Crackdown On Bad Landlords Promised In 'New Deal' For Social Housing Tenants

Tackling bad landlords and boosting shared ownership schemes are among the measures set out in the Government’s new social housing plan.  Housing secretary James Brokenshire said landlord league tables and plans to empower residents amount to “major reform” of the sector as the minister set out the social housing green paper. But his offer was savaged by opponents and the housing charity Shelter, who said it fails to outline “a single extra penny” to build more council-run homes, with ministers simply agreeing to a consultation on how cash from the the Right to Buy policy could be spent. Read more on the Huff Post website.

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