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Reinvigorated Right to Buy: unlocking aspiration
Following a consultation the Government has pledged to raise the Right to Buy discount cap to £75,000. Under the scheme, every property sold will be replaced with a new affordable home, with the sales receipts contributing towards the costs.
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NewBuy details announced
Government also confirmed details of the NewBuy mortgage indemnity scheme, designed to give aspiring buyers access to mortgages with deposits as low as 5%. The scheme will benefit 100,000 people and support 50,000 construction jobs.
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North West joins forces to create empty homes strategies
Last week, we hosted an Empty Homes event for partners in Manchester to discuss different approaches to bring empty homes back into use. Pete Bailey, our Head of Strategy and Performance for the North West, reflects on the day.
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Winners of SHIFT sustainability best practice awards 2011-12
The winners of the HCA supported initiative, which recognises the housing sector organisations leading the way with reductions in environmental impact, have been revealed. Awards included Most Significant Improvement in Reducing Environmental Impacts and Championing Sustainability.
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In
brief
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Latest
HCA news coverage
Including
local and trade coverage of the recent £70m Empty Homes
funding announcement.
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Affordable
Homes Programme update
Glendale
Gateway Trust is the latest provider to sign their AHP
contract with the HCA. This brings the total value of
AHP contracts signed to date to almost £1.64bn, across
112 providers.
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Learning
from Lilac workshop
The
Low Impact Living Affordable Community is hosting this
event to share their experience of developing the UK s
first affordable co-housing community in Leeds. The HCA
funded scheme uses strawbale and timber.
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Quote
of the Week
"It's
not just about managing empty properties, it is about
building communities". John Ardern, Director of New
Business and Assurance at New
Charter Housing Trust, attending our Empty Homes
seminar in the North West.
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