New Housing Minister appointed
24/11/2023
As part of the government reshuffle announced on 13 November, Rachel Maclean MP was sacked as Minister for Housing and replaced by Lee Rowley MP, who becomes the 16th holder of this office since 2010.
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Invitation to enter for Municipal Journal Awards 2024
24/11/2023
All ARCH member authorities are invited to put themselves forward for the Municipal Journal Awards to be announced in June 2024. Details of the awards and how to apply are here. Awards will be made in 19 categories covering the full range of local authority functions, including one for Best Social Housing Initiative.
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King’s Speech: proposed housing Bills
10/11/2023
On 7 November King Charles gave his first speech as King opening the new session of Parliament, probably the last before a General Election is called. As is traditional, he listed the Government’s proposed programme of legislation for the session.
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ARCH responses to recent consultations
10/11/2023
ARCH has submitted responses to two recent consultation papers issued by the Regulator of Social Housing which have important implications for local authority landlords - on the new consumer standards which they will be expected to meet, and the fees that the Regulator plans to charge, from April 2024.
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High Rise Buildings – preparation of safety cases
27/10/2023
As part of the new regulatory regime for high rise buildings, local authorities (technically the Principal Accountable Person (PAP) named in each local authority) were required by 1 October to register each of their high-rise council blocks with the Building Safety Regulator.
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Council rent increases April 2024
27/10/2023
On 18 October the Office of National Statistics reported that the Consumer Prices Index rose by 6.7% in the 12 months to September 2023, the same amount as in August.
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