by Admin Deb | Dec 18, 2010 | Social Housing general
When the RTB policy came in, the council tenants, targeted to buy their properties, are now beginning to die. As a result, the arrangements (or lack of them) that they made when they bought their properties are becoming all too apparent. Far from there being an...
by Admin Deb | Nov 23, 2010 | Social Housing general
This overhaul will be the biggest shake up of council housing for a generation. Plans to introduce short term tenancy agreements of between two and ten years have been revealed. Five million people are currently on waiting lists for housing and 250,000 council houses...
by Admin Deb | Oct 22, 2010 | Social Housing general
The Chancellor George Osbourne announced yesterday the cuts in Social Housing. Whilst existing tenants are not affected, new tenants will be severely hit. No lifetime tenancy and paying rent of up to 80% of the going rate. Because the funding to Social Landlords has...
by Admin Deb | Mar 22, 2010 | Have your Say
Carers allowance is £53.10 per week. – thats if you “live in”. For that the government say you have to look after the disabled person for a minimum of 35 hours per week. This means you are paid £1.52 per hour. This is odds to the governments own...
by Admin Deb | Mar 5, 2010 | Social Housing general
I’ve had neighbours from hell in the past, but was lucky – my landlord removed them. But whilst it is easier for landlords to evict troublesome neighbours – they would still rather take the easy option and go down the mediation route. However for 9...
