Sentences with phrase «many social tenants»

Housing minister Grant Shapps justified his decision to hand more power to social tenants by arguing that more people had come out to clean up after the riots than participated in the violence.

Over a third of adults who live in social housing are aged 55 or older but it's no surprise that recent Ipsos Mori data places perceptions of social tenants as young and unemployed.

The new strategy included proposals to dramatically increase discounts under the Right to Buy scheme, with social tenants being allowed discounts of up to 50 % of the value of their home, making home ownership more achievable.

These are serious numbers, directly comparable with the 2.6 million working - age social tenants living in poverty».

Therefore many social tenants will be able to meet the cost of the mortgage after allowing for the discount.

Tory leader revives right - to - buy scheme for 1.3 m social tenants as latest Guardian seat projection has Labour and SNP on course for combined majority

The spending review announced plans to allow social landlords to charge new social tenants intermediate rental contracts at rent levels of up to 80 % of market rates.

Whereas Labour have curtailed the right of social tenants to own their homes, we need to open up the housing market to the many, not just the few, by making it easier for social tenants to own or part - own their property.

Expectations are that Chancellor George Osborne will argue that 9 % of all social tenants in England are now on higher incomes while enjoying the benefit of an average # 3,500 - a-year per household in reduced rent.

He announced changes to the social housing system: for existing social tenants, rent levels will remain unchanged, but new tenants will be offered intermediate rents at around 80 % of the market rent.

Central government promotes it to those on social housing waiting lists, social tenants, homeless households, ex-service personnel, and others because it reduces the state's burden to those households and contributes to meeting housing need.

Not exact matches

According to a report from Toronto - based social policy group the Wellesley Institute, «rooming houses are one of the most affordable private - market housing options for low - income tenants....

The office - sharing surge, the pod hotel and co-living trends, and social media companies as major tenants are all at the forefront of that transformation.

So you need to find anchor tenants who have authority in your field and who are respected by other angel investors in order to maximize the benefits of social proof.

Profits from Solms - Delta estate, which produces 30,000 cases of wine annually under labels such as Cape Jazz and Africana, allow the workers and tenants to pay for health care, school fees, and a social worker to tackle issues of alcoholism and domestic violence.

«That's why the housing minister is going around the country, listening to social housing tenants.

In social policy, the Party is committed to fighting poverty by gradually raising the minimum wage to $ 10 per hour, and indexing it to the cost of living thereafter; implementing rent guidelines and close loopholes around condo conversions to protect rental tenants; ensuring that provincial contracts and grants enable organizations to provide a living wage to employees.

«The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof (Ps 24:1); this can be carried so far even as to have practical consequences for human social organization, as in the principles underlying the law of Jubilee, that no human being can ever own land outright but must be regarded as a tenant installed by God (Lv 25:1 - 34).

They voted to review the bedroom tax and scrap its use against social housing tenants who didn't have an offer of a smaller property.

You only need to look at how hard many social housing tenants in London have fought to keep their homes to know that isn't a true representation of most areas.

Many campaigners had hoped that the tragedy at Grenfell would mark a change in attitudes towards social housing tenants.

«Right to Buy landlords» include not only local housing authorities, but also Registered Social Landlords registered with the Housing Corporation (secure tenants only), fire authorities, passenger transport executives, Government Departments, the NHS and a wide range of other public bodies.

«Residents, including social housing tenants, want to make big positive differences to their communities — and I want to put the powers in their hands to be able to do so.

What's much harder to fix is the attitudes towards social housing tenants that exist within local authorities and the chronic lack of housing available to those in need.

Social housing tenants can't do right for doing wrong.

Selling off social housing without replenishing it inevitably enlarged the private rental market, and tenants now suffer spiralling rents and increased insecurity.

When the government talks about its «pay to stay» policy, ministers usually point to all those greedy social housing tenants who earn mega bucks but continue living in a council house.

Social housing tenants are still being turfed out of London boroughs, so what will really change?

It's vital that all these people are provided with permanent decent housing - that this still hasn't happened is a national disgrace - but it is also vital that attitudes towards all social housing tenants and those in need of housing changes.

Aside from the social aspects the tax fails on practicability because in most areas there is a shortage of affordable rented housing to which tenants could downsize.

Firstly, there must be an immediate impact assessment on how the bedroom tax affects vulnerable tenants in both social and private rented housing.

These cuts force tenants in social housing to downsize to a smaller property or risk eviction by forcing them into arrears if their housing benefit no longer covers the rent.

One proposed measure to try to achieve this is the «under - occupation penalty» for social housing tenants in the Welfare Reform Bill.

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.

Social housing tenants know all to well how often their concerns are dismissed.

Home ownership is a big commitment, and one not to be entered into lightly and we believe that the advice offered to social housing tenants will be crucial in preparing them for this transition.

The launch comes on the same day as the extension of the right - to - buy discount for social housing tenants.

OMH will also provide debt service payments on a portion of the permanent loan and will provide $ 857,800 in annual funding for on - site social services for the Supportive Housing tenants.

Hated perhaps by unemployed social housing tenants in receipt of housing benefit.

The Department for Communities and Local Government said 90 % of social housing tenants would be unaffected by the policy.

Whether it's the young mothers who formed the Focus E15 campaign in Newham to protest against local families being shipped out of the area, or the residents of Cressingham Gardens in Lambeth who have fought tirelessly to stop the demolition of their much loved homes, social housing tenants across the capital have been speaking out about the desperate situations they've found themselves in.

Decisions on how much to charge tenants are made by registered social landlords, following dialogue between local authorities and housing associations.

They weren't because we live in a time where it is acceptable to ignore social housing tenants.

In the days and weeks after the Grenfell Tower fire, politicians and commentators repeatedly spoke of the need to start listening to social housing tenants.

Social housing tenants of working age will have their benefits reduced if they have a spare bedroom.

The government's so - called «bedroom tax», due to come into force from April, will affect around 660,000 social housing tenants across the country.

They include a reduction of benefit for social housing tenants of working age with spare bedrooms.

Too often what it really means is forced gentrification and social cleansing, as private developers move in and tenants and leaseholders are moved out.

Legislation on education, unemployment, social insurance and tenant protection was also passed.

The funds will be targeted at low income homeowners, social rented homes and rental properties occupied by low income tenants by providing: