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Housing Executive publishes Community Involvement Strategy

16 December 2018

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive has published its new Community Involvement Strategy for 2018-2023. The strategy exists to empower residents, tenants and leaseholders in Housing Executive estates to make a difference in their community and its specific aims are to

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Social Tenancies

The Impact of Universal Credit on Social Housing Tenants

15 December 2018

A new report by the Smith Institute ‘Safe as Houses 2: a follow-up report into the impact of Universal Credit on Southwark Council’s housing tenants rent payment behaviour’ show that what could have been argued to be ‘teething problems’ with the new benefit system, appear to have more systemic routes, with rent arrears appearing to be a longer-term consequence of Universal Credit for many social housi

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Benefits, Social Tenancies, Welfare Reform, Affordability

Homelessness and the Private Rented Sector

15 December 2018

New research commissioned by the Residential Landlords’ Association highlights the increase in homelessness acceptances from the private rented sector from 4,580 in 2009 to 16,320 in 2017, more than doubling in the proportion of all homelessness acceptances from 11% to 28%.

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Benefits, Research, Private Tenancies

Housing Rights responds to DfC’s Draft Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Subordinate Regulations

12 December 2018

Housing Rights has responded to a stakeholder engagement document outlining draft regulations to support the new Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) regime in Northern Ireland. 

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Private Tenancies

The Case for Reforming the Private Rented Sector

8 December 2018

A new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) makes the case for the need to reform the private rented sector (PRS). The report focusses on the PRS in England, but has implications for other regions of the UK.

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Outside NI, Research, Private Tenancies

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