News
CIH South East News covers articles and reports about both regional and national housing and housing-related news.
National news
- 25 August 2010 : This government is rapidly demolishing the housing industry
- 24 August 2010 : Inquiry into the abolition of regional spatial strategies - have your say
- 20 August 2010 : Treasury plans 'will cut off 400,000 of society's most vulnerable'
- 15 August 2010 : CIH declares 'golden age' of home ownership over
- 8 August 2010 : David Cameron's council housing plans opposed by majority of Lib Dem MPs
- 8 August 2010 : Tinkering with tenancy is no solution to the housing shortage
- 4 August 2010 : Liberal Democrats reject Cameron plan to end council house tenancies for life
- 23 July 2010 : Benefit cuts: 750,000 risk losing homes in South East
- 23 July 2010 : Housing benefit cuts will leave poorest £600 worse off
- 5 July 2010 : CIH Annual General Meeting - members vote for change
- 28 June 2010 : How will social housing survive Tory cuts?
- 24 June 2010 : Don't let housing crumble now
- 18 June 2010 : Private renter numbers rise by 1m since 2005
- 13 June 2010 : Changes to planning system will hit social housing
- 10 June 2010 : Homeownership - not renting - at heart of government housing strategy
- 2 June 2010 : Rent arrears double in two years
- 21 January 2010 : Labour misses housing repairs target
- 20 January 2010 : Tories' housing plans to raise the roofs
- 13 January 2010 : The benefits of mutual housing
- 23 November 2009 : Treasury hit as council housing demand grows
- 9 November 2009 : Tories plan national house-swap scheme for social tenants
- 6 November 2009 : Rent reduction expected for housing association tenants
- 22 October 2009 : Tories promise tenants choice over rent payments
- 9 October 2009 : Housing should be a great cause for our time
- 23 September 2009 : Built for speed
- 21 September 2009 : Tenants move away from right-to-buy
- 15 September 2009 : Fraudsters may be in 50,000 council homes
- 9 September 2009 : Labour finds £245m for affordable homes
- 7 September 2009 : Making room to move
- 1 September 2009 : One rural school closing each month, campaigners warn
- 17 August 2009 : Fears over high-rise flats' fire risk
- 12 July 2009 : Tory about-turn on council houses
- 7 July 2009 : Rule change gives council house building in England a kickstart
- 2 July 2009 : Government will miss affordable housing target
- 30 June 2009 : Extra 20,000 affordable homes over two years, but questions remain
- 19 May 2009 : Tenants will be the losers in the latest battle of the ALMO
- 21 April 2009 : Alistair Darling's GBP1bn budget rescue plan for the housing market
- 19 April 2009 : Rent rises anger tenants
- 7 April 2009 : Tories plan to offer council tenants a 'right to move'
- 2 April 2009 : National parks must include affordable homes
- 23 March 2009 : Government told to cultivate greener cities
- 5 February 2009 : Is now the time to build more council houses?
- 30 January 2009 : Brown pledges to lift curbs on councils building more homes
- 28 January 2009 : Britain can build its way out of recession
- 23 January 2009 : Repossessions are creating housing crisis
- 22 January 2009 : Housing reform debate
- 21 January 2009 : Beckett hopes extra income will help councils build more homes
- 14 January 2009 : Plan to boost affordable homes market
- 8 January 2009 : Councils should get the financial freedom to build new homes
- 17 December 2008 : Bank practices putting housing associations at risk
- 11 December 2008 : Landmark anniversary for home transfers
- 26 November 2008 : Packing a punch
- 19 November 2008 : Live and let live
- 28 October 2008 : Solution within reach
- 27 October 2008 : Towards a new era for the rented sector
- 10 October 2008 : No place like home
- 8 October 2008 : Credit crunch: Hard times
- 3 October 2008 : Number of homes in fuel poverty rises by 1 million
- 3 October 2008 : Society's shame
- 1 October 2008 : Ray of hope
- 17 September 2008 : Social housing feels the crunch
- 17 September 2008 : Path back to employment
- 17 September 2008 : Tenants to gain from watchdog
- 17 September 2008 : Look to the strengths of the US model ... and our welfare state
- 17 September 2008 : The case for career coaching
- 17 September 2008 : Mergers and partnerships shake up sector
- 17 September 2008 : Credit where it's due
- 17 September 2008 : Strengths of shared ownership
- 3 September 2008 : Here we go again, again
- 2 September 2008 : Brown's £1bn homes plan
- 1 September 2008 : Tenants told to ignore quit notices
- 1 September 2008 : Housing stock should not go to waste
- 1 September 2008 : Call for end to 'unfair' prepayment meters
- 13 August 2008 : Council homes: the rise, the collapse and the fall
- 4 July 2008 : Councils bid to scrap 'tenant tax'
- 3 July 2008 : Survey shows government targets will be hard to meet
- 2 July 2008 : A course for all practical purposes
- 18 June 2008 : The upside of the downturn
- 6 May 2008 : Octavia Hill revisited
- 30 April 2008 : Housing proud
- 30 April 2008 : In pictures: Living in the future
- 16 April 2008 : From hero to zero
- 16 April 2008 : Thamesmead - 40 years on
- 14 April 2008 : Eco-towns will not be green ghettoes
- 11 April 2008 : Constructive thinking
- 9 April 2008 : Law review to halt spread of student ghost towns
- 8 April 2008 : Eco-towns are not the answer to climate change
- 4 April 2008 : Blears warns planners against creating 'social apartheid'
- 1 April 2008 : Brown suffers backbench revolt over council house repairs
- 27 March 2008 : Will 'baby asbos' prevent children from turning to crime?
