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Housing Green Paper briefing and initial reaction
16/08/2018
First announced in September 2017 by former Secretary of State Sajid Javid and initially promised by the spring of 2018 and then before the Parliamentary Recess on 24 July, the long awaited Social Housing Green Paper was finally published on 14 August.
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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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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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