Author: Mark Cantrell

ECONOMY NEWS 

Housing consortium becomes “proud” partner to Northern Powerhouse

15th January 202015th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 75 Views housing, Jake Berry MP, Northern Housing Consortium, Northern Powerhouse, Tracy Harrison

A body representing housing providers across the North has formally thrown its weight behind the Northern Powerhouse. The Northern Housing

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COMMUNITY NEWS TECHNOLOGY 

Teesside landlord’s donated PCs offer Malawian students an educational experience

15th January 202015th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 45 Views Africa, charity, education, IT skills, North East, recycling, Teesside, The Turing Trust, Thirteen Group

PUPILS at a secondary school in Malawi, Africa, are learning ICT skills for the first time thanks to a donation

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BLOG COMMUNITY SOCIETY 

An ageing society needs real innovation to beat killer social isolation

15th January 202014th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 85 Views ageing society, comment, ENGIE, housing, Paula Broadbent, social care, social isolation, Yorkshire

Social isolation among older people is a bigger killer than obesity, so a more innovative approach to housing and care

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NEWS 

McVey offers £6 million for 200,000 new homes in garden towns and villages

14th January 202014th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 31 Views Esther McVey, funding, garden village, Government, housing, housing minister, national, North East

THE Government has announced £8 million for new neighbourhood plans and the delivery of up to 200,000 new homes in

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NEWS PEOPLE 

Emma Richman to join Peaks & Plains Housing

14th January 202014th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 174 Views appointments, Emma Richman, Macclesfield, North West, Peaks & Plains

PEAKS & Plains Housing Trust has announced that Emma Richman (pictured) will join the organisation in March as its executive

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ECONOMY NEWS POLITICS SOCIETY 

End of housing benefit freeze is cold comfort for hard-pressed renters

14th January 202014th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 92 Views Crisis, DWP, housing, housing benefit, JRF, LGA, Local Housing Allowance, national, private rented sector, RLA, welfare reform

ENDING the four-year freeze Government imposed on housing benefit rate rises is a “paltry” gesture that will do little to

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BUSINESS NEWS PEOPLE 

Promotion creates new role for Bernicia’s Andrea Malcolm

13th January 202013th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 87 Views Andrea Malcolm, appointments, Bernicia, North East

A restructure of Bernicia’s management team has seen Andrea Malcolm (pictured) appointed to the newly created post of executive director

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DEVELOPMENTS NEWS 

Thousands of new homes proposed for Newcastle’s Forth Yards city gateway plan

13th January 202013th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 68 Views brownfield, housing, Newcastle, North East, planning, regeneration

COUNCILLORS in Newcastle are to consider plans to create thousands of new jobs and homes by developing a new gateway

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NEWS SOCIETY 

Permission denied: Anger in Liverpool as Govt rejects city’s landlord licensing scheme

13th January 202013th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 93 Views Joe Anderson, landlord licensing, landlords, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, private rented sector, tenants

THE Government’s decision to turn down Liverpool’s application to continue operating a city-wide landlord licensing scheme pretty much gives rogue

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BUSINESS NEWS 

Rent rises likely to help pay for Sheffield’s £500m council housing investment plans

13th January 202013th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 62 Views business plan, council housing, housing, Housing Revenue Account, rents, Sheffield City Council, Yorkshire

COUNCILLORS in Sheffield are set to approve plans to invest £500 million over the next five years to build new

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NEWS SOCIETY 

Council failings over housing benefit claims puts families at risk of homelessness, says ombudsman

10th January 202010th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 60 Views councils, homelessness, housing, housing benefit, LGA, Local Government Ombudsman, national

SOME of the country’s most vulnerable families are being put at risk of homelessness because councils are making too many

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BUSINESS NEWS TECHNOLOGY 

Gas Tag to launch safety compliance technology for fire doors

10th January 202010th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 218 Views compliance, fire doors, gas safety, Gas Tag, housing, national, safety

A company that made its name with groundbreaking technology to revolutionises gas safety compliance in the housing sector is looking

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BUSINESS NEWS 

Council to consider setting up a local lettings agency to help meet housing need

9th January 20209th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 92 Views council, County Durham Council, housing, lettings, North East

A service intended to find accommodation for people with a housing need in County Durham seems set to move a

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NEWS SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY 

Guinness Partnership looks to digital telecare to transform housing for older people

9th January 20209th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 150 Views Appello, digital, Guinness Partnerships, housing, older people, telecare

A housing and care provider is turning digital to transform and modernise its telecare services so that residents can retain

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LEGAL NEWS 

Safer Leeds takes court action to shut down flat blighted by anti-social behaviour

9th January 20209th January 2020 Mark Cantrell 52 Views anti social behaviour, courts, crime, housing, Leeds, Leeds City Council, Yorkshire

A flat that had become a hub for anti-social behaviour (ASB), including links to drug dealing, has been ‘closed down’

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