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Morning Briefing: government reveals England’s most deprived neighbourhoods
England’s top 10 deprived towns are revealed, the National Housing Summit comes to a close, and all your other major housing news stories of the day
New government research has revealed the 10 most deprived neighbourhoods in England, with nine out the top 10 being situated in the North of the country and eight are in Blackpool.
The BBC is one of a number of websites that reported on the new government research which named the seaside village of Jaywick in Essex as the most deprived neighbourhood, while Middlesbrough had the largest share of deprived areas in the full list.
The figures ranked 32,844 neighbourhoods on indicators such as income, employment, education, crime and health.
The least deprived area of England was a neighbourhood in the Chiltern Hills near Amersham in Buckinghamshire.
Yesterday also saw the close of the National Housing Summit, the two-day conference in London hosted by the National Housing Federation.
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Among the speakers was Fiona MacGregor, chief executive of the Regulator of Social Housing, who warned housing associations of changing their behaviours in a bid to attract funding from new investors entering the sector.
Inside Housing’s team of reporters who were present at the event in the Barbican Centre have put together a piece looking at the key takeaways from the past two days, which you can read here.
The BBC runs a piece taking an in-depth look at the private landlord sector and the increasing move by councils to set up a private landlord licensing scheme in a bid to reduce the number of rogue landlords owning properties.
The website talks to Lewisham Council, which is asking the government to approve a new scheme that would ask landlords to pay up to £750 per property for a licence.
The scheme would also allow the council to inspect thousands of privately rented homes, a move that could be followed by other local authorities if approved.
Paul Bell, Lewisham’s cabinet member for housing, said the move to implement selective licensing, which could be introduced as early as next February, would reduce the gap between good and bad landlords.
However, the Residential Landlords Association has claimed that the schemes could harm landlords and would not lead to improving standards.
The company owned by the family of US president Donald Trump has won permission to build a new luxury housing estate beside its golfing complex in Aberdeenshire, despite a record number of objections from local residents.
The Guardian reports that councillors approved the proposals for the £20m scheme by 38 to 24 on Thursday, which The Trump Organisation has said will boost tourism to the area.
However, the backing of the scheme by councillors came even though the plans had seen nearly 3,000 people object to the scheme last year, the largest number ever received for an Aberdeenshire planning application.
Local news website Original 106 has reported on a move by Aberdeen City Council to build nearly 4,000 affordable homes in the city over the next five years.
The Strategic Housing Investment Plan got the green light from councillors yesterday to build the 3,800 homes. The plan will now be submitted to Scottish government for funding to be agreed.
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Some highlights from day two of the National Housing Summit:
“Providers should be looking now at how transparent they are with tenants” - reminder that annual report on service to tenants is a requirement “are you doing that? We might be looking.” A reminder - and warning - from Fiona MacGregor @RSHEngland at #NationalHousingSummit
— Martin Hilditch (@martinhilditch)“Providers should be looking now at how transparent they are with tenants” - reminder that annual report on service to tenants is a requirement “are you doing that? We might be looking.” A reminder - and warning - from Fiona MacGregor @RSHEngland at #NationalHousingSummit
— Martin Hilditch (@martinhilditch) September 26, 2019
Long term, sustainability, planning great places for the future - @BBCMarkEaston would like to see housing policy go beyond electoral cycle #NationalHousingSummit pic.twitter.com/2VEKFMle2w
— Catherine Little (@Catherine_BHG)Long term, sustainability, planning great places for the future - @BBCMarkEaston would like to see housing policy go beyond electoral cycle #NationalHousingSummit pic.twitter.com/2VEKFMle2w
— Catherine Little (@Catherine_BHG) September 26, 2019
“We’re a sector working together, with tenants and partners, commited to solving the nation’s housing crisis”
— Kate Henderson (@KateNHF)
Baroness Diana Warwick, Chair of @natfednews opens day 2 of the #NationalHousingSummit at the Barbican pic.twitter.com/939cGpqORi“We’re a sector working together, with tenants and partners, commited to solving the nation’s housing crisis”
— Kate Henderson (@KateNHF) September 26, 2019
Baroness Diana Warwick, Chair of @natfednews opens day 2 of the #NationalHousingSummit at the Barbican pic.twitter.com/939cGpqORi