The Chancellor should invest in a scheme that could
deliver 80,000 affordable homes a year for ‘just managing’ families in the
Autumn Statement. As the UK prepares to leave the EU, JRF is also calling on
the Chancellor to end the freeze on working-age benefits to help households
cope with the rising cost of goods and services. The Government has said its
priority will be supporting families on low incomes. JRF’s submission looks at
four ways they could support that goal on November 23. A Housing White Paper is
expected to be published at the same time. JRF recommends the Government invest
£1.1 billion extra a year in affordable housing through a scheme called Living
Rents, which links housing association and local authority rents to local
wages, making them affordable to people earning the National Living Wage. Read
more on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website.
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
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Steve Reed previously said he was in favour of requiring one hollow brick
for cavity-nesting creatures in every new-build
The government is refusing to s...
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