Social Housing
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Proportion of affordable homes being built in London halves
New figures have revealed that the proportion of affordable new homes being built in London has halved since 2011. In that year 74 social homes were built for every 100 private homes. By 2014 that figure was just 40 per 100. It means that despite
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More could lose homes, says charity
Citizens Advice is seeing increasing cries for help from people who are on the edge of losing their home, despite the improving economy. During 2013, the charity's volunteers and advisers dealt with nearly 87,000 problems of social housing
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'Bedroom tax' tenants in appeal bid
Five disabled tenants are asking the Court of Appeal to declare the Government's so-called "bedroom tax" regulations unlawful. The regulations, introduced in April last year, have led to reductions in housing benefit payments to
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40,000 claimants could receive bedroom tax rebate
Around 40,000 social housing tenants may have been wrongly hit by the so-called bedroom tax and are in line for money back. A loophole in the Government's welfare reforms means what ministers call the spare-room subsidy does not apply to
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Three ways to help control UK rents
A mini protest outside a local estate agents calling for a cap on rents last month made me think about how the government can help close the divide between home ownership and
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New right to buy 'has £75,000 off'
David Cameron has pledged to "reboot" the right-to-buy scheme by offering council tenants discounts of up to £75,000. The larger-than-expected extension will encourage "strong families and stable communities", according to
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Crackdown on sublet social housing
Council tenants who sublet their homes to rake in thousands of pounds face prosecution and possible prison terms in a New Year blitz on abuse of social housing. High earners could also be forced to pay the market rate for continuing to live in
