Moody's downgrades UK housing associations credit ratings for second time in 2013
Moody's has downgraded the credit ratings of 29 UK housing associations for the second time this year.
24 Dash - Posted 20/05/2013

Local authority shakes up its housing allocations policy
Richmond Council has rewritten its housing allocation policy to give priority to locals, ex-service personnel, foster carers, people in work and those making a "significant contribution to society".
24 Dash - Posted 20/05/2013

Council issues advice to help tenants beat the bedroom tax
Liverpool City Council is issuing guidance to help its tenants beat the bedroom tax.
24 Dash - Posted 20/05/2013

Council homes doomed by HS2 to get new bathrooms and kitchens
Tenants of a Camden council estate learned they are to have new kitchens and bathrooms fitted - on the same day they received letters telling them their homes are to be demolished to make way for the HS2 rail scheme.
24 Dash - Posted 20/05/2013

Rule change to allow conversion of office space into social housing could regenerate high street
Planning law changes which will allow disused office buildings to be converted into residential accommodation could regenerate the high street, according to a property investment firm.
24 Dash - Posted 20/05/2013

Westminster Council proposes rough sleeping crackdown as figures show half on streets are foreign nationals
Westminster City Council has proposed a new strategy to deal with rough sleeping in the borough - including "effective enforcement" against "unacceptable behaviour".
24 Dash - Posted 20/05/2013

Bedroom tax victims send Lord Freud 'stormy weather' postcard
Lord Freud has been presented with a postcard from social housing tenants affected by the government's benefit changes - predicting stormy clouds.
24 Dash - Posted 18/05/2013

Housebuilding slump could be tackled by council investment, claims LGA
The Local Government Association (LGA) has claimed that the national housebuilding slump could be halted by a council-backed programme to build tens of thousands of new homes.
24 Dash - Posted 17/05/2013

CIH and L&Q: government must commit to public review of social and affordable rents
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and L&Q have told the government to commit to a public review of social and affordable housing rent policy - or risk the industry grinding to a halt.
24 Dash - Posted 17/05/2013

Friday’s week in housing review: Plains, trains and (not) building homes
Another week, another heap of steaming carnage and catastrophe for the government’s ‘vision’ for the benefits system.
24 Dash - Posted 17/05/2013