Local Government Association Archives - Page 3 of 8

Thousands of children stuck in temporary accommodation during lockdown

|Date: 13 January, 2021

Thousands of children stuck in temporary accommodation during lockdown

Around 450 primary schools’ worth of homeless children are spending lockdown in temporary accommodation a ...

Around 450 primary schools’ worth of homeless children are spending lockdown in temporary accommodation amid a chronic shortage of affordable housing, the Local Government Association warns. Latest fi ...

13 January, 2021
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New £30m Waking Watch Relief Fund announced

|Date: 18 December, 2020

New £30m Waking Watch Relief Fund announced

The Government has announced a £30m fund to help end the scandal of excessive waking watch costs, as part ...

The Government has announced a £30m fund to help end the scandal of excessive waking watch costs, as part of a further move to support thousands of residents in high-rise buildings. The new Waking Wat ...

18 December, 2020
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New measures to level up England’s cities and provide new homes

|Date: 17 December, 2020

New measures to level up England’s cities and provide new homes

New measures to level up England’s cities, recover from the pandemic and help provide much-needed new hom ...

New measures to level up England’s cities, recover from the pandemic and help provide much-needed new homes have been set out by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. Following a consultation launched in ...

17 December, 2020
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Developers yet to seek planning permission for more than a million earmarked homes

|Date: 14 December, 2020

Developers yet to seek planning permission for more than a million earmarked homes

More than a million homes on land earmarked for development by councils are yet to be brought forward by ...

More than a million homes on land earmarked for development by councils are yet to be brought forward by developers for planning permission, new research by the Local Government Association suggests. ...

14 December, 2020
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MHCLG should ditch false promises instead of serially ditching housing policies

|Date: 10 December, 2020

MHCLG should ditch false promises instead of serially ditching housing policies

In a report published on Wednesday 10th December the Public Accounts Committee condemns as “deplorable” t ...

In a report published on Wednesday 10th December the Public Accounts Committee condemns as “deplorable” the “cycle of policy invention, abandonment and reinvention, stringing expectant young people al ...

10 December, 2020
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Sector responds to the new Social Housing White Paper

|Date: 17 November, 2020

Sector responds to the new Social Housing White Paper

LABM garners opinion from across the sector to the new Social Housing White Paper — The Charter for Socia ...

LABM garners opinion from across the sector to the new Social Housing White Paper — The Charter for Social Housing Residents. Housing associations and councils have worked hard over the years to tackl ...

17 November, 2020
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Post-coronavirus boom in social housing needed says new report

|Date: 16 November, 2020

Post-coronavirus boom in social housing needed says new report

A post-pandemic building boom of 100,000 new social homes for rent each year would not only meet demand f ...

A post-pandemic building boom of 100,000 new social homes for rent each year would not only meet demand for affordable homes but deliver a £14.5bn boost to the economy — the equivalent to over half of ...

16 November, 2020
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LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme to tackle impact of COVID-19 on housing crisis

|Date: 12 November, 2020

LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme to tackle impact of COVID-19 on housing crisis

The Local Government Association is launching the fourth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, an innov ...

The Local Government Association is launching the fourth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, an innovative scheme to help councils overcome housing challenges in their local areas, with a focus th ...

12 November, 2020
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New analysis reveals impact of planning reforms on affordable homes

|Date: 6 October, 2020

New analysis reveals impact of planning reforms on affordable homes

Communities could have missed out on nearly 30,000 affordable homes in the past five years if proposed go ...

Communities could have missed out on nearly 30,000 affordable homes in the past five years if proposed government planning reforms were in place, new analysis by the Local Government Association revea ...

6 October, 2020
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PAC report condemns badly missed targets to make homes safe

|Date: 16 September, 2020

PAC report condemns badly missed targets to make homes safe

“Put a stop to arguing over who is responsible and put this right.” Public Accounts Committee (PAC) conde ...

“Put a stop to arguing over who is responsible and put this right.” Public Accounts Committee (PAC) condemns “badly missed” target to make thousands of Grenfell-style cladding homes safe. Three years ...

16 September, 2020
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