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October 21 2011, 10.08AM Caerphilly Observer
Caerphilly Council housing transfer vote delayed
The council tenant vote on whether or not to transfer Caerphilly’s 10,980 council houses to a new social landlord has been delayed until early ne...
October 13 2011, 9.17AM Caerphilly Observer
Caerphilly Council housing transfer vote could be delayed
The council tenant vote on whether or not to transfer Caerphilly’s 10,980 council houses to a new social landlord could be delayed until next...
October 6 2011, 4.00PM Caerphilly Observer
Council tenants invited to Transfer Information Day
Council tenants across Caerphilly County Borough are being invited to an information day about the council’s proposal to transfer homes to a new ...
June 14 2011, 7.02AM Inside the M60
Manchester’s social housing praised by Ed Miliband
Under fire Labour leader Ed Miliband refered to Manchester’s fairness in social housing in a key nore speech yesterday. In his speech at a n...
June 3 2011, 1.00PM Caerphilly Observer
Caerphilly Council tenants invited to view showhomes ahead of vote on housing transfer
Council tenants in Caerphilly County Borough have been invited to see what the future could hold if they voted to have their homes transferred to a...
March 23 2011, 2.37PM On The Wight
Quarr Abbey Offer Land To Community Groups
New scheme is proving popular with community groups
February 22 2011, 11.24AM Inside the M60
Hard on Collyhurst heels, Salford gets £51 million for housing
Following the news on Friday 21 February that Manchester City Council has secured £29m for the renovation of properties at Collyhurst, Salford Cit...
January 24 2011, 7.25AM Inside the M60
New housing fund will help tenants downsize
A new grant from central government will enable older social housing tenants in Greater Manchester to downsize into more suitable properties. Housi...
January 17 2011, 7.52AM Inside the M60
New pledges from Salford’s social housing landlords
Social landlords in Salford have made a pledge to improve services for residents with a new set of housing service standards. The plans, approved b...
January 12 2011, 12.58PM Eastleigh News
Radian to get new skipper
Social landlord Radian Group today announced that Richard Hastilow has been appointed as its new Chairman. A successful naval captain and businessm...
December 20 2010, 7.19AM Inside the M60
North West-the highest region for empty homes in the country
The North West is the region with the highest number of empty homes, with 64,596 vacant properties, the equivalent of 2.6 per cent of all privately...
December 10 2010, 12.47PM Pits n Pots
High Rise Council Flats To Benefit From £1.9m Improvements
High rise council flats in Stoke-on-Trent are to benefit from almost £2 million of investment to improve fire safety measures, access and security...
December 3 2010, 12.30PM Inside the M60
You wouldn’t be able to afford your homes in real life, housing federation tells Corrie stars
It may be approaching its 50th anniversary spectacular, but a leading housing group has revealed that more than a quarter of characters in the Gr...
December 2 2010, 11.00AM Caerphilly Observer
More than 700 affordable homes for Caerphilly County Borough
More than 700 affordable homes will have been built in Caerphilly by March 31, 2012 – new Welsh Assembly figures reveal. Under the One Wales Agre...
November 30 2010, 4.30AM Inside the M60
Work begins on Manchester’s first new council homes for 20 years
Work on the first council houses to be built in Manchester for 20 years starts today in Gorton. The projet to build 171 new council homes in Wenloc...
November 29 2010, 10.45AM Inside the M60
Brunswick’s housing transformation gets the go ahead
Brunswick residents have been celebrating the Government’s decision to allow regeneration plans for the area to go ahead after the £118million p...
November 22 2010, 12.53PM Inside the M60
Government seeks to end social housing for life
New council and social housing tenants in England will not necessarily keep their homes for life, housing minister Grant Shapps announced today in ...
November 8 2010, 11.16AM Inside the M60
Research shows Manchester’s households will be hit by housing benefit cuts
Two bedroom households in Manchester face losing £61 pounds per month as the coalition’s housing benefit cuts begin to bite. Research by She...
October 23 2010, 2.06PM Manchester MULE
The cuts and the North West: provisional implications
However much the Conservative Party paid Rooney to divert everyone’s attention over the last few days, it has been money well spent. The Comprehe...
October 21 2010, 7.51AM Inside the M60
New tenants could pay up to £9,000 a year extra for a council house
The National Housing Federation has slammed the Government’s decision to cut the affordable housebuilding budget by 60 per cent claiming that m...
October 19 2010, 6.23AM Inside the M60
Work under way on three-year West Gorton programme
The first improvements are well under way on almost 150 homes in West Gorton where tenants are set to benefit from a £4 million investment program...
October 19 2010, 5.47AM Inside the M60
Affordable housing under threat in the Spending Review
Plans to build 270,000 affordable homes for low income families over the next decade could be axed under government plans to slash funding for new ...
October 15 2010, 9.00AM yourCardiff
Cardiff North politicians attack social housing plans
An MP and AM for Cardiff North have attacked plans for six social housing flats in the Llandaff North… Related posts:Council wants new develo...
September 29 2010, 11.32PM EastLondonLines
Poplar film-maker celebrates earliest social housing in the Story of London
A local film-maker will explore the history of social housing in the East End during the Story of London in October, focusing on the country’...
September 27 2010, 4.47PM Inside the M60
West Gorton tenants to get £4m of home improvements
Social housing tenants in West Gorton are set to benefit from £4 million worth of improvements when they transfer to a new landlord today. The 144...
September 23 2010, 3.40PM Inside the M60
Imminent social housing changes could catch out people on the waiting list
New changes to Manchester’s social housing policy could mean homeless people on the waiting list to be housed get caught out and lose the cha...
September 17 2010, 11.00AM Caerphilly Observer
Job losses likely at Connaught Caerphilly
The chief executive of Connaught Compliance, based in Caerphilly, has admitted that job losses are likely. In an interview with the Caerphilly Camp...
September 10 2010, 10.30AM Caerphilly Observer
Assurances sought from Connaught by Caerphilly AM
Caerphilly’s Labour AM Jeff Cuthbert has sought reassurances from Connaught plc after it was announced that the firm had gone into administration...
September 7 2010, 11.13PM Caerphilly Observer
400 jobs at risk after housing firm Connaught goes into administration
About 400 jobs in Caerphilly County Borough are at risk after a social housing maintenance firm went into administration. Exeter-based Connaught ha...
September 7 2010, 12.39PM Inside the M60
Tony Lloyd hits out at Con-Dem tenancy plans
Tony Lloyd, Labour MP for Manchester Central, and Cllr June Hitchen have denounced plans by the government to strip council tenants of their rights...
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