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Short on time? Monday’s housing news in five minutes

A round-up of the top stories this morning from Inside Housing and elsewhere

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Short on time? Monday’s housing news in five minutes #ukhousing

A round-up of the top stories this morning from Inside Housing and elsewhere #ukhousing

Top story: swing voters back investment in social housing

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New polling by the Office for National Statistics for the National Housing Federation (NHF) shows large support for social housing funding from voters who the Conservatives are desperate to win over.

The class of voters who traditionally voted Labour but also voted ‘Leave’ in the Brexit referendum are seen as key constituents in the party’s chances of winning a majority.

The polling showed 65% of these voters supported the idea of additional spending on new social housing.

In its manifesto, the Conservative Party made no major commitment to social housing investment – promising simply to renew the Affordable Homes Programme.

Regulator launches investigation into Glasgow’s homelessness service

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The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has announced that it is launching an investigation into Glasgow City Council’s service for people who are homeless.

The inquiry will involve the regulator visiting the council directly to test its performance, with a particular focus on how the council discharges its duty to provide people with emergency and temporary accommodation.

In March 2018, the SHR published the report Housing People who are Homeless in Glasgow, which highlighted a range of weaknesses in the council’s performance, including a failure to house people quickly enough.

A spokesperson for Glasgow City Council said the city faced a “significant problem” with homelessness – due in part to welfare reform, drug addiction and mental health issues.

Lunchtime long read

Lunchtime long read

A recent report highlighted failures in a particular sub-sector of housing that often escapes regulation. Termed ‘non-commissioned exempt accommodation’, its function is to place roofs over the heads of people with nowhere else to go.

In this episode of The Housing Podcast, Inside Housing speaks to Sarah Rowe, senior policy officer at Crisis, and Ashley Horsey, chief executive at Commonweal Housing, about why this type of accommodation can cause problems.

Quote of the day

Quote of the day

“Before the new regulatory regime is set in stone, it’s vital that the government listens to the views of residents and landlords, so that a safe but appropriate regime is implemented.”

Eamon McGoldrick, chief executive of the National Federation of ALMOs, gives his view on the post-Grenfell regulatory environment

Read the full piece here

In the papers

In the papers

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The Guardian reports on rising UK house prices despite the ongoing uncertainty over Brexit. The figures, from Halifax, show the average price of a home rose 1% to £234,625 last month, marking the largest monthly rise since February.

And there is controversy over the comments of a Conservative candidate that families using food banks are not “managing their money” properly – reported in The Independent.

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