The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says its
stats show low income families living in communities across the countryside
could save more than £31 million a year – if affordable rent levels were set
according to the net income of tenants, rather than market rates. Analysis
released by CPRE comes with a call for changes to how ‘affordable’ housing is
defined. Currently, rents set at 80% of the standard market rate are classified
as ‘affordable’, which is still out of reach for many families and those on low
incomes. Read more on 24housing.
John Judge obituary
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As chief quantity surveyor at Manchester city council, my father, John
Judge, who has died aged 91, was part of a team that led the city’s
housebuilding ...
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