Better housing is crucial for our health and the COVID-19 recovery
07/01/2021
New analysis by the Health Foundation recommends that major changes to housing policy, such as more secure private tenancies, reversing cuts to housing benefit and building more social housing, are needed to reduce the impact of poor-quality homes on people’s health.
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MHCLG updates COVID-19 guidance following national lockdown
07/01/2021
Following the Prime Minister’s address on Monday 4 January announcing the new national lockdown, the Prime Minister gave a statement to Parliament on 6 January on the coronavirus regulations in England and provided an update on the rollout of vaccinations.
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Review of the Decent Homes Standard - timetable
21/01/2021
We previously reported on the invitation for ARCH to participate in the Government led review of the Decent Homes Standard as a core participant in the Decent Homes Sounding Board being set up by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG).
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All new homes to be zero carbon ready by 2025
21/01/2021
In its response to consultation on the Future Homes Standard, the Government has set out plans to radically improve the energy performance of new homes, with all new homes to be highly energy efficient, with low carbon heating and be zero carbon ready by 2025.
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Energy White Paper
18/12/2020
The Government has published an Energy White Paper “Powering our Net Zero Future” setting out the next steps to achieve the commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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