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A round-up of the top stories this morning from Inside Housing and elsewhere
Top story: Three stock transfer councils register as social landlords
Three councils that offloaded their housing stock during the stock transfer era have registered as social landlords.
The move could indicate an intention to become a manager of social housing again – but it also means the councils will seek to access Homes England grant.
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General election 2019: housing sector reacts to Conservative majority
You may not have heard, but the Conservatives won a commanding majority in the election last week, cutting through Labour’s traditional heartlands in the North and the Midlands.
The housing sector has called for the next government to put housing near the top of their agenda.
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As we return to business following the election campaign, Inside Housing takes a look at what is sitting in the newly returned housing secretary’s in-tray.
Should he survive the post-election reshuffle, Robert Jenrick will need to get to grips with the cladding crisis, find a way to end rough sleeping in four-and-a-half years and deliver a Social Housing White Paper – amid other commitments.
“As a sector we all have an important part to play in this, continuously banging the drum about our work, what we need from the government and holding them to account if it’s not being seen as a high enough priority.”
David Done, chief executive of RHP, reflects on the sector’s task following the general election result
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House prices will rise over the next year – including growth by 2% in the North according to Rightmove figures reported in The Guardian.
Over the weekend, The Guardian also reported a spike in donations to housing charities and food banks.
And there is nothing that says “festive season” in the housing sector like a story about housing associations demanding that tenants remove wreaths because of fire safety, delivered by the Daily Mail.
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Dorset Council’s auditors have criticised the council for not spending a £4m fund to promote new housing development in the county, reports The Dorset Echo.
The Surrey Comet reports on a debate in the council about local opposition to new housing development.
“Shocking” levels of homelessness in Ipswich will get worse, despite a fall in rough sleeping reports the Ipswich Star.