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Council house-building at highest level since 1990, RTPI report finds

|Date: 25 June, 2019

Council house-building at highest level since 1990, RTPI report finds

A study by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has identified at least 9,000 homes directly created ...

A study by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has identified at least 9,000 homes directly created by local authorities in England in 2017-2018. This is based on figures supplied by 83 English c ...

25 June, 2019
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LGA responds to the Affordable Housing Commission’s latest report

|Date: 6 June, 2019

LGA responds to the Affordable Housing Commission’s latest report

Why is housing unaffordable? The Affordable Housing Commission’s latest report says 4.8 million people fa ...

Why is housing unaffordable? The Affordable Housing Commission’s latest report says 4.8 million people face housing affordability problems. In the report’s Introduction, it says: ‘The evidence and arg ...

6 June, 2019
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‘Local Authority Spending on Homelessness’ report highlights the significant barriers facing councils

|Date: 24 April, 2019

‘Local Authority Spending on Homelessness’ report highlights the significant barriers facing councils

Nine years of government cuts have left local services for single homeless people with a shocking £1bn a ...

Nine years of government cuts have left local services for single homeless people with a shocking £1bn a year funding gap, according to major new research commissioned by St Mungo’s and Homeless Link. ...

24 April, 2019
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Commercialisation, technology and building thriving communities top priorities for housing leaders

|Date: 20 March, 2019

Commercialisation, technology and building thriving communities top priorities for housing leaders

A series of interviews with housing leaders has called attention to the complex challenges facing social ...

A series of interviews with housing leaders has called attention to the complex challenges facing social housing providers nationwide, with technology and commercial activities to generate profit topp ...

20 March, 2019
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London Assembly Environment Committee report illustrates London’s damp and mould problems

|Date: 28 February, 2019

London Assembly Environment Committee report illustrates London’s damp and mould problems

Too many residents in London struggle with cold, damp and mouldy homes. Low quality housing, overcrowding ...

Too many residents in London struggle with cold, damp and mouldy homes. Low quality housing, overcrowding and fuel poverty along with energy saving retrofit measures without proper ventilation only ma ...

28 February, 2019
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Action plan for social housing to meet CO2 emissions targets by 2050

|Date: 22 February, 2019

Action plan for social housing to meet CO2 emissions targets by 2050

According to a new report commissioned by Sustainable Homes, significant action needs to be taken by soci ...

According to a new report commissioned by Sustainable Homes, significant action needs to be taken by social housing providers in order to prepare for the worst effects of climate change. The report, ‘ ...

22 February, 2019
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Local Government Association and Tpas share report on empowering tenants

|Date: 4 February, 2019

Local Government Association and Tpas share report on empowering tenants

A new report published by the Local Government Association and Tpas sets out how councils are empowering ...

A new report published by the Local Government Association and Tpas sets out how councils are empowering and engaging their tenants. It sets out the findings of detailed research across 35 councils an ...

4 February, 2019
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Glasgow Housing Association generates £2bn for Scottish economy

|Date: 18 January, 2019

Glasgow Housing Association generates £2bn for Scottish economy

The complete transformation of social housing in Scotland’s largest city under Glasgow Housing Associatio ...

The complete transformation of social housing in Scotland’s largest city under Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) has boosted the Scottish economy by £2 billion and supported thousands of jobs, a new r ...

18 January, 2019
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Building a sustainable future: decarbonising how we heat our homes

|Date: 10 January, 2019

Building a sustainable future: decarbonising how we heat our homes

From increased funding for housing associations and local authorities, to taking steps towards meeting th ...

From increased funding for housing associations and local authorities, to taking steps towards meeting the Government’s target of building 300,000 new homes a year until 2020, the housing and construc ...

10 January, 2019
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Supplementary Guidance: The Way Ahead

|Date: 4 December, 2018

Supplementary Guidance: The Way Ahead

That there is a desperate need for affordable housing in the UK is widely recognised. LABM looks at the m ...

That there is a desperate need for affordable housing in the UK is widely recognised. LABM looks at the methodology and recommendations of a report that considers how local authorities and the wider h ...

4 December, 2018
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