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Amendments aim to improve standards in social housing Social landlords will be required to address complaints of damp and mould within strict timeframes as part of Awaab’s Law, announced in February Find out more
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Benefits don’t cover cost of rent for 500,000 renters in England 26 November 2020, Katie Coyne Findings come after number of private renters claiming benefits rose 36% between February and August this year. Liverpool looks for new ways to tackle rogue landlords 29 October 2020, Louise Connelly In January Liverpool’s city-wide selective licensing scheme was not renewed by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government and the team was disbanded 8 things we learned from the 12th Annual CIEH Housing and Health Conference 14 October 2020, Sarah Campbell Learning points and snippets from the two-day online event. Shelter urges government to keep promise to renters 24 September 2020, Katie Coyne ‘Pipeline’ of tens of thousands of tenants facing eviction due to pandemic. Landlords and charities demand financial help for tenants in arrears 03 September 2020, Sarah Campbell Coalition says eviction ban alone not enough to help those in difficulty because of COVID-19. Fast track for ‘beautiful buildings’ under government’s planning reform proposals 06 August 2020, Sarah Campbell White paper includes automatic planning permission in designated ‘growth’ areas. ‘HMOs are central to the operation of traffickers’ 03 August 2020, Adrian Finbow Interview with an investigator working with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority. Tales from the front line: ‘We expect to see more blocks made safer’ 17 July 2020, EHN magazine Meet the EHP helping councils get combustible cladding removed from tall buildings. ‘Tackle fuel poverty to prevent winter COVID-19 deaths,’ PM is urged 23 June 2020, Katie Coyne Evidence shows fuel poverty puts households more at risk from worst effects of virus. Alarm over proposals to strip councils of planning control 10 June 2020, Katie Coyne EHN Extra spoke to NLGN think tank director Adam Lent about Whitehall’s centralised mindset.
Benefits don’t cover cost of rent for 500,000 renters in England 26 November 2020, Katie Coyne Findings come after number of private renters claiming benefits rose 36% between February and August this year.
Liverpool looks for new ways to tackle rogue landlords 29 October 2020, Louise Connelly In January Liverpool’s city-wide selective licensing scheme was not renewed by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government and the team was disbanded
8 things we learned from the 12th Annual CIEH Housing and Health Conference 14 October 2020, Sarah Campbell Learning points and snippets from the two-day online event.
Shelter urges government to keep promise to renters 24 September 2020, Katie Coyne ‘Pipeline’ of tens of thousands of tenants facing eviction due to pandemic.
Landlords and charities demand financial help for tenants in arrears 03 September 2020, Sarah Campbell Coalition says eviction ban alone not enough to help those in difficulty because of COVID-19.
Fast track for ‘beautiful buildings’ under government’s planning reform proposals 06 August 2020, Sarah Campbell White paper includes automatic planning permission in designated ‘growth’ areas.
‘HMOs are central to the operation of traffickers’ 03 August 2020, Adrian Finbow Interview with an investigator working with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.
Tales from the front line: ‘We expect to see more blocks made safer’ 17 July 2020, EHN magazine Meet the EHP helping councils get combustible cladding removed from tall buildings.
‘Tackle fuel poverty to prevent winter COVID-19 deaths,’ PM is urged 23 June 2020, Katie Coyne Evidence shows fuel poverty puts households more at risk from worst effects of virus.
Alarm over proposals to strip councils of planning control 10 June 2020, Katie Coyne EHN Extra spoke to NLGN think tank director Adam Lent about Whitehall’s centralised mindset.