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Articles in the housing press provide essential background reading. Tenants reps and councillors need to see the full picture. Tenants reps should ask their council to pay for subscriptions - they all say they want us to be well informed.
The default to this page is to display all articles for the last six months. Use the Search facility to find articles related to a particular issue/subject. See also DCH Press Statements (that often don't get reported)
Roof Magazine produce an excellent daily news round up.
 

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Inside Housing Reset the pain threshold 09 July 2020 1450
Inside Housing Allocation rules to favour local people 31 August 2010 1497
Inside Housing Decent Homes delated by £100m cash crisis 31 August 2010 1496
Inside Housing 27 August 2010 1500
Inside Housing Keep it simple 27 August 2010 1501
Inside Housing Transfer council fails to justify methods 26 August 2010 1499
Inside Housing Decent Homes goal missed by 10 per cent 26 August 2010 1498
Inside Housing Clegg: benefit cuts are hard to justify 20 August 2010 1483
Inside Housing The smell of burning 20 August 2010 1484
Inside Housing Shocked inspectors mount rescue mission 20 August 2010 1485
Inside Housing Landlors seek answers 20 August 2010 1486
Observer It's time for a cultural change in our approach to renting 15 August 2010 1490
The Observer Housing organisation declares 'golden age' of home ownership over 15 August 2010 1481
Inside Housing Lib Dem Deputy to Create Benefit Reform Plan 13 August 2010 1472
Inside Housing Tories Exposed for Mis-Selling Security 13 August 2010 1474
Inside Housing Tenants Have Rights to Secure Tenures 13 August 2010 1471
Inside Housing Almo Battles Gagging Order 13 August 2010 1470
Guardian Cuts to Housing Benefit: average losses by local authority 12 August 2010 1488
Guardian Where will the Council re-house us? 12 August 2010 1487
Telegraph Repossession threat as Government reduces home owner support 12 August 2010 1493
Guardian Tories discussed council housing reforms before election, magazine reports 12 August 2010 1489
Inside Housing Hammersmith & Fulham Plan to Close ALMO 11 August 2010 1473
Telegraph Council house row: why David Cameron is wrong 07 August 2010 1492
Inside Housing Cameron's U-turn on security of tenure 06 August 2010 1468
Inside Housing Campaigners Appeal against Neath Ballot 06 August 2010 1476
Inside Housing Highland to Sell Off a Fifth of its Homes 06 August 2010 1477
Inside Housing Coalition Faces Rift over Secure Tenancies 05 August 2010 1469
Guardian London's Housing Crisis: the roots of David Cameron's council tenancy debate 05 August 2010 1491
Telegraph No more council houses for life, says David Cameron 04 August 2010 1494
Inside Housing Cameron threatens lifetime tenancies 03 August 2010 1464
The Guardian David Cameron announces plan to end lifetime council tenancies 03 August 2010 1466
BBC Council homes for life could go, says Cameron 03 August 2010 1465
Inside Housing Bolton Tenants Vote for Stock Transfer 02 August 2010 1475
The Guardian Benefit Cuts: 750,000 Risk Losing Homes in South-East, Association Warns 23 July 2010 1480
Inside Housing Benefit reforms 'will make 200,000 homeless' 23 July 2010 1457
Inside Housing Place your Betts 23 July 2010 1456
Inside Housing Boris fears housing benefit reforms 23 July 2010 1458
Inside Housing Islington launches fraud inquiry into housing PFIs 23 July 2010 1460
The Guardian Housing benefit cuts will leave poorest £600 worse off 23 July 2010 1467
Inside Housing Benefit plans concern Lib Dem deputy 22 July 2010 1459
London Evening Standard Simon Hughes: Ministers face rebellion on plan to slash housing benefit 21 July 2010 1461
London Evening Standard Housing benefit cuts will harm capital, says Boris Johnson 19 July 2010 1462
Inside Housing Seeking a solution to sky high rent 16 July 2010 1453
Inside Housing Ombudsman sees 43% rise in complaints 16 July 2010 1452
Inside Housing Benefit reforms threaten mixed communities 15 July 2010 1455
Inside Housing Government axes national tenant body 15 July 2010 1454
Inside Housing Minister: benefit cap will cause 'casualties' 12 July 2010 1442
