#social-housing

#social-housing

Universities are becoming primary victims of the chaos enveloping Britain's public sector.News reported in the Guardian has vice-chancellors pleading for a new model of government funding.This follows reports that one-third of England's universities are trading at a deficit.Since almost one-fifth of UK students in higher education now come from abroad 125,000 of them from China there is near panic at the Home Office's determination to slash student immigration.

The sharp fall in disposable income among UK households has been blamed on the war in Ukraine, supply chain problems and Conservative policies.It is a product of all these things.But it is also a symptom of a longer decline in living standards that predates them.In response, both the Conservatives and Labour have proposed variations on the same programme of growth and jobs.

Labour has said ministers' decision to scrap housebuilding targets in England could cost renters an extra 200 a year by 2030.The shadow housing secretary, Lisa Nandy, said Labour is the party of homeownership as the local elections campaign entered the final straight.Nandy said Labour would not treat tenants like second class-citizens and said the government's approach to housebuilding, including withdrawing a 300,000-a-year target, would lead to the lowest rates of new-builds completed since the second world war.

French architect Jean-Christophe Quinton has decorated a Parisian social housing project built on the site of a demolished police station with a curvy limestone facade.The housing units are located at 12 Rue Jean-Bart in Paris' wealthy sixth arrondissement, one of the city's central districts, and were designed to destigmatise social housing by giving it an appealing aesthetic.

For all their architectural merits, the shortlisted projects for this year's Neave Brown award cannot escape the problems that continue to plague the British housing sector writes Kaye Stout, chair of the jury panel for the recently announced prize.Chairing the Neave Brown Award for Housing 2022 was a privilege and one I will always be grateful for.

Off the Hook Ep. 6-It Could All Be So Simple from NPQ on Vimeo.Meet Saphia, a young bell hooks fanatic trying desperately to build a good life in New York City.Constantly immersed in the latest idea she has discovered while reading hooks, Saphia is determined to figure out how to apply these liberatory ideals to her own life.

It is the philosopher alone who can conceive the grandeur of Manchester, and the immensity of its future, wrote Benjamin Disraeli in his 1844 novel Coningsby.The future Tory prime minister could not have foreseen the astonishing goalscoring exploits of Erling Haaland.But a city associated with the industrious bee will certainly be enjoying an immense buzz on Saturday.

A recent national report is putting San Jose on the map for all the wrong reasons.The city is the toughest place to buy a home with the worst price-to-rent ratio, according to an analysis by real estate data company Clever.The company ranked 50 of the most populous U.S. metros with the goal of answering one big question-is it cheaper to buy a home here or rent one?

My mother, Hilary Embling, who has died aged 94, was a teacher, librarian, peace campaigner and leftwing activist.Born in the town of Croydon to Margaret (nee Bingham) and Graham Down, a bank manager, Hilary was the youngest of five daughters.During the second world war she was a day girl at a private boarding school near Croydon and lived with her grandmother.

It was heartbreaking to read about the experiences of Chanel Sultan and her young family (Rats, mould, damp: one woman's story reveals the ugly truth about the UK's biggest housing association, 17 February).But unfortunately it was not shocking.The total dereliction of duty shown by the housing association except to its shareholders is sickening but, again, not shocking.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A mother-of-two who had been working two jobs is planning to buy a home after years in social housing after scooping more than 800,000 on EuroMillions.Sally-Ann Hanitzsch, of Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, worked shifts at a Morrisons supermarket while holding down a full-time role as an assets officer at Cambridge City Council.

A north London council left thousands of its tenants at potential risk with a litany of health and safety failings, a watchdog has found.A probe by the Regulator of Social Housing into Haringey Council homes found it had not completed 4,000 high-risk fire safety jobs, and more than 100 homes had the most serious Category One' safety hazards.

A victim of the Windrush scandal left stranded and destitute in Jamaica for a decade is bringing a High Court challenge against the Government over his level of compensation.Vernon Vanriel, 67, is pursuing his legal claim against the Home Office over its alleged refusal to compensate him for a loss of benefits after he was wrongly prevented from re-entering the UK.

