Housing Housing association helping tenant back into work

• Govt is now guarantor for housing scheme
  The Isle of Man Government has signed a guarantor agreement with a developer, obliging it to buy any homes on a site at Douglas that are left unsold.
• Housing targets ‘overdue’ say Welsh Liberal Democrats
  Liberal Democrats in Wales have criticised the Labour Government's housing targets published today as "late and unambitious".
• Housing association exploring finance for 800-home acquisition
  A large scale voluntary transfer housing association is exploring a range of funding options to finance an ambitious 800-home acquisition programme over the next three years.
Housing association complete new build with own workforce
Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) has become one of the first housing associations in the UK to complete its own new build properties built entirely by its own workforce.

New housing for the over 50s in community
One of the biggest housing associations in the country has unveiled its plans to build nearly 180 affordable homes in Leamington which are designed to appeal to older residents.

Housing crisis causes surge in sheds with beds
Hidden in a cluttered courtyard behind an off-licence in Forest Gate, east London, is a narrow brick building no bigger than a shed that a family of four calls home.

Housing list soars by 1,500 in a year
A crisis in the supply of homes in Cambridge has seen the housing waiting list leap by 22 per cent in a year to 8,210.

Families lose fight on housing estate
Families have lost their fight against plans to build a housing estate on land near their homes.

Region's £3 million increase in housing benefit payments
Housing benefit paid to jobless families in North Lincolnshire last year rose to £41,679,037 – a rise of £3,182,603 on 2010/11.