Inside Housing
Emily Twinch Editorial
Emily is deputy website editor, and responsible for online news. She covers homelessness, immigration and asylum, and Gypsy and Traveller issues.
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Shapps: housing supply will not meet demand
23/05/2012
Housing minister Grant Shapps has admitted developers will struggle to build the number of homes needed across the UK.
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London mayor announces housing board members
23/05/2012
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced the members of the board that will oversee his £3 billion housing budget for the capital.
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Bournemouth Council plans allocations change
23/05/2012
Bournemouth Council will decide today on whether to change its allocation policy to bring down the number of people on its waiting list.
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Landlords concerned by anti-social behaviour plans
23/05/2012
The government should not scrap an anti-social behaviour injunction until its replacement is proven, the National Housing Federation has warned.
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Birmingham rethinks approach to housing policy
23/05/2012
The UK’s largest stock holding local authority has named its new cabinet – without a housing portfolio.
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Rough sleeping figures rise by 73 per cent
22/05/2012
The number of rough sleepers on the streets of London has risen significantly again, according to figures from a homelessness charity.
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Scots seek to limit impact of UK welfare reforms
22/05/2012
Scotland’s very own welfare reform bill will start its progress through the Scottish Parliament tomorrow.
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MPs to scrutinise work on homes for elderly people
22/05/2012
Progress made into improving housing for older people in the past three years is to be scrutinised by an all-party parliamentary group.
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Councils cut free home care for older people
18/05/2012
The number of older people who get their care fully paid for by their local authority has dropped by 11 per cent, according to research.
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Social landlords hit as housing starts plummet
17/05/2012
House building starts in England have dropped with social housing taking the biggest hit as housing association figures plummeted by 21 per cent.
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Kier on track following contract wins
17/05/2012
Kier has reported it is on track to meet its 2012 expectations after securing more than £400 million of construction work over the past five months.
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Southwark plans 1,000 council homes by 2020
16/05/2012
Southwark Council announced today it has set itself a target to build 1,000 new council homes – averaging 100 a year - before 2020.
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Fatal Derby house fire was started with petrol
16/05/2012
The fire in a Derby council house in which six children died was started by petrol below the letterbox in the hallway.
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Housing stalwart gets policy review brief
16/05/2012
Housing stalwart and former Inside Housing columnist Jon Cruddas is to co-ordinate Labour’s policy review.
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Plans submitted for 1,200 homes on former colliery
16/05/2012
A planning application has been submitted for a 1,200 home development on the site of a former colliery near Doncaster.
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Study links brain injuries with homelessness
16/05/2012
Brain injury could be a significant risk factor for people becoming homeless, according to a charity study.
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Self build groups in line for £30m of funding
14/05/2012
Grant Shapps has announced a £30 million pot to promote self-build will go to groups building homes at the same time.
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Welsh government sets 12,500 home building goal
14/05/2012
The Welsh government has set a target of building 12,500 new homes in the country by 2016.
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Charity seeks help to find rough sleepers
14/05/2012
A homelessness charity has launched a campaign to call on members of the public to help them find rough sleepers in Kent and Medway.
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Shapps issues B&B warning to councils
11/05/2012
The housing minister has warned 20 councils to improve the way they deal with homeless people.
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Work scheme fails homeless
11/05/2012
The government’s flagship work programme has been accused of failing homeless people as another homelessness charity pulled out.
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Planners approve L&Q's dog track plans
09/05/2012
Controversial plans to build a housing estate on the site of a former iconic dog track in London have been given the green light.
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Partner could be sought for Aylesbury plans
09/05/2012
Southwark Council is looking for a long-term partner to realise its plans for the Aylesbury Estate.
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Last chance to enter homelessness awards
09/05/2012
Entries for this year’s Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards must be in by noon tomorrow (10 May).
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Charity warns of pre-Olympic evictions
08/05/2012
Landlords in east London are evicting tenants and hiking up rents ahead of the Olympic Games this summer.
