Warm Words and Some Cold Reality
It genuinely is a good thing to have a serving Prime Minister come to a social housing conference and extol the virtues of and provide the promise of more funding to enable more social and affordable rented homes to be built. The fact that Theresa May’s attendance at this week’s National Housing Federation Summit was…
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Wheelchair users should be able to rent wheelchair accessible homes
Eleanor Bowden, CEO of Community Sponsors Homes (CSH) discusses the need to increase the availability of wheelchair accessible homes for rent and how Commonweal are supporting CSH to achieve this aim.
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Shortlisted Entries Announced for Design Competition
A shortlist of six entries have been selected from 21 entries to go to the next round and appear in front of an expert judging panel on the 11th July.
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What will Brexit mean for homeless EU nationals?
As Theresa May pulls the trigger on Article 50, homeless EU nationals are left more in limbo than ever
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Housing First – what's not to like?
Housing First is a fantastic model with a proven record of tackling homelessness. But can it work in the UK, where housing is in such desperately short supply?
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Supported housing: not just for lords and ladies
The House of Lords may be “the best elderly day-care centre in London”, but where is the rest of our social housing going to come from?
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