- 26 March 2008 : New eco-towns' 15mph limit
- 5 March 2008 : Second thoughts
- 15 February 2008 : Getting the personal into social housing
- 11 February 2008 : Prince's green home is just too natural
- 8 February 2008 : We can't make people homeless and jobless
- 6 February 2008 : To link council tenancy with jobseeking feeds the stigma
- 5 February 2008 : If you want a council house, find a job
- 30 January 2008 : Caught, on camera
- 29 January 2008 : Where are the green houses?
- 17 January 2008 : East Europe migrants take only 1% of social housing
- 12 January 2008 : Using pictures to help tenants request repairs
- 17 December 2007 : Brown reveals housebuilding tsar
- 24 October 2007 : Overcrowded and under pressure
- 12 October 2007 : The price of house mania
- 29 September 2007 : Councils are blocking house-building, says charity head
- 28 September 2007 : Livingstone accuses Tory and Lib Dem councils over housing
- 19 September 2007 : 'I'm just an ordinary part of the team'
- 19 September 2007 : 'It's about people's dreams and aspirations'
- 19 September 2007 : A once in a lifetime opportunity to get it right
- 19 September 2007 : Disability timebomb keeps ticking
- 19 September 2007 : Landlords lend a hand
- 19 September 2007 : Make yourself at home
- 19 September 2007 : With a little help from my friend
- 30 August 2007 : Brown faces new conflict over homes
- 27 July 2007 : Moving homes
- 25 July 2007 : 'This could bankrupt the housing association sector'
- 24 July 2007 : Houses can be built on flood plains, minister insists
- 19 July 2007 : Constructive criticism
- 19 July 2007 : Kate's story
- 19 July 2007 : Brown's planning reforms are set to be knocked down
- 19 July 2007 : Rural England needs more houses, too
- 16 July 2007 : Councils to get prime role in adding 3m homes
- 12 July 2007 : Brown promises 3 million new homes
- 11 July 2007 : Place setting
- 9 July 2007 : Summit to boost plans for thousands of homes
- 20 June 2007 : Yes, we need more houses - but at what price?
- 14 June 2007 : Communities: Pursuit of harmony
- 13 June 2007 : Housing: Home truths
- 22 May 2007 : Hodge's locals take softer line on migrants
- 18 May 2007 : Not enough homes by building only in cities
- 8 May 2007 : Brown to put homes shortage at centre of new agenda
- 29 March 2007 : Give us a real choice
- 28 March 2007 : Home delivery
- 19 March 2007 : £20bn added to bill for 1.5m new homes
- 20 February 2007 : Tenants' choice
- 14 February 2007 : An NHS for housing
- 13 February 2007 : Social housing tenants to be helped on to property ladder
- 22 January 2007 : Respect zone initiative 'not a gimmick'
- 15 January 2007 : Social housing flotations rejected
- 6 December 2006 : An open invitation to developers to try their luck
- 30 November 2006 : Hear our voice
- 29 November 2006 : 1.6m children in housing crisis
- 23 November 2006 : Kelly admits Thames Gateway mistakes
- 3 November 2006 : Teenagers see Asbos as badge of honour
- 27 October 2006 : Councils more freedom under tougher leaders
- 27 October 2006 : Local Government White Paper
- 27 October 2006 : Councils more freedom under tougher leaders
- 27 October 2006 : Local Government White Paper
- 9 October 2006 : Going corporate?
