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Rough sleeping strategy launched
16/08/2018
The Conservative Manifesto for the 2017 General Election promised to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and end it by 2027. On 13 August 2018 the Government published its Rough Sleeping Strategy for delivering this commitment.
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Government issues consultation on use of RTB receipts
16/08/2018
In a written Ministerial statement on 29 March 2018, accepting that the current restrictions around the use of Right to Buy receipts are a barrier to delivery of more homes, the Government said it would consult with the sector on more flexible arrangements.
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Housing Association RTB pilot launched
16/08/2018
The Government has launched the Midlands Voluntary Right to Buy Pilot giving housing association tenants the opportunity to buy their home at a discount with the Government promising to reimburse housing associations for the discounts they give to tenants.
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Housing Green Paper expected “shortly”
02/08/2018
Following the government’s failure to publish the Housing Green Paper before the Parliamentary Recess MHCLG officials have informed ARCH that the Green Paper will be published “shortly”.
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Minister “at a loss” to understand use of HRA borrowing headroom
02/08/2018
Before Parliament went off for its summer holidays, new Housing Minister Kit Malthouse said he was “at a loss” to understand why councils don’t use their full HRA borrowing capacity to build new homes.
ARCH has written to the new minister to explain.
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