Housing

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New incentives to tackle the blight of empty homes
www.communities.gov.uk/news/newsroom/1813469


Eric Pickles curbs councils' empty home seizure powers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12127328

'Fast-track' eviction plan for anti-social tenants
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12157769

Andrew Stunell reveals details of government
www.libdemvoice.org/andrew-stunell-reveals-details-of-government-plans-to-get-empty-homes-put-to-use-22709.html

Hundreds of thousands of workers too low paid to afford rent
www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp

Social enterprise has found a new home in housing
www.guardian.co.uk/social-enterprise-network/2011/jan/10/social-enterprise-and-housing

Tory council could be stopped from demolishing estates by government plans for tenants
www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/11/tory-council-housing-estates-tenants

Why housing associations have nothing to fear from the 'big society'
www.guardian.co.uk/housing-network/2011/jan/24/housing-associations-and-big-society

Housing experts horrified by localism bill
www.politics.co.uk/news/housing-and-planning/housing-experts-horrified-by-localism-bill-$21386849.htm

Axe council tax breaks on second homes, says housing charity Shelter
www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/apr/10/axe-tax-breaks-second-homes

Protecting the housing market means a lost generation of buyers
www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2011/may/21/protecting-housing-market-lost-generation-buyers

High housing costs leave people strapped for cash
www.insidehousing.co.uk/tenancies/high-housing-costs-leave-people-strapped-for-cash/6516175.article

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Council tenants who sublet face criminal charges to save £5billion
www.telegraph.co.uk/property/8685538/Council-tenants-who-sublet-face-criminal-charges-to-save-5billion.html

Flood of comments over plans for 10,000 homes across Eastleigh borough
www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9208883.Flood_of_comments_over_plans_for_10_000_homes


Councils to sell off empty homes to fund regeneration
www.guardian.co.uk/housing-network/2011/aug/26/councils-sell-off-empty-homes-fund-regeneration


Live discussion: how can we solve the problem of under-occupation?
www.guardian.co.uk/housing-network/2011/oct/28/live-discussion-under-occupation-eac?

Housing: six things that could be done
www.libdemvoice.org/housing-six-things-that-could-be-done-25765.html

Jobless 'may lose council homes', warns Wandsworth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15716304

Ministers join rebellion against more building in countryside
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ministers-join-rebellion-against-more-building-in-countryside-6264082.html


Council tenants to get right-to-buy at half price
www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/19/council-tenants-buy-half-price


The 900,000 empty homes falling apart while thousands have nowhere to live
www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/dec/03/empty-homes-falling-apart