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UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Watch: 'My kids lost a year of childhood' - Family moved from hotel to hotel in housing crisis

A west London mother and her three children were displaced and remain in temporary accommodation while nearly 170,000 children live in similarly unstable housing.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

London council buys back Right to Buy home for almost four times original cost

Councils sold thousands of homes under Right to Buy, later repurchasing fewer at much higher prices, resulting in large net losses of council housing.
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fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Green Party backs plan to see end of private letting

Under the terms of their new policy, the Greens would put more regulation and taxes on private rentals to make it difficult for landlords to make a profit, while boosting housebuilding by councils. It would use existing Green policies such as imposing rent controls, ending buy-to-let mortgages and giving councils the 'right to buy' a rental property when it is sold at a discounted price.
UK politics
London
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Our hallway's big enough to play football in!' The council housing that feels like a holiday resort

Council housing in Hackney was designed to accommodate Haredi religious needs—staggered balconies and larger flats—producing more generous housing for all residents.
Law
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Woman handed suspended sentence and ordered to pay over 6k for submitting false council housing application

A Southwark woman received a suspended six-month sentence and was ordered to pay £6,167 after submitting a false housing application to Hillingdon Council.
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
5 months ago

Boroughs plan to cut spending on council housing by 264m

London boroughs face significant cuts to housing budgets totaling £264 million over three years due to rising management costs and insufficient income.
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