Right to buy extended to housing associations
Around 2.5 million housing association tenants in England are to be given the right to buy their homes at a discounted price, with government pledging to build a new social home for every one sold.
Around 2.5 million housing association tenants in England are to be given the right to buy their homes at a discounted price, with government pledging to build a new social home for every one sold.
South Holland District Council has piloted a new LGA peer challenge on social housing management.
There has been a flurry of government announcements in respect of housing and planning that, taken in the round, have started to address some of the issues that have long concerned the LGA and councils.
I have been greatly concerned about the recent announcement to extend the Right to Buy scheme to social housing providers.
More than 18,000 affordable houses have been lost as a result of office-to-residential conversions under permitted development.
Private sector renters and social housing tenants will enjoy additional protections as a result of new legislation proposed in the Queen’s Speech.
Affordable and zero-carbon homes are at the heart of the city’s new housing programme.
Improvements are needed to ensure vulnerable residents get the support they expect and need.
Councils share the collective national ambition to tackle the country’s housing shortage, and our goals can only be achieved by strong national and local leadership working together.
Councils increasingly do not have the capacity and capability to provide ‘appropriate and consistent protection for private renters’, according to a new report from the Public Accounts Committee.