Biting the hand that feeds

CLG admits LHA rates claim error

The Communities and Local Government department has admitted incorrectly stating local housing allowance rates will continue to rise from April.

Councils face extra £2bn debt burden

An extra £2 billion will be added to councils’ debt as a result of the jump in inflation revealed by the government this week.

QE for housing

Second thoughts?

Tenants facing rent hike as inflation rises

Housing association tenants are facing a second straight year of rent hikes after the government revealed its highest rate of inflation for two decades.

Support on a shoestring

Budgets are being slashed and demand is up but, as Inside Housing and Capita’s exclusive Supporting People survey reveals, many care and support providers are maintaining services for vulnerable people. Lydia Stockdale finds out how they are doing it and if it can last.

Battening down the hatches

Inside Housing’s exclusive salary survey shows it’s been a difficult 12 months for most housing employees. Simon Brandon reports on the regime of pay freezes and increased workloads introduced by organisations as they battle the economic gloom

The big freeze

Kicking off our chief executive salaries special, Inside Housing’s annual survey reveals the economic downturn has put most pay on ice. Lydia Stockdale reports

We mean business

Landlords can boost revenues and put something back into the community by setting up a social enterprise, as Anita Pati finds out

Hit for six

A 91-home Yorkshire development might mark the peak of sustainable house building. Martin Hilditch finds out why