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Ex-Westminster housing boss takes Camden post
04/05/2012
Westminster Council’s former director of housing has moved over to Camden to become its new director of housing and adult social care.
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Thousands to learn if their homes are at risk
04/05/2012
The National Housing Federation is urging councils to share information with housing associations as thousands of households find out their homes could be put at risk by benefit cuts.
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Model village wins next stage of planning battle
03/05/2012
An energy-efficient community has moved a step closer as the second phase is given planning permission.
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Mayoral candidates pledge to end homelessness
03/05/2012
All the London mayoral candidates have signed a pledge to end homelessness in the capital if they are elected.
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Council wrong to refuse housing to dying man
03/05/2012
The High Court has ruled a council’s decision not to house a dying homeless man was unlawful.
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Labour strategy to target private rented sector
03/05/2012
Labour will soon be launching tough proposals for the private rented sector, shadow housing minister Jack Dromey told delegates at a homelessness conference
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Charity chief hits out at ‘inhumane’ work test
02/05/2012
The government’s test to assess whether individuals are suitable for employment is an ‘inhumane ordeal’ for homeless people, the head of a charity said today.
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ALMO to review safety measures after fire
02/05/2012
An arm’s-length management organisation is considering putting smoke alarms in the communal areas of a 12-storey block after a fire broke out in a children’s play area.
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Housing organisations prepare for flooding
01/05/2012
Housing providers are gearing up to deal with flooding problems as 130 areas across England and Wales are put on flood alert.
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Council sent complainants' details to ASB offenders
30/04/2012
Police are patrolling an estate around the clock after a council sent details of residents who complained of anti-social behaviour to the perpetrators.
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Government to set up 'beds in sheds' task force
30/04/2012
Government plans to tackle ‘beds in sheds’ have been unveiled.
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Petition seeks legal duty to support single homeless
27/04/2012
Crisis is calling for the government to change the law to force local authorities to help single homeless people.
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Design summit to engage communities in housing
25/04/2012
Housing minister Grant Shapps is planning a design summit to overcome local communities’ objections to new housing schemes.
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Shapps hits out at BBC over Newham coverage
25/04/2012
Housing minister Grant Shapps has written to the BBC to express his concern over its coverage of Newham Council’s plans to move tenants out of London.
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Earls Court land sale to go ahead despite protests
25/04/2012
Hammersmith & Fulham Council is on the verge of ploughing ahead with a controversial re-development at Earls Court.
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Homelessness charity founder dies
24/04/2012
The founder of a charity for the homeless supported by the construction and property industry has died at the age of 89.
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Birmingham university scraps housing course
15/04/2011
Birmingham City University has decided to cut its housing course and will no longer recruit any more students with immediate effect.
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Lewisham Council served notice on fatal fire block
22/03/2011
Lewisham Council must improve safety at one of its tower blocks after the London Fire Brigade served it with an enforcement notice following a fatal fire.
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Landlord avoids freedom of information act
09/02/2011
A decision on whether one of the largest housing associations in the UK should be subject to the freedom of information act has been put on hold.
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Reforms prompt calls for welfare devolution
31/01/2011
The Scottish Government is seeking control of welfare and benefits policy after calculating the impact housing benefit reforms will have in the country.
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Regulator failed to act on fire register pledge
14/01/2011
The Tenant Services Authority missed all three of its self-imposed deadlines to compile a fire safety register it promised to set up but later abandoned.
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Sector becoming more appealing to women
27/09/2010
The social housing sector is getting better at encouraging and retaining women but still needs to do more.
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Scotland to blitz on empty homes
13/08/2010
Shelter Scotland has secured £55,000 every year for the next two years to tackle the problem of empty homes in the country.
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LHA-ASRA chair to stand down
02/08/2010
Shaukat Moledina is to leave his post as chair of the 11,000-home LHA-ASRA Group.
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CIH chief executive receives CBE
14/06/2010
The chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours list.