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01/07/2011

In week two of our campaign to free up land for development, Inside Housing visits Basildon to find out how people on the housing waiting list feel about the lack of affordable homes. Photography and words by Simon Brandon

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Members of the UN are set to make a speech at the site of a controversial Travellers’ site which is due for eviction.
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First-time buyers are being prevented from saving for a deposit due to record rents which rose for the sixth month in a row, a lettings group said.
UN distances itself from Traveller eviction attack
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The United Nations has distanced itself from criticism of a council which is planning to evict travellers after one of its advisors said the authority was violating international law.

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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
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