- 9 October 2006 : Decent Homes to Sustainable Homes
- 3 October 2006 : YMCA expands course provision
- 13 September 2006 : Home Truths
- 8 September 2006 : Kelly Reneges on Housing Promise
- 23 August 2006 : The Home Ownership Horse Looks Set to Run and Run
- 21 August 2006 : Housing Plans 'Risk Future Sink Estates'
- 2 August 2006 : Overcrowding affects 500,000, 2 August 2006
- 17 July 2006 : Health and Homes
- 12 July 2006 : Build Now, Pay Later, 12 July 2006
- 5 July 2006 : Get with the Programme, 5 July 2006
- 20 April 2006 : The South East Homelessness Action Plan 2006-2007
- 13 March 2006 : John Prescott meets South East housing chiefs, March 2006
- 22 February 2006 : Record Numbers Waiting for Housing, 22 Feb 2006
- 14 February 2006 : Government Signals New Council Housing Policy, 14 Feb 2006
- 6 February 2006 : Don't Ghettoise Respect, 6 February 2006
- 19 January 2006 : Legal Shock for Housing Corporation, 19 Jan 2006
- 13 January 2006 : South East Regional Housing Forum, 13 Jan 2006
- 11 January 2006 : Carry on Regardless, 11 January 2006
- 10 January 2006 : Building Communities, 10 January 2006
- 9 January 2006 : On the House, 9 January 2006
- 7 January 2006 : Speed networking in 2006
- 3 January 2006 : Listen to the Residents, 3 January 2006
- 20 December 2005 : Warning Over Affordable Homes, 20 Dec 2005
- 13 December 2005 : Home Ownership Discussion Group
- 12 December 2005 : Student Competition
- 2 December 2005 : Prescott Challenges Developers Accused of Hoarding Housing Land, 2 Dec 2005
- 30 November 2005 : Call for 60,000 Extra Social Rented Homes, 30 Nov 2005
- 9 November 2005 : Government Attacked Over Rent Rises, 9 Nov 2005
- 26 October 2005 : That Sinking Feeling, 26 October 2005
- 24 October 2005 : 500,000 households in Cramped Conditions, 24 Oct 2005
- 21 October 2005 : Scrutiny of 'Barmy' Housing Strategy, 21 Oct 2005
- 19 October 2005 : Budget Blues, 19 October 2005
- 13 October 2005 : Cuts Hinder Supporting People, 13 October 2005
- 30 September 2005 : Rebuff for Ministers on Council Homes Funding, 30 Sept 2005
- 30 September 2005 : Involvement for Results, 30 Sept 2005
- 27 September 2005 : Older People 'Fuelling Crisis', 27 September 2005
- 23 September 2005 : A Vision for Housing, and the Grim Reality, 23 September 2005
- 23 September 2005 : The Big Squeeze, 23 September 2005
- 15 September 2005 : U-turn Over Green Homes Pledge? 15 September 2005
- 15 September 2005 : 3.9m Single Britons 'Live in Poverty', 15 September 2005
- 14 September 2005 : Living History, 14 September 2005
- 1 September 2005 : Second no-star rating for HA, 1 September 2005
- 28 July 2005 : Barker Wrong on SE Housing, says Thinktank, 28 July 2005
- 27 July 2005 : Roof Tax to Help Fund New Homes, 27 July 2005
- 24 June 2005 : Homebuy Scheme 'Unworkable', 24 June 2005
- 23 June 2005 : Government Must Keep Scheme Simple, 23 June 2005
- 9 June 2005 : Public Door Opens to Private Developers, 9 June 2005
- 7 June 2005 : Government Scales Back Housebuilding Plans, 7 June 2005
- 31 May 2005 : Theories of the Housing Profession, May 2005
- 31 May 2005 : CIH visit to Montreal and the CHRA, May 2005
- 24 May 2005 : Is Homes Plan a Backward Step? 24 May 2005
- 4 May 2005 : Housebuilding Hit by Staff Shortages, 4 May 2005
- 22 April 2005 : HA Mergers: Small can be Beautiful, 22 April 2005
- 22 April 2005 : More on Mergers: Bigging It Up, 22 April 2005
- 12 April 2005 : Blunt instrument, 12 April 2005
- 5 April 2005 : Swearing May Cost Tenants their Home, 5 April 2005
- 1 April 2005 : Labour Pledges Affordable Homes for All, 1 April 2005
- 21 March 2005 : Tory Housing Policy Under Fire, 21 March 2005
- 14 March 2005 : More people in temporary homes, 14 March 2005
- 8 March 2005 : Waiting for funding overhaul news, 8 March 2005
- 11 February 2005 : Housing Policy: Built to Backfire, 11 February 2005
