Inside Housing
Chloë Stothart Editorial
Stories by this author.
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Scrapheap challenge
20/01/2012
The price of metal has risen sky high making pipes, railings and even boilers an irresistible target to thieves. Chloë Stothart finds out how one housing association is tackling the growing problem of metal theft
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Circle 33 under watchdog’s eye
30/09/2011
The social housing regulator is monitoring a subsidiary of one of England’s largest housing associations after a major overspend on repairs and maintenance.
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Homeless households rise 17 per cent in 12 months
16/09/2011
The number of homeless households will continue to rise as the economic downturn and benefit reforms bite, according to new research.
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Homelessness charity warns 'worst is yet to come'
09/09/2011
Homelessness could rise even higher as the economic downturn continues and the governments cuts to benefit bite, new research has said.
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Riot panel may scrutinise landlords
09/09/2011
The government’s inquiry into the August riots may scrutinise how social landlords have tackled anti-social behaviour, its chair has revealed.
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Homelessness rises 17 per cent
08/09/2011
The number of homeless households has risen by 17 per cent in a year, new government figures have shown.
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Criminals could lose benefits
08/09/2011
The government is considering docking benefits from criminals as part of a review of social policy following the riots last month.
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House of Lords opposes tenant complaint amendment
08/09/2011
Peers have voted against a plan to preserve the right of tenants to complain directly to the Housing Ombudsman about their landlord.
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Housing conditions amongst worst in Europe
08/09/2011
Vulnerable people in Britain live in some of the worst housing conditions in Western Europe, reports launched tomorrow will say.
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Benefit reforms will lead to arrears
08/09/2011
Government plans to stop tenants opting to have their housing benefit paid directly to their landlord could lead them to fall into arrears, a housing association has said.
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Pressure groups plan campaign against rent rises
08/09/2011
Two pressure groups are planning a campaign against government cuts to benefits, increases in rents and changes to tenure.
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Scottish government publishes wrong housing figures
07/09/2011
The Scottish government has corrected its council waiting list figures after omitting 33,000 people.
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Politicians praise Sarah Webb
07/09/2011
Politicians have paid tribute to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s chief executive who died on Sunday.
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Legal ruling could double squatting, says minister
06/09/2011
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has hit out at a judge’s ruling that a London council must publish a list of empty homes in its area.
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Heartfelt tributes paid to Sarah Webb
06/09/2011
Tributes have been paid to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s chief executive who died on Sunday.
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Travellers urge supporters to prevent eviction
05/09/2011
Traveller families set to be kicked out of their site in Essex have urged supporters to set up camp to stop the eviction.
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Housing benefit bill rises by £1.3bn
05/09/2011
Housing benefit spending by councils rose to £18.5bn between 2009/10 and 2010/11.
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Moat in £100m bid to buy more homes
12/08/2011
Moat Housing Group plans to spend up to £100 million buying thousands of homes from other landlords.
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Unite calls on duke to save Centrepoint staff
12/08/2011
A trade union plans to ask the Duke of Cambridge for cash to prevent pay and job cuts at a homelessness charity he supports.
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Closure of architecture body cost £4.6m
08/08/2011
Closing down the government’s architecture watchdog cost the taxpayer £4.6 million, accounts show.
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Union attacks CEO for USA trip as pay cuts planned
08/08/2011
A trade union has criticised the head of a homelessness charity for visiting the USA with patron Prince William as the organisation consults its staff on pay cuts.
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Housing legal advice service closes
05/08/2011
The UK’s largest not-for-profit provider of debt, housing employment and care legal advice has gone bust.
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Councils to put caps on relet rents
05/08/2011
Some London councils may use conditions on planning agreements to ban social landlords from raising rents on relets to the higher levels allowed under the new affordable rent regime.
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House that inspired Peter Pan saved from demolition
04/08/2011
A campaign has been launched to turn a former housing association-owned home which was the inspiration for JM Barrie’s Peter Pan into a centre for children’s literature.
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Taxman bows to pressure to halt VAT change
04/08/2011
The government has backed down on a VAT plan that would have cost housing associations £108 million over the next four years.
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Housing association plans to sell 5,000 homes
01/08/2011
One of the UK’s largest housing associations will sell nearly 5,000 homes as part of a restructure.
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Union says housing staff discriminated by council
01/08/2011
A council has been accused of discriminating against deaf members of staff during a shake-up to its housing department.
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Date set for move to self financing
29/07/2011
Councils will buy their way out of the existing housing finance system on 28 March 2012, the government has said.
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Proposals for pension contributions revealed
28/07/2011
The government has set out proposals to increase the amount civil servants put into their pensions in 2012/13.
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Survey warns of 10 year drop in development
22/07/2011
Housing associations plan to reduce the number of homes they build for the best part of the next decade.
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HCA delivery panel fails to woo councils
15/07/2011
The Homes and Communities Agency has launched a publicity drive to encourage more councils to use its panel of approved contractors after just 15 per cent of England’s local authorities signed up.
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MP calls for £200m fund
15/07/2011
A £200 million fund to support children from deprived backgrounds should be created using private investment, an MP has recommended.
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Woking in £60m outsourcing deal
15/07/2011
A Surrey council will outsource the management of its 3,394 homes as part of a deal worth up to £60 million. The move comes amid evidence that local authorities are increasingly looking at a wider range of stock management options.
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Government paper says squatting ban could raise homelessness
14/07/2011
Proposals to criminalise squatting could increase homelessness and put pressure on the police and council housing departments, the government’s impact assessment of its policy has said.
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Guilty verdict in Ujima money laundering trial
08/07/2011
A woman has been found guilty of laundering £42,000 stolen from Ujima Housing Association.
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Ujima defendants plead not guilty
08/07/2011
Three men accused in relation to a £3.5 million fraud against Ujima Housing Association denied the charges in court yesterday.
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Carbon payments could raise £1.1 bn
08/07/2011
Local authorities could set up multi-million pound funds to pay for carbon reduction measures using contributions from developing associations and house builders, under proposals unveiled this week.
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L&Q takes trio to court over fraud at failed Ujima
08/07/2011
London & Quadrant is suing three people charged with defrauding Ujima Housing Association, a court heard on Tuesday.
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Landlords fear delays over affordable rents
08/07/2011
Social landlords fear the government’s £1.8 billion affordable rent programme will be delayed because contracts have not yet been issued.
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Ujima accused due in court
07/07/2011
Three men accused of a £3.5 million fraud against Ujima are due to ask for their cases to be thrown out of court today (Thursday).
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Manchester in talks with pension fund over investment in private renting
17/06/2011
Manchester Council is considering using institutional investment to fund new private rented housing.
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Flood defences
27/05/2011
Six months ago a court ruling opened the floodgates for tenants to challenge their eviction. So is there a deluge of cases on the horizon and what can social landlords do to protect themselves?
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Cestria probes staff grievances
30/07/2010
Staff at a north east housing association have contacted the housing regulator about alleged bullying at the organisation.
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Notting Hill redundancies spark anger
23/07/2010
Staff facing redundancy from Notting Hill have complained to the Tenant Services Authority about the way the housing association chose who would get the axe.
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Union demands pay review for all publicly funded bodies
20/05/2010
A new government commission on public sector pay must review wages in all organisations which receive government funding, a trade union has said.