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Home Office 'Fire Kills' Campaign
18/04/2019
The Home Office has launched a new 'Fire Kills' advertising campaign to raise awareness of everyday fire risks that are present in the home and encourage all householders in England to test their smoke alarms regularly.
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Opportunity to join the ARCH Tenants' Group
10/04/2019
Every two years each ARCH member has the opportunity to nominate their tenant representative to join the ARCH Tenants' Group.This is a great opportunity to work with ARCH at a national strategic level to influence policy and other issues important to the housing sector.
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Tenant Survey: Impact of stigma attached to social housing
21/03/2019
The Social Housing Green Paper acknowledged the need to tackle some of the unfair stigma attached to social housing and, through the 'See the Person' Campaign, the Ministry of Housing is asking for more information on the impact of stigma on tenants and residents of social housing.
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£2.11 billion outstanding in Housing Benefit overpayments
21/03/2019
Latest figures from the Department of Work & Pensions published on 6 March 2019 show that there were £2.11 billion Housing Benefit overpayments outstanding at July 2018 – this represents an increase of £87 million (4%) on the same point in the previous year.
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Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 – Guidance
07/03/2019
The government has issued guidance for tenants, landlords and local authorities on their rights and responsibilities under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2012 which received Royal Assent in December 2018 and comes into force on 20 March 2019.
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DWP responds to 53 week rent year issue
07/03/2019
At a recent meeting with DWP officials held to update and consult sector representatives regarding implementation of Universal Credit, the issue of the 53-week rent year was again discussed.
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Universal Credit and 53 week rent year: update
14/02/2019
We reported previously on the matter of the financial year 2019/20 being a “53 week” year and the impact on Universal Credit entitlement for tenants and rent reductions required under the Welfare Reform & Work Act.
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Good practice in tenant engagement
13/02/2019
The Local Government Association (LGA) has commissioned the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) to investigate, capture and report on good practice in tenant engagement delivered by councils across the country.
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Government announces a new housing complaints service
24/01/2019
On 24 January Communities Secretary James Brokenshire announced plans for a new housing complaints service for the housing market which the government claims will ensure both homeowners and tenants know where to go when things go wrong.
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