Home Ownership

NHF's shared ownership campaign is going public

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Media Watch: Where does shared ownership fit in the UK housing market?

Best Practices & Standards

Housing awards dates 2020

Planning

Citywide direction on HMOs to be introduced in Birmingham

Private Sector Housing

New funding to crackdown on criminal landlords

Housing Provision

Report identifies factors that stop councils from building more houses

Homelessness & Rough Sleeping

Homeless Link awards Cold Weather Fund grants to 51 specialist charities

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Mayor opens emergency shelters across London as temperatures drop

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Jobcentres to receive new £3 million fund to support homeless people

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Major new campaign launched to tackle hidden homelessness in Wales

Conferences & Seminars

First speakers confirmed for SFHA Communications Conference

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Conference and exhibition diary

Social Landlords

Housing Plus takes a look at how social landlords often go 'a step further'

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Network Homes brings in lifetime tenancies for all tenants

Legislation & Court Issues

Key housing related Bills before Parliament when it was prorogued on 8th October 2019

Information Technology

IT Eye Update provides an overview of news from the past six months

Welfare Benefits

Housing Allowance rise will make only a few homes more affordable

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Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their Housing Benefit payments rise from April

Affordable Housing

Over 13,500 affordable homes lost through office conversions

Housing Finance

Clarion Housing Group raises £350m in record breaking sustainable bond issue

Sustainability & Eco Housing

All new homes in Wales to be heated and powered from clean energy sources from 2025

Audit & Regulation

New governance assessment model for Welsh housing regulator

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