Councils to retain right to buy receipts
Councils in England will be able to retain 100 per cent of receipts from the sale of homes through the Right to Buy (RTB) scheme for the next two years, the Government has announced.
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Support to find settled housing for Afghans
Afghans living in temporary accommodation in the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) will receive additional support to find settled accommodation.
Asylum and resettlement
Funding and flexibilities are needed to secure affordable accommodation for Afghan families.
57,000 Right to Buy homes ‘will not be replaced’
A further 57,000 social homes in England will be lost to Right to Buy by the end of the decade, with no region or local authority capable of providing one-to-one replacements.
‘Perfect storm’ for homelessness services
Some councils are ‘still not getting it right’ when it comes to preventing people from becoming homeless, according to a report from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
Evaluating the health effects of urban development
Poor-quality urban environments have substantial impacts on public and planetary health – something of which local planners and public health teams will be well aware.
‘More’ damp and mould in private housing
More than half of private renters – including 1.6 million children – are living in excessively cold, damp or mouldy homes, according to Citizens Advice.
Housebuilding targets ‘no longer compulsory’
Nationally set housebuilding targets will no longer be mandatory, following changes to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill currently before Parliament.
Funding for housing experts announced
Twenty-one councils have been successful in their applications to the LGA’s 2022/23 Housing Advisers Programme (HAP), an innovative scheme to help councils overcome housing challenges in their local areas.