EHRC publish Inquiry Report into housing for disabled people
08/06/2018
ARCH and a number of contributing ARCH member councils and their tenants have been thanked by the EHRC (Equalities & Human Rights Commission) for their input into an EHRC Inquiry Report entitled “Housing and disabled people, Britain’s hidden crisis”.
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News from the ARCH Tenant Group
10/05/2018
The ARCH Tenant Group have been busy making arrangements for this year’s ARCH Tenant Conference and are now seeking nominations for this year’s Community Champion Award.
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ARCH Tenants Conference 2018
24/04/2018
Our 2018 Tenants’ Conference (further details soon) will again include the ARCH Community Champion Award. This is a special ARCH award to recognise the dedication, willingness, inspiration and devotion that our tenants freely give to others and it is hoped that this can motivate others or give them examples of things that they can do in their own community.
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ARCH Tenant Group discuss Housing Green Paper
28/03/2018
The ARCH Tenant Group met on 26 March and, as part of a busy agenda, the Group discussed what they would like to see in the forthcoming Housing Green Paper and their views on the Government’s proposals for strengthening consumer redress in housing.
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Benefit to Society event
15/03/2018
100 people attended the launch of ‘Benefit to Society’ at The House of Commons on 28 February. Tenants from across the country called on politicians to back the campaign and actively challenge negative stereotypes about social housing tenants.
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Benefit to Society event
15/03/2018
100 people attended the launch of ‘Benefit to Society’ at The House of Commons on 28 February. Tenants from across the country called on politicians to back the campaign and actively challenge negative stereotypes about social housing tenants.
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Social housing tenants call for an end to stigma
01/03/2018
Nine in ten (91%) social housing tenants say they are portrayed negatively by the media reveals a new report commissioned by the Benefit to Society campaign to explore the causes and impact of an increasing stigma around social housing.
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Tenants Group hear details of Stevenage’ tenant scrutiny arrangements
19/01/2018
The ARCH Tenants Group held their first meeting of the New Year on 8 January at the Chartered Institute of Housing offices in London and received a presentation from tenant representatives at Stevenage outlining the local tenant scrutiny arrangements at the council.
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Tenants invited to comment on future of social housing
19/01/2018
The government have published an on-line feedback questionnaire to offer an opportunity for all council, housing association and housing co-op tenants to express their views on key issues and concerns related to social housing.
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News from the ARCH Tenant Group
09/11/2017
The latest meeting of the ARCH Tenants Group took place on 6 November with a packed agenda and lots of discussion on the latest government policy announcements and progress on developing a National Tenants Voice with guest speaker Nic Bliss from the National Tenants Organisations.
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Housing Green Paper announced
28/09/2017
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced the government’s intention to bring forward a Housing Green Paper on social housing in England – a wide ranging, top-to-bottom review of the issues facing the sector, the Secretary of State promises it will be the most substantial report of its kind for a generation.
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Households in temporary accommodation up again
28/09/2017
Latest figures released by DCLG show that 78,180 households were living in temporary accommodation on 30 June 2017 – up 7% on a year earlier, and up 63% on the low of 48,010 at 31 December 2010.
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