We have taken several important steps to improve the quality of social housing including: Improving home safety. Requiring social housing landlords to install smoke alarms and carbon...
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Affordable housing is a key element of the government’s plan to end the housing crisis, tackle homelessness and provide aspiring homeowners with a step onto the housing ladder.
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What is social housing? By social housing we mean social rent homes. These homes have rents linked to local incomes and provide a truly affordable, secure housing option for people across the country. We don’t mean affordable rent, shared ownership, or any other so-called ‘affordable’ tenure.
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The Queensland Government is enhancing housing options for Brisbane’s eastern suburbs, awarding contracts for two new residential complexes. These projects will collectively add 43 new homes to the area, including 17, one-bedroom homes and six, two-bedroom homes at Wellington Point, and 20 one-bedroom homes in Alexandra Hills. These ...
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You can apply for a home through your local council. They might also call it ‘social housing’. If your application is accepted, you’ll go on to a waiting list of people who need a council home. Your council will then prioritise applications based on who needs a home most urgently.
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Work is planned to start next week on Queensland’s biggest ever social and affordable housing project. The big housing build will deliver 490 homes in Woree. It’s aimed at older people who are looking to downsize from their current home, and in turn free up larger homes for families. Cairns Regional Council expedited the initial development ...
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The affordability, security and stability of social housing enable people to put down roots and build their lives. It lets people live near where their children go to school. It promotes happy and productive lives. Building 90,000 social rent homes could save the NHS £5.2bn over 30 years.
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How to apply for a council house or flat - housing waiting lists, types of tenancies, the Right to Buy scheme and repairs, complaining about the council.
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More housing. More accountability. More transparency. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Newsom signed into law a comprehensive bipartisan housing package to build on California’s long-term strategy to help address homelessness and housing scarcity. The Governor also announced the release of guidance on up to $2.2 billion in funding for HomeKey+ permanent supportive housing — with half ...
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How did we go from a golden era of social housebuilding to the housing emergency we face today? Learn about the rise and fall of social housing in England.
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Social housing is more affordable than housing on the open market. It can be rented from housing associations or councils at reduced rents, or it can be part-sold, part-rented as shared ownership.
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All social landlords are required to submit quarterly data to RSH and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the fire safety remediation of relevant buildings for which they ...
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In the UK, social housing is a property development programme where housing associations, local councils and their partner developers rent out homes on a not-for-profit basis. Social housing covers a wide range of property types across the country.
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Find out about rent and service charges if you live in social housing, benefits that help with rent, how to pay your rent and when a rent increase can happen.
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Findings from the 2024-25 Quarter 1 survey on 11 metre plus buildings, published September 2024.
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Social Housing Goes to Washington. With the newly introduced Homes Act, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing legislation to create the next generation of decommodified, dignified homes, including public housing and co-ops. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 26, 2021, in Washington, DC.
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1. Main facts and figures. in the year ending in March 2023, households with a black ‘lead tenant’ made up 7.0% of new social housing lettings – for comparison, black people made up 4.0% of the...
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Find out why social housing is the only truly affordable, secure housing option for people across the country. Learn how social housing has changed over the years, and what we must do to revive it. Social housing is an investment in people, strong communities and the future of our country.
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Social rented housing is provided by a social landlord, normally a local authority or a housing association, with a rent set at around 50% of market rents. For residents, it is the most affordable housing tenure and offers long-term security of tenure.
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The Social Housing (Regulation) Act lays foundations for changes to how social housing is managed. It includes increased regulation of social landlords and new rules for protecting tenants from serious hazards in their homes.
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Housing associations are being urged to carry on with their preparations for a shake-up in procurement despite the government announcing a four-month delay to new legislation.
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Social Housing ’s weekly news bulletin delivers the latest news and insight across finance and funding, regulation and governance, policy and strategy, straight to your inbox.
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The go-to financial publication for the UK affordable housing sector, covering finance, regulation, risk, funding, cybersecurity, insurance and more.
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Social housing is lower-cost rented housing provided by landlords registered with the Regulator of Social Housing, known as social landlords. Social landlords can be a local council or a housing association.
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A 22,000-home housing association has regained the regulator’s top grade for governance and resolved issues that led to it breaching the agency’s Rent Standard.
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This decision jeopardises the safety of social rent residents and forces not-for-profit housing associations to divert focus and funds from building much-needed new homes, into the essential work ...
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Good quality supported housing is vital: providing a safe, stable and supportive place to live can be the key to unlocking better outcomes for vulnerable people, from tackling poverty and...
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Work is planned to start next week on Queensland’s biggest ever social and affordable housing project, jointly funded by the Albanese and Miles Labor Governments. The big housing build will deliver 490 homes in Woree and will be the biggest social and affordable housing project to be built in ...
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Insight 19 Sep 2024 Michael Lloyd. Housing bodies and other sector stakeholders have used their Autumn Budget submissions to call for the funding and financial stability needed to invest in new and existing homes. Michael Lloyd rounds up the key asks. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reported to be planning to introduce a 10-year rent formula of the ...
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The social and affordable housing precinct will consist of new one- and two-bedroom homes aimed at housing eligible seniors seeking to downsize.
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Making an application for social housing. Anyone who has the legal right to live in the UK can apply to join the housing register. We manage around 54,000 social housing properties. 5,000...
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Nearly three quarters (73%) of people surveyed on UK social housing waiting lists across the UK experienced problems with their accommodation that was harmful to their health, according to new research.
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Apply for council housing. You can apply for council housing through your local council. You’ll usually have to join a waiting list and you’re not guaranteed to get a property. Enter a ...
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Social housing outside your area, nationwide. Find available council and housing association homes or private rented homes to help meet your housing needs outside of high demand areas - whether you are homeless, rough sleeping, overcrowded or threatened with homelessness. See all properties Find out more about us.
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Get advice on renting, council tax, homelessness and problems where you live.
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The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) regulates for a viable, efficient, and well governed social housing sector able to deliver quality homes and services for current and future tenants.
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Federal housing vouchers are the largest rental aid program, but many landlords reject them. Experiments will test whether cash helps more people sign a lease.
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Work is planned to start next week on Queensland’s biggest ever social and affordable housing project, jointly funded by the Albanese and Miles Labor Governments.
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