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Should everyone living in Social Housing live on “Sink Estates”? 24 Sep 2012 | 12:33 am
Social housing in expensive areas of England should be sold off and the money used to finance the building of new homes in cheaper areas, the think tank Policy Exchange says. Neil O’Brien, director of...
Social Housing Rental or Buy a Home 7 May 2012 | 08:22 am
http://www.cche.org.uk/guest-blogs/social-housing-rental-or-buy-a-home/
Unemployed Immigrants Get Council Homes 29 Apr 2012 | 03:37 am
Read the full article and comment at: http://www.cche.org.uk/housing-news/unemployed-immigrants-get-council-homes/
Stop the benefit cuts – why single out disabled people? 30 Nov 2011 | 06:41 pm
The British government was embarking on a wholesale reform of the welfare benefit system when the economic crisis struck. Unfortunately since then, the economy has gone in to crisis and the government...
Your Mutual Exchange – Remember it’s Taken as Seen so do the checks first 7 Oct 2011 | 07:29 am
I have so many members (and non-members) telling me how they have problems with repairs after exchanging properties. Some seem to be general repairs like a broken window handle and other repairs are m...
Housing Benefit and Welfare Benefit Changes 6 Oct 2011 | 04:59 pm
Changes to housing benefit The Government is planning to make significant changes to welfare payments including housing benefit. Many of the details have not been finalised but, based on what minister...
The Quality of Accommodation Standard (Decent Homes 2010 expirey) 21 Sep 2011 | 08:14 am
Until this is official (having been to the Government regulator etc) and I have more documentation on the subject, I cannot be 100% sure that any answers I give here will be correct. The Quality of Ac...
Spare Bedroom? Lose HB or Move. Another Social Housing Bombshell. 8 Jun 2011 | 04:00 am
The Welfare Reform Bill – currently going through Parliament – will try to match families to the right sized property, which could be via a housing association on a housing estate. According to Lord F...
December Home Swappers with CCHE 1 Jan 2011 | 02:38 pm
Council House Exchanges for December 2010 Happy new year to all our members and best of luck with your exchange in 2011. Thank you to the members that took up our 50% once only offer on Premium Member...
Right to Buy – problems 25 years on 19 Dec 2010 | 06:07 am
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 pro...
