#social-housing

#social-housing

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 More than half of private renters in England including 1.6 million children are living in excessively cold, damp or mouldy homes, a survey by Citizens Advice suggests.

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 Thousands of social housing managers will be required to study for qualifications as part of a drive to professionalise the sector in the wake of a two-year-old's death in a mouldy flat.

The city has launched a new online data hub aimed at improving transparency around its recently approved plan to build more housing across Toronto.The Toronto Housing Data Hub is a public dashboard compiled of data related to affordable rental and subsidized housing, including: The status of affordable rental homes that are approved, under construction or completed.

Paris authorities have proposed to combat the population drain from the French capital by pushing for higher taxes on second-home owners and introducing more affordable social housing for working- and middle-class families.The city's population has dropped by more than 123,000 in the last decade, with many leaving in search of cheaper housing and green spaces, according to official figures.

What's the best way to fix Britain's economy?According to Labour and the Conservatives, the answer is growth.Yet this focus overlooks another fundamental reason for Britain's sluggish productivity.The UK is unwell.Every year, 2% of its GDP or 43bn is lost due to poor health, according to new findings from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

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.

Rishi Sunak's decision to scale back housing targets could cost renters an extra 200 a year by 2030, Labour has claimed as it ramps up its pitch as the party of home ownership.The Opposition promised to never treat tenants like second-class citizens, as it suggested the Prime Minister's approach to planning will lead to the lowest rate of housebuilding since the Second World War.

Demonstrators on Thursday (April 27) opposed the council's move outside its town hall in Whitechapel.It comes after a fire on March 5 at a flat in Maddocks House, Shadwell killed dad-of-two Mizanur Rahman, 41 and left 17 without a home.Many of the survivors, who were housed by the council in hotels until this morning, said they are unable to afford conventional homes and now face long-term homelessness.

Tenants living in blocks plagued with damp and mould face months of uncertainty after a council said it was considering demolishing them as fixing the issues was not best value for money.Residents in the Shires estate, Edmonton, north London, have been given no further information about when works to decommission the estate will begin and are uncertain about plans for Enfield council to rehouse them.

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.

The city's mayor said he instead wanted to see a similar role created, but covering the whole country, not just London.The London Assembly's housing committee have long called for the capital to have its own social housing commissioner, saying that such a figure would give tenants a louder voice on issues affecting the quality and safety of their homes.

A social landlord responsible for the home where toddler Awaab Ishak died following severe mould exposure claimed mould was acceptable in refugee tenants' homes.A damning report by the housing ombudsman for England, Richard Blakeway, found that Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) tenants were judged by staff members with prejudices, lazy assumptions and an attitude towards asylum seekers and refugees that is wholly unacceptable.

Voters in Berlin go to the polls this weekend to decide on a proposal that would force the city government to drastically ramp up the German capital's climate goals.Sunday's referendum, which has attracted considerable financial support from U.S.-based philanthropists, calls for Berlin to become climate neutral by 2030, meaning that within less than eight years the city would not be allowed to contribute further to global warming.

One Silicon Valley lawmaker wants the state to get into the housing market to assist residents who earn too much to qualify for low-income housing, but don't earn enough to afford a market-rate home.To help these residents, known as the "missing middle," Assemblymember Alex Lee introduced Assembly Bill 309 earlier this year.