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Morning Briefing: concern over quality of care
BBC analysis raises concerns over the quality of care homes, and homelessness is reportedly on the rise in the Lake District
In the news
The BBC has published analysis showing that one in five care homes in England are judged as not good enough by watchdogs. Its report features concerns about the quality of care and about the consistency of the approach taken by watchdog Care Quality Commission.
It comes as Clare Tickell, the chief executive of Hanover housing association, on Inside Housing today calls for new funding for housing with support to enable to reduce pressure on public services.
Elsewhere, the Grenfell Inquiry has resumed, and with it moving tales from firefighters. The Daily Mail reports the ‘freaky’ story of a firefighter who found three children unharmed on an upper floor.
An editorial in The Guardian newspaper last night calls for private renters to have more rights. It warns that a ‘two-track’ rental market is developing. It said: “We should all be concerned about the low-income households on the lower track, who have been forced to rent privately because of the shortage of council housing.” The piece follows yesterday’s report by academics Julie Rugg and David Rhodes on the state of the private rented sector.
Bournemouth Borough Council is planning to borrow an extra £14.5m to buy properties to house homeless people, the Daily Echo has reported.
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Leeds City Council is trialling free internet for social housing tenants in two blocks, reports the Yorkshire Evening Post.
In what may be a further sign that the housing crisis is biting in rural areas, The Westmorland Gazette is reporting a rise in homelessness applications made to South Lakeland District Council in the Lake District. Inside Housing has previously reported concerns about rising homelessness in the countryside, including this piece by Charlotte Snelling, research fellow at thinktank IPPR, last year.
Katie Schmuecker, head of policy at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, has written a piece arguing that Universal Credit should be reformed, with its work allowances increased.
On social media
The date of #HousingDay, the annual tweet-a-thon that celebrates and raises awaress of the positive impact of social housing, has been announced:
This year’s #HousingDay will take place on Wed 10 October. The theme will be the tenant voice. For more details see @LeslieChannon @JonLandOfficial #ukhousing @CommsHero
— #HousingDay (@housingday)This year's #HousingDay will take place on Wed 10 October. The theme will be the tenant voice. For more details see @LeslieChannon @JonLandOfficial #ukhousing @CommsHero
— #HousingDay (@housingday) September 10, 2018
What’s on
- The National Housing Federation’s Leaseholder and Tenant Service Charges Conference 2018 takes place in London
- The Grenfell Inquiry sessions continue in London
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