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Andy Burnham pledges 10,000 new council homes by 2028 in Greater Manchester as he unveils plans to tackle the housing crisis

|Date: 9 May, 2024

Andy Burnham pledges 10,000 new council homes by 2028 in Greater Manchester as he unveils plans to tackle the housing crisis

Newly re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has made tackling the housing crisis a top pr ...

Newly re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has made tackling the housing crisis a top priority for his third term, unveiling measures to increase the amount of social housing in the c ...

9 May, 2024
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Boroughs concerned by decision on Right to Buy rules and emphasise ‘desperate need’ for replacement homes

|Date: 12 March, 2024

Boroughs concerned by decision on Right to Buy rules and emphasise ‘desperate need’ for replacement homes

London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the Government’s decision to stop letting local author ...

London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the Government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep all money raised from council house sales, warning that it will undermine efforts to ...

12 March, 2024
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Significant funding boost for Sheffield retrofit project

|Date: 15 August, 2023

Significant funding boost for Sheffield retrofit project

A partnership led by EN:Able Communities has been awarded more than £250,000 of funding from the Departme ...

A partnership led by EN:Able Communities has been awarded more than £250,000 of funding from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to help retrofit Right To Buy (RTB) properties to make them ...

15 August, 2023
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Long-awaited Right to Buy rules changes a ‘shot in the arm’ for council housing

|Date: 4 April, 2023

Long-awaited Right to Buy rules changes a ‘shot in the arm’ for council housing

London Councils has welcomed the new relaxation of restrictions on how local authorities use the money ra ...

London Councils has welcomed the new relaxation of restrictions on how local authorities use the money raised through Right to Buy sales. The cross-party group says policy changes announced by the Gov ...

4 April, 2023
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Industry Comment | Right to Buy — the case for reform

|Date: 28 March, 2023

Industry Comment | Right to Buy — the case for reform

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing, discusses the findings ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing, discusses the findings of research commissioned from Savills by ARCH, the LGA and NFA into Right to Buy, which present ...

28 March, 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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New figures show rough sleeping in London doubles in just over a decade

Two Rivers Housing and the ECLT’s partnership begins to take shape as work starts on 31 new affordable homes for local families

VIVID completes its 10,000th new home — a big milestone in building a brighter future

London to get up to £11.7bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme funding

Tenants welcomed to new homes at Dalquhurn Lane

The City of Edinburgh Council and CCG (Scotland) win net zero award

Wilmott Dixon and SCAPE enter 20th year of continued partnership

South Cambridgeshire parish of Eltisley celebrates 33% increase in affordable housing provision

Schools could face ‘heatwave’ like temperatures for 10 weeks a year, while flooding could make Peterborough uninhabitable this century

JV North appoints contractors and consultants to £500m social housebuilding framework

Significant funding boost for Sheffield retrofit project

Significant funding boost for Sheffield retrofit project

Long-awaited Right to Buy rules changes a ‘shot in the arm’ for council housing

Long-awaited Right to Buy rules changes a ‘shot in the arm’ for council housing

Industry Comment | Right to Buy — the case for reform

Industry Comment | Right to Buy — the case for reform

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

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