Landlords will have to investigate and fix damp and mould in social housing within strict time limits under a proposed new law named after a toddler who died having been exposed to such conditions at home.Two-year-old Awaab Ishak died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould at his home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

The father of a toddler who died after exposure to mould at his housing association flat has spoken of his family's struggle with their loss as he welcomed a proposed new law in his son's name.Two-year-old Awaab Ishak died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould at his home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

A housing rights activist has warned that the number of inadequate social homes only seems to be getting bigger.Speaking to the London Assembly's housing committee, campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa said he was concerned about a growing number of council and association renters struggling with pest infestations, damp and mould.

Middlesbrough and Hartlepool will be regenerated through two new development corporations, Michael Gove has announced.The Levelling Up Secretary said the mayor of Tees Valley, Ben Houchen, will get new powers with the corporations to revamp both town centres.Mr Gove was speaking at the Convention of the North in Manchester, a gathering of major political figures in the North of England.

My father, Dudley Savill, who has died aged 85, worked for much of his life in the field of social housing in London, with a particular interest in promoting tenants' rights and participation.He was Notting Hill Housing Trust's first tenant welfare officer (1966-69), later becoming a housing and tenants' rights consultant at the National Consumer Council (NCC, 1976-79) and then the London housing manager for the Carr-Gomm Society (1982-87), ending his career as a participation officer at the housing support and advocacy organisation Hestia, trying to ensure that tenants had a greater say in the management of their homes.

Thousands of complaints about leaks, damp and mould have been made about social housing across England in the past three years, new figures reveal.The health impacts of poor-quality social housing have been in the spotlight after a coroner ruled two year-old Awaab Ishak died following prolonged exposure to mould in his flat, which was maintained by a housing association in Rochdale.

Figures have been released showing home ownership levels in east London (Image: PA) East London boroughs have some of the lowest levels of home ownership in England and Wales, figures have revealed.New data from the 2021 census reveals that Tower Hamlets is the lowest local authority area for home ownership.

More than 91,000 solar panels have been erected on farmland under a 40m deal between the City of London Corporation, which runs many key locations in the capital, and the French energy firm Voltalia.The City Corporation will buy all the energy from the solar farm, near Blandford Forum, for the next 15 years.

Almost a quarter (23 per cent) of privately rented homes in England and one in 10 (10 per cent) of those in the social sector are failing to reach basic standards of decency, shock new figures have revealed.The findings of the English Housing Survey came as an inspector's report found significant failings in the way a housing association dealt with damp and mould not only at the home of Awaab Ishak, who was killed by respiratory problems linked to conditions in his parents' flat, but across their entire estate.

A Conservative MP  made bankrupt after a judge in a specialist court heard he owed about 1.7 million says he will keep doing  his best for his constituents.Judge Nicholas Briggs made a bankruptcy order against Adam Afriyie, who represents Windsor, at an online hearing in the Insolvency and Companies Court on Tuesday.

A London council has admitted indefensible errors were made by failing to ensure thousands of its social homes were safe to live in.Overdue fire door replacements, outdated electrics reports, missing water safety certificates for residential blocks and incomplete asbestos assessments were identified across Redbridge's 4,400 council homes.

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has written to every English council leader and social housing provider as he warned that deaths like that of two-year-old Awaab Ishak must never be allowed to happen again.An inquest into the death of Awaab prompted an outcry this week after it found he died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one-bedroom housing association flat where he lived with his parents, Faisal Abdullah and Aisha Amin, in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has vowed to hold landlords to account following the death of a two-year-old boy who suffered prolonged exposure to mould in a housing association flat.Awaab Ishak, two, died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one-bedroom flat where he lived with parents, Faisal Abdullah and Aisha Amin, in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

The death of a young boy who suffered prolonged exposure to mould is an unacceptable tragedy, the Housing Secretary has said.Awaab Ishak, two, died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one-bedroom housing association flat where he lived with parents Faisal Abdullah and Aisha Aminin in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.