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The lack of affordable housing in London has long been a hotly debated issue which has courted immense coverage and debate, yet realistic solutions from politicians and mayoral hopefuls alike to tackle the issue have been rare indeed. It’s apparent that the government’s abject failure in ensuring that the number of homes built in London […]
Beware tenants, it is a criminal offence to sublet your social housing property and the Council will not take too lightly to this. Under the Social Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013, unlawful subletting of a social housing property became a criminal offence, and whilst Housing Associations cannot initiate proceedings themselves, they can most […]
A report (based on research by the UK think-tank New Policy) which was made available on the 21st May 2015 highlights the fact that landlords are earning £5.6bn a year by renting out unsafe homes which fail to meet Legal standards, and also includes £1.3bn in housing benefit. A Citizens Advice study revealed that 740,000 […]
Over recent months, we have heard the term “social cleansing” being thrown around the media more and more. But, what exactly does this mean? “Social cleansing” relates to the uprooting of homeless families into accommodations outside of London by London Councils. But, why is this happening? There are a number of factors that play a […]
On Thursday 14th May 2015, a thought provoking article appeared in the Evening Standard which compared the current lack of affordable housing across all socio – economic groups to that of Paris, where gentrification of inner city areas has led to poorer people being pushed out into the suburbs. It’s apparent that housing policy over successive […]
On Wednesday 13th May 2015, the Evening Standard reported on page 26, that an East London Borough had been forced to undertake an investigation of it Arm’s Length Management Organisation, which overseas maintenance and assignment of social housing to tenants, over allegations of fraudulent activity being carried out by a number of its employees. Claims had […]
