysis by London Councils reveals almost double the number of homeless women than men are in temporary accommodation arranged by a borough in the capital. Based on government figures, the research s ...

8 March, 2022
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Work starts on 29 new affordable homes in Nuneaton

|Date: 10 August, 2021

Work starts on 29 new affordable homes in Nuneaton

Construction has started on a development of 29 affordable rent homes in Nuneaton to help meet local affo ...

Construction has started on a development of 29 affordable rent homes in Nuneaton to help meet local affordable housing demand. Delivered for Citizen, the £3.3m scheme will provide a variety of housin ...

10 August, 2021
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Stonewater completes 46 affordable homes to help priced-out Dorset locals

|Date: 2 February, 2017

Stonewater completes 46 affordable homes to help priced-out Dorset locals

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the completion of 46 affordable homes for local people in Pemberly, a ne ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the completion of 46 affordable homes for local people in Pemberly, a new Stonewater development in Littlemoor, near Weymouth. Picture above from left to right are: Jo ...

2 February, 2017
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