Grant Shapps: Tenants to be trained to take control of their neighbourhoods...
In a move designed to strengthen tenants say in the running of their local communities after the rioting earlier this month, Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced new training to give them the...
View ArticleGrant Shapps issues landlords with call to arms on tackling homelessness
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today called on the country's top 50 housing associations to use their expertise and wide-ranging experience to bolster Government-led efforts to tackle homelessness....
View ArticleGrant Shapps issues message to struggling households: seek early support
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has said that any household threatened with homelessness must seek help and advice as early as possible and make use of a wide range of available support. (continues...)
View ArticleGrant Shapps: FirstBuy already helping our military families
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today congratulated the first member of the Armed Forces to benefit from the Government's FirstBuy scheme and get that all-important first foothold on the property...
View ArticleAndrew Stunell: More power for communities to bring empty homes back into use
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell today announced that community groups will be able to apply for Government cash to bring empty homes that blight neighbourhoods back into use. (continues...)
View ArticleReappointments of chairmen to key housing organisations
Robert Napier has been reappointed to serve an additional three-year term as chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency. (continues...)
View ArticleAndrew Stunell: new online toolkits to tackle scandal of empty homes
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell today launched two new online toolkits to help local councils and communities better identify the empty homes in their area and bring them back into use. (continues...)
View ArticleGovernment plans release of public land to build 100,000 homes
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today announced Government plans to release enough public land to build as many as 100,000 new, much-needed homes and support as many as 25,000 jobs by 2015....
View ArticleGrant Shapps: Support for tenants to improve their neighbourhoods
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has launched plans to give tenants greater support to hold their landlords to account. (continues...)
View ArticleAndrew Stunell: New green revolution needed to cut carbon emissions from...
Andrew Stunell has today insisted that carbon reduction measures must be taken to "green-up" the country's existing housing stock to reduce its carbon footprint and save households considerable sums of...
View ArticleReappointments of chairmen to key housing organisations
Robert Napier has been reappointed to serve an additional three-year term as chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency. (continues...)
View ArticleAndrew Stunell: new online toolkits to tackle scandal of empty homes
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell today launched two new online toolkits to help local councils and communities better identify the empty homes in their area and bring them back into use. (continues...)
View ArticleGovernment plans release of public land to build 100,000 homes
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today announced Government plans to release enough public land to build as many as 100,000 new, much-needed homes and support as many as 25,000 jobs by 2015....
View ArticleGrant Shapps: Support for tenants to improve their neighbourhoods
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has launched plans to give tenants greater support to hold their landlords to account. (continues...)
View ArticleAndrew Stunell: New green revolution needed to cut carbon emissions from...
Andrew Stunell has today insisted that carbon reduction measures must be taken to "green-up" the country's existing housing stock to reduce its carbon footprint and save households considerable sums of...
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