Pickles Plots Probe Into Spending

Ministers are looking to force housing associations to publish details of expenditure over £500 if they want to access development grant. The government said in a statement that allocation of the £1.9 billion left in the affordable housing pot will be conditional on the ‘transparency’ of bidders. One option being considered by officials would make associations list all spending over £500. The government has made matching publication demands of local government and its own Whitehall departments. The government’s publication proposal has met with a hostile reaction from the sector. Read more on Inside Housing.