- 9 February 2005 : Council to Reballot Tenants on Transfer, 9 Feb 2005
- 1 February 2005 : 300,000 Homes Could Be Uninsurable, 1 Feb 2005
- 28 January 2005 : Draft SE Regional Housing Strategy, 28 Jan 2005
- 24 January 2005 : Help Offer for First-time Buyers, 24 January 2005
- 21 January 2005 : 100th Anti Social Behaviour Court, 21 Jan 2005
- 19 January 2005 : Planning Gain Bond Put to Ministers, 19 Jan 2005
- 26 December 2004 : HACAS Chapman Hendy rebrand, 17 January 2005
- 25 December 2004 : Clean Neighbourhoods Bill, 11 January 2005
- 18 December 2004 : Rent Outstripping Mortgage Costs, 14 Dec 2004
- 8 December 2004 : Power Visions, 8 December 2004
- 3 December 2004 : Councils Face Cuts to Support Budget, 3 Dec 2004
- 30 November 2004 : Labour Housing Plans Rejected, 30 Nov 2004
- 29 November 2004 : Proposed Interest-free Home Loans, 29 Nov 2004
- 26 November 2004 : Coalition Backs Plan for Building, 25 Nov 2004
- 24 November 2004 : Thames Gateway Coalition, 24 November 2004
- 23 November 2004 : Queen's Speech 2004, 23 November 2004
- 22 November 2004 : Bulletproof Vested Housing Officers, 22 Nov 2004
- 18 November 2004 : The New Housing Act, 18 November 2004
- 15 November 2004 : Southall Black Sisters Conference on 15 Nov 2004
- 15 November 2004 : New Measures to Help BME Women, 15 Nov 2004
- 28 October 2004 : Huge Leap in 'Asbo' Handouts, 28 Oct 2004
- 28 October 2004 : Tories Strategy 'Close to Race Card', 28 Oct 2004
- 27 October 2004 : Mentally Ill Face 'Asbo' Measures, 27 Oct 2004
- 27 October 2004 : Tories Revive Right To Buy Policy, 27 Oct 2004
- 27 October 2004 : CABs Condemn Eviction Threats, 27 Oct 2004
- 25 October 2004 : Improved Witness Protection, 25 Oct 2004
- 27 September 2004 : Prescott Defeated on Council Vote, 27 Sept 2004
- 23 September 2004 : Prescott Presses HAs to Merge, 23 Sept 2004
- 8 September 2004 : Controversial Benefit Changes, 8 Sept 2004
- 2 September 2004 : Turning Nimbys Into Imbys, 2 Sept 2004
- 1 September 2004 : Government to Ignore 'Nimby' Protests, 1 Sept 2004
- 1 September 2004 : Pain With No Gain, 1 Sept 2004
- 31 August 2004 : Support for Vulnerable Cut By £85m, 31 August 2004
- 31 August 2004 : Blair's 'ASBO Ambassadors', 31 August 2004
- 26 August 2004 : Repeating Past Mistakes? 26 August 2004
- 23 August 2004 : Inspiration From Eire, 23 August 2004
- 30 July 2004 : Fear of Impact on Countryside, 30 July 2004
- 29 July 2004 : MPs Call for Heritage Protection, 29 July 2004
- 27 July 2004 : MPs Criticise Supporting People, 27 July 2004
- 19 July 2004 : More Power to Fight Bad Behaviour, 19 July 2004
- 16 July 2004 : £410m into Brownfield Redevelopment, 16 July 2004
- 14 July 2004 : Social House Building May Rise 40%, 14 July 2004
- 13 July 2004 : Biggest Investment for 12 years, 13 July 2004
- 29 June 2004 : MPs attach Housing Corporation, 29 June 2004
- 23 June 2004 : Heading for the Hills, 23 June 2004
- 23 June 2004 : Campaigners Attack Building Plans, 23 June 2004
- 15 June 2004 : Bid to Overhaul Housing Boards, 15 June 2004
- 11 June 2004 : Historian Attacks Prescott's Plans, 11 June 2004
- 2 June 2004 : Ministers Urged to Listen to Tenants, 2 June 2004
- 1 June 2004 : Life Skills For Nuisance Neighbours, 1 June 2004
- 20 May 2004 : Empty Homes Added to Housing Bill, 20 May 2004
- 18 May 2004 : Call For More Eco-Friendly Buildings, 18 May 2004
- 14 May 2004 : Choice Could Lead To Segregation, 14 May 2004
- 12 May 2004 : Hollywood Housing Design Inspiration, 12 May 2004
- 12 May 2004 : Power New Homes with Straw, 12 May 2004
- 7 May 2004 : MPs Attack 'Dogmatic' Housing Policy, 7 May 2004
- 1 May 2004 : Kelsey??s Study Visit to Sweden, May 2005
- 27 April 2004 : Thames Gateway to House 50% More? 27 April 2004
- 22 April 2004 : Benefit Trial to Include Social Housing, 22 April 2004
- 15 April 2004 : Toying with their Future Report, 15 April 2004