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Discuss the latest developments in social housing, share your views, and find out what other people are saying in blogs and letters.
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Rogue traders
If action against unscrupulous landlords is inadequate now, how much worse are things going to get when local authority budgets are slashed?
The remix
By recent standards Barratt’s announcement that it has cut its losses and debt looks like good news for housebuilding but it seems markedly more cautious about the future than many of its rivals.
Bob a job
So what are the implications of Sir Bob Kerslake’s move to Communities and Local Government (CLG)?
Opening shots
The new parliamentary session starting today has already prompted some pre-emptive strikes on welfare reform from campaigners and a fresh round of scrounger stories in the right-wing press.
Opinion
Still cutting it
By changing the way we work we can still deliver in the face of reduced budgets, says Sir Bob Kerslake
Paying the price
Sadly, the demise of social housing contractor Connaught will come as no great surprise to its hundreds of social landlord clients.
Northern approach
Scotland’s housing minister echoed his English counterpart this week in warning social landlords of tough times ahead following the likely cut to the affordable housing budget in the upcoming spending review.
