Sentences with phrase «social rent»

Couple families more likely to experience job loss included those living in social rented housing and those living on low income.

And in those parts of the country where the need is greatest, allow homes to be built for social rent, well below market level.

Couple families most likely to experience a sustained job loss include families in social rented accommodation and families living on low income.

In the 1980s nearly three quarters of non home - owners lived in social rented accommodation.

Couple families at higher risk of a sustained job loss include families in social rented accommodation and income poor families.

- The other big group of vulnerable people who are disproportionately likely to to lose out will be disabled people (using the Disability Discrimination Act definition of disability): disabled people make up 56 % of all working age social rented sector tenants but 63 % of those who will lose out.

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.

It was confirmed that, following the Prime Minister's October announcement, a further # 2bn of funding would be given for affordable housing, including funding for social rented homes, with the aim, when added to existing funding, of providing at least 25,000 new affordable homes.

Another relevant feature was the voluntary transfer of housing stock to RSLs from the public sector, which again reflected the fact that RSLs were performing functions of the same kind as local authorities in the provision of social rented housing.

One floor CLP delegate (James Handy from Warwick and Leamington) was then allowed to move a contemporary resolution calling for the provision of more social rented housing, particularly to stem the rise in homelessness which was 5 % last year in Britain.

Shelter is calling for an additional 20,000 extra social rented homes in this autumn's comprehensive spending review.

Gordon Brown must focus on social rented housing as much as home - ownership, he warns, or risk a rise in repossessions and homelessness.

Almost 5.8 m households expected to be in private rentals as home ownership and social renting continue to fall, says Knight Frank report

The Prime Minister replied: «Of course, we are cutting social rents in this parliament, so she will be paying less in rent... if she's concerned about the spare room subsidy, it's not paid by pensioners, a point which he failed to make.

* cuts to housing benefit for the long - term unemployed receiving Jobseeker's Allowance * raising new social housing tenants» rents to up to 80 % of the market rate * bringing the Local Housing Allowance into line with the bottom third of rents (not the bottom half as currently) and * linking social rents to CPI and not rent inflation.

Beyond being flooded with phone calls offering commissions for everything from a house extension to a luxury hotel (none of which they have had the capacity to take on), the Turner prize limelight has boosted fundraising to help renovate further houses in the street, five of which have been completed so far, now let out at social rent.

City Hall figures, obtained by the Green party on the London Assembly, reveal that following the completion of estate regeneration schemes currently in progress, or being planned, there will be an overall loss of more than 7,000 social rented homes across London.

[60] Camden and Islington councils sought to require a high proportion of the resulting new homes to be made available for social rent, but Johnson overturned this and allowed homes designated as «affordable» to charge rents of up to 80 percent of market rates.

The defendant operated within a particular sector, that of social rented housing, which was not simply subject to detailed regulation but was permeated by state control and influence with a view to meeting the Government's aims for affordable housing, and in which RSLs worked side by side with, and could be said to take the place of, local authorities.

In our research, families in social rented accommodation were not more likely than owner occupiers to move house.

* Factors were minority ethnic group, mother with no educational qualifications, mother younger than 25 at birth of cohort child, maternal depression, biological father not present throughout sweeps 1 to 5, in social rented housing sweep1, in highest area deprivation quintile, in lowest quintile mean household equivalised income sweep 1 - 5.

He says that current proposals could lead to a net loss of around 7,000 social rented homes in London.

The council says that around 50 homes will be available at 50 % of market rent which is comparable to how much a social rent would be.

Here's something not a lot of people know: The Lib Dems have ensured the first net growth in the social rented housing sector for almost 40 years — its not even remotely enough, but it's a significant turnaround.

The form of tenure in the social rented sector (SRS) is different to the private rented sector (PRS).

The Lib Dems have ensured the first net growth in the social rented housing sector for almost 40 years --

Thornberry strongly criticised Johnson, describing his definition of affordability as «nonsense», [59] and called for at least 50 % of homes in the new developments to be made available for social rent.

Indeed, analysis by the National Housing Federation indicates the effects will be felt acutely in the social rented as well as the (generally more expensive) private rented sector.

«If there are two people at the top of the social housing waiting list, do you put the first one in the social rented property and the second one in the 80 % property?»

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

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey have launched Labour's affordable housing review and Green Paper consultation which proposes to build a million new genuinely affordable homes over 10 years, the majority for social rent, and a new definition of affordable housing linked to incomes.

This includes 18,670 homes for social rent - 93 % of the 20,000 social rent target, and within that 4643 council homes - 93 % of the 5000 council house target.

Mr Grayling said the tax credit cuts were part of a package of changes, including free childcare and cuts to social rents, designed to help working families.

Those already in the social rented sector would only see a reduction in their housing benefit if they are offered a suitable smaller home and, crucially, turn it down.

Here's something not a lot of people know: the Lib Dems have ensured the first net growth in the social rented housing sector for almost 40 years — its not even remotely enough, but it's a significant turnaround.

- The government's own Equality Impact Assessment, published last summer, calculated that 660,000 households will be affected, 31 % of all working age HB claimants living in the social rented sector; on average, they will lose # 14 a week (one hundred thousand will lose more than # 20 a week)

But social housing lawyers at national firm Clarke Willmott LLP say the focus remains heavily on home ownership rather than affordable and social rent.

They were directed towards increasing the housing stock available in the social rented housing sector and were one of the means by which the state secured the delivery of affordable housing to those eligible for it.

Council tenants with a record of five years» good behaviour would be offered a 10 % equity share in their social rented property, which could then be cashed in when they wanted to move up the housing ladder.

Psychological distress was reported by parents using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ).18 Parents also reported the participant's ethnicity (White, Asian, Black and Other) and family socioeconomic circumstances including: family structure (lone parent / carer, couple parents / carers); housing tenure (owner occupied, social rented, private rented); and employment status of the «primary earner» (employed, unemployed).