The highly anticipated green paper on social housing was released Tuesday 14th August 2018, within it some key implications for the social housing sector. There has already been significant focus…
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HAs must publish Gender Pay Reports by 4th April 2018
If you are a housing association which had 250 or more employees on 1st April 2017, you are required under The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017…
Rent setting: Just because you could, does it mean you should?
Great article from Gemma Duggan from this weeks “Social Housing”: Rent setting: Just because you could, does it mean you should? My mum used to tell me ‘Just because you…
Summer is here!
As summer is finally upon us, we reflect on housing and the uncertain environment that we now face. The Grenfell tragedy The post regulation regime, since its deregulation Brexit negotiations…
Ministers Setting Rents Will Have To Balance Landlords’ and Tenants’ Needs
Read Gemma Duggans article published on 5th July in Inside Housing. Ministers setting rents will have to balance landlords’ and tenants’ needs The government will have to consider what…
CoCo, DevCo, WOC, WOS, HDV, LHC, whatever you call them council-owned housing companies are on the rise!
There has been rapid growth in the number of local authorities setting up housing companies. Generally called local housing companies (LHCs), this wave of municipal entrepreneurship has huge potential. From…