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Thousands of Council Homes Across London to be Updated
Thousands of council homes in the capital will be transformed, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced, following his success in securing over half of the Government’s £1.6 billion Decent Homes budget for London.
UK Government Uses Data Matching to Provide 27,000 Leads to Potential Tenancy Cheats
Housing Minister John Healey has given councils and housing associations another 27,000 leads to potential tenancy cheats who fraudulently sublet the homes they have been allocated. Mr Healey made clear he wants people to feel the system for housing families...
U.K. Government Doubles Council House-building Cash
U.K. Housing Minister John Healey has doubled Government cash for new council homes. Mr Healey announced 73 councils covering every region of England will share an extra £122.6 million. Councils will match this second round Government grant bringing...
Work Commences on Biggest Council House Building Program in Two Decades
U.K. Housing Minister John Healey has hailed the start of the biggest council house building program in nearly two decades as work began on the first of over two thousand new homes to help tackle waiting list pressures. Mr Healey saw work get underway...
U.K. Housing Minister, John Healey Announces More Cash to Build Affordable Homes
U.K. Housing Minister John Healey has said Government funding for housebuilding has hit £2billion since June as he announced a further £278m for an extra 5,000 affordable homes across the country. In an upbeat end of year report Mr Healey said that...
National Crackdown Launched on U.K. Tenancy Cheats
U.K. Housing Minister John Healey has launched the first-ever national crackdown on tenancy cheats to recover up to 10,000 council and housing association homes fraudulently sublet, and release them to those in real need. Tenancy cheats live elsewhere...
75% of London’s First-time Buyers May be Missing the Chance to Get on the Property Ladder
75% London’s first-time buyers are not sure who qualifies for low cost housing schemes and may be missing the chance to get on the property ladder, according to new research carried out for the Mayor of London. The Ipsos MORI survey, commissioned by...
