Industry News - Housing Associations - Plan to increase affordable homes in rural areas

03/07/2009
Redundancy law queries 'could continue to rise'
The number of people seeking redundancy law advice could remain high over the course of the year, new data from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has indicated.

03/07/2009
Discrimination law ruling made by House of Lords
The House of Lords has made a ruling on disability discrimination that may impact divorce lawyers in London.

03/07/2009
Heiress wins in pre-nuptial divorce case
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a German heiress should not have to pay her ex-husband the £5.8 million decided in their divorce settlement because of the pre-nuptial agreement that had been signed beforehand.

02/07/2009
'Dual discrimination' employment law changes proposed
A new employment law has been proposed by the government that it wishes to make part of the equality bill.

02/07/2009
Right to appeal for ex-wife in divorce case
A woman has won the right to appeal against a judge's decision to make her pay £5 million to her ex-husband, whose finances have been hit by the economic downturn.

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10/10/2008
Plan to increase affordable homes in rural areas

The number of affordable homes in rural areas could increase under new government powers.

Housing Minister Ian Wright has outlined proposals to give rural areas that are suffering from a severe housing shortage protected status to help keep them for local families.

Under the latest proposals affordable housing providers would be able to keep a share in new shared ownership homes or be given priority to buy them back.

This would mean that affordable homes could remain in those families. MR Wright also spoke about the opportunity to expand the government's Community Land Trusts (CLTs).

When a person takes on a home as part of the CLT scheme they only pay for the building and not for the land that the property stands on.

Graham Garbutt, chief executive of the Commission for Rural Communities, said: "Now is the time to be bringing forward proposals that will make a real difference backed up with funding already allocated to provide affordable homes in rural towns and villages."

Research by the National Housing Federation and the Campaign to Protect Rural England has found that waiting lists for affordable housing had risen by over a third in five years. ADNFCR-1805-ID-18821189-ADNFCR

17/02/2009
Empty properties and long social housing lists is "indefensible"
The Empty Homes Agency has criticised the government for the lack of social housing, despite the hundreds of thousands of empty properties.

16/02/2009
Cameron 'promises easing of social housing regulations'
Conservative leader David Cameron has pledged that he will relax regulations that stop housing associations and developers from converting empty properties into housing.

19/01/2009
Shared-ownership schemes a 'viable option'
An expert has claimed that those looking to buy a house in the current economic environment could benefit from the government's HomeBuy plan.

07/11/2008
More affordable housing needed to boost economy, says TUC
The UK is in "desperate need" of affordable housing to help boost its ailing economy.

05/11/2008
Second homes affecting affordable housing shortage, statistics reveal
The Top Ten most desirable second home locations in England have been hit by a 66 per cent increase in housing waiting lists.

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