Inside Housing
Natasha Wynarczyk FREELANCE
Stories by this author.
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Charity calls for council to target empty homes
23/01/2012
A housing charity has welcomed plans by a council to build 1,000 new homes but has also pressed for empty homes in the area to be brought back into use.
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£77m deal signed for 350 homes
20/01/2012
A £77m Private Finance Initiative contract for 350 homes has been signed in West Wiltshire following government approval.
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Housing project saved by council intervention
20/01/2012
A social housing project delivering 56 affordable homes has been saved following intervention by a local authority.
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Big Issue case could help homeless access benefits
20/01/2012
Big Issue sellers who have been denied access to housing benefit could reapply following a court ruling, a legal centre has advised.
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Firms line up with green deal concerns
20/01/2012
A group of leading companies including major high street retailers Marks & Spencer and Homebase have called on the government to amend its flagship retrofit scheme so social landlords are not excluded from subsidy to tackle fuel poverty.
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Romanian Big Issue seller wins benefit fight
18/01/2012
A Big Issue seller has won the right to claim housing benefit after winning a landmark court case.
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Housing co-op planning to tackle empty homes
18/01/2012
A housing co-operative is looking to remedy the problem of empty houses in its area by transforming unused buildings into affordable housing.
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Film star comes to aid of homelessness charity
17/01/2012
A homelessness charity threatened with closure has managed to raise enough funds to keep it running with a little help from Hollywood.
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Council approves new allocations for Travellers
14/12/2011
A council has approved new plans to allocate pitches for Traveller sites based on a points system.
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Landlord offers tenants cash incentive to downsize
12/12/2011
Tenants living in under-occupied homes are being offered cash incentives to downsize by a housing association.
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One in four worried about losing their home
09/12/2011
A poll by a homelessness charity has found that one in four people in Britain are worried about losing their home.
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Euro Commission could hit UK over FIT cuts
08/12/2011
The European Commission has confirmed that the UK government could face legal action over plans to halve solar subsidies.
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Major housing crisis 'heading for Midlands'
07/12/2011
The housing market in the Midlands is ‘heading for a major crisis’, the latest figures show.
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Housing bodies join forces to scrutinise
07/12/2011
The Tenant Participation Advisory Service, HouseMark and the Chartered Institute of Housing are set to launch a new scrutiny scheme in the New Year.
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Court warning for private landlords over safety
07/12/2011
A council has warned private landlords to ‘follow the rules’ after one was fined for putting a tenant’s life in danger.