Housing Revenue Account Archives

Work starts on new council flats in Oak Tree

|Date: 17 October, 2023

Work starts on new council flats in Oak Tree

Onsite works have begun to build four one-bed council apartments in a Mansfield estate. The site for the ...

Onsite works have begun to build four one-bed council apartments in a Mansfield estate. The site for the new flats at Fritchley Court in Oak Tree was previously home to an old district heating system ...

17 October, 2023
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Royal Borough of Greenwich buys 265 homes from Lovell Partnerships in Woolwich

|Date: 10 October, 2022

Royal Borough of Greenwich buys 265 homes from Lovell Partnerships in Woolwich

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has agreed to pay Lovell £87.5m for the purchase of 265 homes in Woolwich, ...

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has agreed to pay Lovell £87.5m for the purchase of 265 homes in Woolwich, to be let at social rents to people on the Council’s housing waiting lists. The homes will be ...

10 October, 2022
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Royal Borough of Greenwich agrees delivery of 265 new council homes on former Woolwich Estates

|Date: 22 July, 2022

Royal Borough of Greenwich agrees delivery of 265 new council homes on former Woolwich Estates

The Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Cabinet has agreed to pay Lovell Partnerships £87.5m for the purchase o ...

The Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Cabinet has agreed to pay Lovell Partnerships £87.5m for the purchase of 265 homes, to be let at social rents to people on the Council’s housing waiting lists. The ho ...

22 July, 2022
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Plans for the first of over 500 new council homes in Doncaster approved

|Date: 11 February, 2021

Plans for the first of over 500 new council homes in Doncaster approved

Hot on the heels of a new Housing Strategy and Housing Delivery Programme, planning permission has been s ...

Hot on the heels of a new Housing Strategy and Housing Delivery Programme, planning permission has been secured for 33 new council homes at three sites in Doncaster. The sites form part of the first p ...

11 February, 2021
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The Future of Social Homes for Rent: Housebuilding Ambitions

|Date: 6 December, 2018

The Future of Social Homes for Rent: Housebuilding Ambitions

The average local authority in England would like to build 1,800 homes for social rent every year, accord ...

The average local authority in England would like to build 1,800 homes for social rent every year, according to research from public sector procurement specialist Scape Group. This figure is 18 times ...

6 December, 2018
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Nottingham City Homes announces £250,000 investment into council homes

|Date: 5 November, 2018

Nottingham City Homes announces £250,000 investment into council homes

People living in council houses managed by Nottingham City Homes (NCH) are set to benefit from major inve ...

People living in council houses managed by Nottingham City Homes (NCH) are set to benefit from major investment in their properties over the next five years. Plans to further modernise council houses ...

5 November, 2018
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Treasury Select Committee calls for HRA borrowing cap to be abolished

|Date: 23 January, 2018

Treasury Select Committee calls for HRA borrowing cap to be abolished

The Treasury Select Committee has published a report on the Autumn Budget 2017 which calls for the Housin ...

The Treasury Select Committee has published a report on the Autumn Budget 2017 which calls for the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap to be abolished. In the Autumn Budget 2017, the Government rais ...

23 January, 2018
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New study reveals local authorities are becoming increasingly engaged in housing delivery

|Date: 12 December, 2017

New study reveals local authorities are becoming increasingly engaged in housing delivery

A new study, Local authority direct provision of housing, has found that 91% of local authorities in Engl ...

A new study, Local authority direct provision of housing, has found that 91% of local authorities in England — of all political leaning and size — are engaged in providing homes in some form or anothe ...

12 December, 2017
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Autumn Budget 2017: The reactions

|Date: 22 November, 2017

Autumn Budget 2017: The reactions

Chancellor Philip Hammond announced the Autumn budget today. There were a variety of implications for the ...

Chancellor Philip Hammond announced the Autumn budget today. There were a variety of implications for the sector. The main points include: £44bn has been pledged to housing over the next five years, w ...

22 November, 2017
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Councils set to build 15,000 homes a year by 2022, says new report on the rise of local housing companies

|Date: 16 October, 2017

Councils set to build 15,000 homes a year by 2022, says new report on the rise of local housing companies

Councils across England are not waiting for government to give them the green light to get building again ...

Councils across England are not waiting for government to give them the green light to get building again. Hundreds of councils are in fact already providing new homes to rent or buy through their own ...

16 October, 2017
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