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The Guardian view on social housing: invest boldly to tackle ‘simmering anger’ about substandard homes
29 May 2025 18:01 GMT
… sold off under the right-to-buy scheme, has adversely affected … soaring, the social housing sector is increasingly failing … recognise access to affordable housing as a fundamental entitlement … benefit of rules making housing associations more professional and …
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What we really mean when we talk about solving the housing crisis
29 May 2025 06:00 GMT
… Everything from the National Housing Strategy to new Prime … long-term effects of right-to-buy were unimportant. Her government … all its sinister implications, right-to-buy legislation was at least … real estate companies under the guise of solving the housing …
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The 'eyesore' areas in Nottingham that will get new social housing developments
27 May 2025 14:38 GMT
… transformation as new social housing projects are approved to … city's housing shortage.
Two social housing schemes in ‘ … per cent of their Right-to-Buy sales, meaning they can … Hayes (Lab), Executive Member for Housing & Planning, said: “[This …
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Social housing projects approved at two ‘eyesore’ Nottingham sites
20 May 2025 18:46 GMT
… designed to ease social housing and financial pressures from … 100 per cent of their Right-to-Buy sales, meaning they can … Hayes (Lab), Executive Member for Housing & Planning, said: “[This … get people [on the housing list] into more suitable …
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New council housing to be built in Skipton for first time in decades
28 Apr 2025 19:12 GMT
… ’s separate shared ownership housing company.
Council officials say … The council approved its housing revenue account 30-year … .
Emily Shepherd, senior housing delivery officer at North … ,000 coming from right-to-buy receipts.
The housing development has full …
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Hundred-year wait for family-size social housing in parts of England, study finds
09 Apr 2025 04:08 GMT
… ”.
Analysis from the National Housing Federation (NHF), Crisis and … the number in 2012.
Housing charities said families were … country’s three leading housing campaign groups urged the … right-to-buy scheme that will protect the stock of existing social housing …
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Something vital is missing from Labour’s housing policy: council houses
25 Mar 2025 10:34 GMT
… are either owned by housing associations or local authorities, … to end or devolve the right-to-buy scheme, which has seen … solution is providing council housing that protects individuals’ right … social and genuinely affordable housing.
With Labour’s current …
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TOPA’s Promise and Pitfalls: Balancing tenant rights, affordability, and housing investment in Washington, D.C.
14 Mar 2025 06:59 GMT
… investment in multifamily housing and hinder housing production. The … with clearer, more predictable real estate regulations.
Perhaps most significantly … Condo Conversion and Tenant Right-to-Buy in Washington DC. 2016 … et al. v. Daro Realty, Inc., et al., …
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Housing Benefit freeze will see 'children growing up homeless', expert warns
14 Mar 2025 09:47 GMT
… changes to housing benefits, in particular Local Housing Allowance (LHA … What is Housing Benefit and LHA?
Previously, Housing Benefit was … a family’s housing benefit, or housing support element of … a lack of social housing since right-to-buy was introduced in …
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Five reasons the UK has a housing crisis
12 Mar 2025 05:51 GMT
… local authorities and housing associations have all dropped … affordable housebuilding
Affordable housing includes homes for sale … institute.
Secondly, the right-to-buy (RTB) policy implemented … short-term improvements in housing ownership, but effectively …