Inside Housing Housing benefit cuts will damage communities 09 July 2010 1443
Inside Housing Inside Housing campaigns against benefit cut plans 09 July 2010 1444
Guardian London's looming housing turmoil 09 July 2010 1446
Leeds Tenants Federation Cut rent not benefits 09 July 2010 1451
Inside Housing Streets apart 02 July 2010 1445
Camden New Journal David Miliband unaware of bitter homes repairs battle 01 July 2010 1447
Evening Standard Social housing PFIs have wasted millions in London 30 June 2010 1435
Telegraph British tenants 28 June 2010 1495
Inside Housing Housing benefit cuts slammed by sector 25 June 2010 1441
CLG Helping tenants have a stronger voice 25 June 2010 1439
National Audit Office press release PFI in housing 25 June 2010 1436
CLG Schapps - Speech to the Chartered Institute of Housing Conference 24 June 2010 1440
London Evening Standard Housing Benefit Curbs 'will push out the poor' 23 June 2010 1479
Sunday Mirror Tenant Services Authority to be axed 20 June 2010 1433
Shelter 900,000 forgotten households 12 June 2010 1448
Public Property UK £760m gap threatens 150 home schemes, warns Shapps 10 June 2010 1434
CLG Government will overhaul unfair council house finance system 08 June 2010 1438
Inside Housing Council houses under threat 04 June 2010 1432
Inside Housing Ealing to take housing management in-house 21 May 2010 1431
Inside Housing Housework heads home 14 May 2010 1429
Inside Housing Councils face HRA reform debt charge 14 May 2010 1426
Inside Housing Bolton wanderer 14 May 2010 1428
Inside Housing What lies ahead? 14 May 2010 1430
Inside Housing Staying alive 14 May 2010 1427
Camden New Journal HOMES ARE SAVED 13 May 2010 1425
Inside Housing Size matters 07 May 2010 1424
Inside Housing Pension fund to invest in housing 07 May 2010 1423
Morning Star 04 May 2010 1422
Inside Housing Cameron: social tenants have nothing to fear 30 April 2010 1417
Inside Housing Councils back new finance reforms 30 April 2010 1418
Inside Housing Midlands association 'letting tenants down' 30 April 2010 1420
Inside Housing Quarter of ALMOs want to transfer homes 30 April 2010 1419
Liverpool Echo Council leader Warren Bradley: We ripped heart out of Liverpool communities 26 April 2010 1416
Inside Housing Parties reveal vision for future of housing 16 April 2010 1412
Inside Housing Debt finance sums are misleading 16 April 2010 1415
Inside Housing £25 billion reform would leave councils with ALMOs better off 16 April 2010 1414
Inside Housing Gateshead aims to branch out 16 April 2010 1413
Torquay Herald Express Anger at £15m Homes Deal 15 April 2010 1463
Inside Housing Healey and Shapps start war of words 09 April 2010 1411
Inside Housing Analysis of debt figures for HRA reform 01 April 2010 1409
Inside Housing Majority of councils back HRA overhaul 01 April 2010 1408
Inside Housing Revealed: HRA winners and losers 01 April 2010 1407
Inside Housing Deal or no deal? 01 April 2010 1410
Inside Housing Hopes and fears 29 March 2010 1405
CLG Government and LGA ask experts to offer boost for council building 29 March 2010 1399
The Guardian Government offers local authorities chance to keep revenue from council houses 26 March 2010 1401
The Guardian I Love My Council House [pictures from DCH exhibition] 26 March 2010 1402
Inside Housing Councils voice fears over HRA debt plans 26 March 2010 1404
Inside Housing Councils face £25bn charge for financial freedom 25 March 2010 1403
Inside Housing Constructive debate 19 March 2010 1406
Inside Housing Staff picket Notting Hill headquarters 17 March 2010 1394
Inside Housing Mirror image 16 March 2010 1393
Inside Housing All change, please 12 March 2010 1398
Inside Housing Tribal: club bonds could soar sky high 12 March 2010 1397
Inside Housing ALMO to bid for schools contract 12 March 2010 1396
Inside Housing Early exit for NLH chief exec 12 March 2010 1395
Inside Housing ALMO tenants to be balloted on transfer 08 March 2010 1387
Inside Housing Campaigners fight Welsh transfer plans 08 March 2010 1388
Inside Housing Step in the right direction 05 March 2010 1392
Inside Housing Birmingham slams unfair rent rises 05 March 2010 1391
Inside Housing Healey writes off Bykers £44m debt 05 March 2010 1389


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