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30 August 2011
Call for action on homes ‘crisis’
The housing market will be plunged into “crisis”‘ without government action to address the “chronic under-supply of homes”, a body representing housing associations in England has warned.
24 May 2011
Letter: Coalition own-goal in disability cuts
Thousands of disabled people could be priced out of their homes under government plans to reduce the housing benefit payable to people in council and housing association homes.
4 May 2011
Disabled people fear housing benefit changes
Proposed benefit changes for people living in social housing, could mean some disabled people lose their homes.
24 November 2010
The housing crisis and me
Hear from people who are struggling to find housing to meet their needs, sent to us via our website.
29 November 2010
Rise in second homes ‘forcing locals out’
Families are being forced out of their local areas as more buyers seek second homes in rural locations, the National Housing Federation has warned.
1 March 2011
New homes bonus for councils will ‘worsen England’s north-south divide’
Impending £1bn funding crisis will hit the north of England as the affluent south prospers, warn housing experts
4 July 2011
Leaked letter expresses concerns over the Government’s welfare reform plans
Federation responds to the leaked civil service letter expressing concerns over the Government’s welfare reform plans.
20 June 2011
Parents of disabled children could lose £1,400 in welfare shakeup
Controversial reforms will also cut benefit for 450,000 disabled tenants in social housing, according to leading charity
14 June 2011
Government rejects amendment to protect people with disabilities
The Government has rejected an amendment to its Welfare Reform Bill which would exclude social housing tenants whose homes have been adapted, with wheelchair ramps or other aids, from its proposal to cut housing benefit for extra rooms.
13 June 2011
Foster families hit by coalition housing reforms
Withdrawal of benefit for spare bedrooms could push claimants ‘into poverty’ say critics
10 June 2011
Work and Pensions Secretary called on to clarify ‘under-occupation’ policy
Hilary Benn MP, Shadow Leader of the House, yesterday demanded that the Work and Pensions Secretary appear before the House of Commons. He called for him to clarify the impact of Government’s plans to slash housing benefit for tenants deemed to be under-occupying.
31 May 2011
Take loans or you lose your home
A massive shake-up in housing benefit means claimants may need huge loans to keep their homes. Housing charity chiefs say up to 670,000 claimants will have to borrow £700 a year under planned changes.
9 May 2011
Plans to force single council house tenants out of “too big” homes could backfire
Plans to force single council house tenants out of homes that are “too big” for them by cutting their housing benefit could cost taxpayers MORE, research reveals.
