Sentences with phrase «in social housing»

The measures that we took on housing, including specifically # 100 million for energy efficiency in the social housing sector, will help precisely some of the most vulnerable people in our country.

• He said the coalition would be the first government for 30 years to deliver an increase in social housing during its time in office.

Of the 2.6 million people of working age in social housing, 1.4 million are not in work - more than twice the national average.

Like other councils, we are not allowed to take advantage of cheap borrowing rates to invest in the social housing we need to alleviate the greatest accommodation crisis in living memory.

For example, greater «choice» in social housing allocations is determined much more by supply of housing than by housing allocations policies.

Anyone actually living in social housing knows this isn't the case.

It results in social housing tenants losing 14 % of their housing benefit for one spare room; and losing 25 % of their housing benefit if they have two or more spare rooms.

Forty - nine per cent of people in private rented housing and 66 % in social housing confirmed they were in that category.

She has a first - class reputation in the social housing lending market and will be a real asset to the firm and our clients.

I'm the only member of my family that doesn't currently live in social housing, so I know about estates.

The Liberals had promised a 10 - year investment in social housing infrastructure, prioritizing affordable housing and seniors» facilities (including building more units and refurbishing existing units).

HOAP is a unique housing initiative in which RAHB, the City of Hamilton and ScotiaBank partner to help families in social housing become homeowners.

If people only live in social housing for the — hopefully — short time their lives are in crisis, they will not feel a connection to the homes and neighbourhoods in which they live that comes with settling somewhere long term.

→ a new, 10 - year investment in social housing infrastructure, prioritizing affordable housing and seniors» facilities (including building more units and refurbishing existing units)

HOAP is a unique affordable housing initiative in which RAHB, the City of Hamilton and Scotiabank partner to help families in social housing become homeowners.

Caroline Flint said the government was prepared to make active job seeking a condition for tenancy in social housing.

Reform also recommended a substantial increase in social housing stock in an effort to reduce the housing benefit bill, which increased from the equivalent of # 16.6 billion in 2004/5 to # 24.4 billion in 2014/15.

Lisa Guelfi, a Partner in the social housing development team at Clarke Willmott, said: «Key issues for housing associations, such as availability of grant funding, rent review restrictions which are limiting the number of affordable rented properties being provided, and the question of what will happen with Right to Buy receipts from the Midlands pilot and beyond, aren't really addressed.

Tim Miles, also a Partner in the social housing development team at Clarke Willmott, said: «This should certainly give a boost to shared ownership sales as it is far more likely that the value of a first share in a property will be less than # 300,000 than one on the open market, particularly in areas such as London and the south - east.

In America, Ben Carson thinks pool tables and televisions are too good for people in social housing.

Those living in social housing who are deemed to have a spare bedroom have been asked to downsize or they will face a cut in their benefits.

Hugo Stephens has worked in the social housing sector for more than 25 years — with particular focus on funding for housing associations (public bonds, private placements, loans and derivative transactions); major projects (ALMOs, solar projects, joint ventures and public / private partnerships); group structures; and constitutional, corporate and governance work.

Children and grandchildren were living in social housing not fit for animals because of the damp and overcrowded situation.

new reforms to increase transparency in the social housing sector by extending the Freedom of Information Act to housing associations and ensuring the routine public release of fire safety reports

This deregulation, alongside rising council and housing association rents, declining investment in social housing meant that HB expenditure tripled from # 3.8 billion in 1986 - 1987 to # 12.2 billion in 1997 - 1998.

The BNP has campaigned heavily on the issue, claiming that British people are neglected in the social housing queue in favour of newly arrived immigrants.

The priority must be for more social rented housing, first to make good the loss in social housing stock that has occurred over the last 20 years, and then to urgently tackle the backlog.

Mr Duncan Smith added that the reforms, which apply to tenants in social housing such as council homes, restored «fairness» to the system.

Combined with caps on housing benefit and significant hikes in social housing rents, poorer families could be chased out of more affluent areas.

Speaking on BBC's Question Time he said: «The problem with that is that's the kind of language of the BNP, and it's grist to the mill of the BNP, particularly as there is no evidence that there's any problem in social housing caused by immigration, none whatsoever.»

A family living in social housing with a severely disabled daughter have been told they must pay extra for her to have her own room, under the government's new so - called «bedroom tax».

The housing benefit bill could also rise if more people move into the private rented sector because of a shortage of one or two - bedroom properties in social housing.»

Clattering with colour and noise, it follows six - year - old tearaway Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and her mother Halley (Bria Vinaite) through a chaotic summer spent scraping by in a social housing motel on the outskirts of Disney World Florida.

Heat pumps from leading manufacturer Daikin have recently been installed in social housing retrofit projects across the country, helping to cut bills and improve comfort for occupants.

Bernhardt says the Salus Clementine project demonstrates the advantages of Passive House in the social housing sector.

Ontario Housing Minister Peter Milczyn has just announced plans to make «major investments in social housing repairs...

The results were eye - opening from «yup, we screwed the pooch on that one» to tales of protracted bureaucratic involvement in a social housing solution.

Kevin Gannon A notable presence in the social housing sphere, having appeared in cases regarding disrepair and homelessness.

Her commitment and dedication to her clients has been recognised by the Legal 500 who have rated Katie as a «leading individual» in social housing law.

This applies whether your clients are billionaires or are living on benefits in social housing...