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HOUSING
Middlesbrough creates housing company to meet new homes ambitions
By Martin Ford | 04 January 2019
Middlesbrough Council is setting up a wholly-owned housing company as it embarks on ‘the most amb...
LONDON COUNCILS
London Councils forms company to tackle homelessness
By Martin Ford | 02 January 2019
A not-for-profit company will be created to provide housing for homeless families in 11 London bo...
HOUSING
Councils 'ripped off' by £1bn bill for temporary housing
By Ann McGauran | 02 January 2019
Councils spent almost £1bn on temporary accommodation in 2017/18, according to analysis by homele...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Brokenshire lifts funding cap as homeless deaths rocket
By Dan Peters | 21 December 2018
Housing secretary James Brokenshire lifted the cap on the cold weather fund on the same day it wa...
FINANCE
Rotherham to raise council tax on empty homes
By Ann McGauran | 18 December 2018
Rotherham MBC’s cabinet has agreed to changes which mean homes left vacant for more than 10 years...
WHITEHALL
MPs call for council powers over asylum housing
By Martin Ford | 17 December 2018
Councils should be tasked with inspecting accommodation for asylum seekers and granted the power ...
FINANCE
Use of temporary accommodation rockets
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2018
The number of households in temporary accommodation has rocketed by 71% over the last eight years...
HOUSING
City leaders want more say on key post-Brexit policies
By Ann McGauran | 05 December 2018
City leaders are ambitious to take on more responsibility but Westminster politicians’ focus on B...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Brexit will not halt economic growth, says Walkley
By Heather Jameson | 29 November 2018
Economic growth will not grind to a halt when we leave the European Union, chief executive of Hom...
HOUSING
What about that medium term financial strategy?
By Jill Penn | 28 November 2018
Any future funding settlement needs to recognise homelessness and problem prevention in some way,...
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