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New purpose for Huddersfield care home revealed amid asylum housing rumours

All residents living at a former Huddersfield care home have now found new accommodation as the future purpose of the building has been revealed. Back...
Harrow

Harrow council’s housing oversight impacts vulnerable resident, prompting compensation and sparking reform efforts

A man with severe mental health problems and a learning disability has received a payout from Harrow Council after being left in housing that...
Housing

Derelict Newcastle Tower block to be blown up

A derelict Newcastle tower block will be blown up in a controlled explosion. The Hexham House high-rise, in Walker, is finally set to be brought...
Housing

Housing affordability report

Londoners in their late 20s on low incomes are now spending an eye-watering 77 per cent of their income on housing costs, a new...
Housing

Ex-mayor accuses council of dithering over cost-cutting children’s homes plan

Former Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston says the council “procrastinated” over plans to create more in-house children’s homes and “millions have been wasted” as a...
Brent

Landlord hit with £9k fine after ignoring warnings that faulty fire safety equipment posed a ‘significant risk’ to tenant

A London landlord has been hit with a fine of more than £9,000 after enforcement officers uncovered faulty fire safety equipment that posed a...
Durham

Durham Council receives homelessness funding

A council has been awarded £6million to tackle homelessness and assist rough sleepers. Durham County Council will provide new accommodation and increase support for those...
Bradford & Keighley

Bradford Council admits it overcharged some of its tenants by a total of £344k

Bradford council has revealed that it overcharged some of its tenants by a total of £344,000. The Council’s Housing Team is currently contacting social housing...
Environment

Council seeking ‘best value’ as steps taken towards disposing of huge swathe of land for eventual 1,000 homes

Councillors have agreed on a proposal to dispose of farmland in Middlesbrough which could eventually be the location for a thousand new homes. The 71...
Bradford & Keighley

Councillor’s ‘ridiculous’ house plan

The chair of a planning panel has seen his own application to build a house described as “ridiculous” by Council colleagues. Proposals for a three-storey,...
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