Homelessness

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'Duty to collaborate' over homelessness call

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2024

Labour-led London Councils has called for a ‘duty to collaborate’ to be placed on five Whitehall departments as part of the Government’s long-term homelessness strategy.

FUNDING

A lot more to come from the NAO in 2025

By Abdool Kara | 11 December 2024

Abdool Kara says the National Audit Office continued to perform its public duty of supporting acc...

HOMELESSNESS

Councils to be 'incentivised' to take preventative approach to homelessness

By Martin Ford | 03 December 2024

The Government hopes to ‘incentivise’ local authorities into using funding for homelessness servi...

HOUSING

Soaring London rents blamed for declining agent offering

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024

Properties offered to member councils by a social lettings agent owned by London boroughs have pl...

HOUSING

Council defies Ombudsman ruling

By Martin Ford | 13 November 2024

Leicester City Council has refused to pay compensation to a woman for providing unsuitable tempor...

HOMELESSNESS

Rayner chairs first cross-government homelessness group meeting

By Dan Peters | 07 November 2024

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has chaired the first meeting of the cross-government group o...

HOUSING

Renters' Rights Bill to extend homelessness prevention duty

By Martin Ford | 06 November 2024

Councils’ homelessness prevention duty to evicted tenants could be extended from 56 to 147 days o...

HOUSING

Questions over supported housing sustainability

By Martin Ford | 04 November 2024

A Government-commissioned review has raised questions over the sustainability of supported housin...

HOUSING

Managing the cost of temporary accommodation: can it be done?

By Jon Coane | 25 October 2024

All involved in the delivery of social and affordable housing must work together to solve the tem...

DEVOLUTION

Who would bet against the number of councils dropping further?

By Abdool Kara | 24 October 2024

Unless there is unexpected largesse in the chancellor’s autumn statement, who will bet against th...

WALES

Welsh councils facing £559m budget pressure

By Paul Marinko | 11 October 2024

Welsh councils face budget pressures of around £559m next year, the sector’s umbrella organisatio...