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LGA response to MHCLG announcement on social housing

“It is positive that the Government has acted on our call to increase funding for the Affordable Homes Programme and Local Authority Housing Fund."

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LGA to provide salary grants for local authorities through Pathways to Planning scheme

“We urge councils to seize this opportunity with both hands, it’s a great way to bring in excellent talent at the exact right time."

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Awaab’s Law – LGA statement

“Everyone deserves a safe, decent, warm and affordable place to live, and health hazards should be investigated and fixed in a timely manner."

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LGA responds to changes to National Planning Policy Framework

Planning is about creating communities linked with the right economic activity and public services, whilst conserving and enhancing the natural and local environment. Local democratic discretion and flexibility need to remain important elements of the planning system.

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Almost 24,000 affordable houses lost in office-to-residential conversions

“In order to deliver more housing of a decent standard, councils need the right powers, skills, resources and funding to act and want to work with government and the development and housebuilding industry.”

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Temporary accommodation subsidy gap has cost councils more than £700 million over the last five years

Over the past five years, frozen Local Housing Allowance rates have left councils to pick up more than £700 million in costs that they are unable to claim back from government, threatening their financial viability and hampering efforts to reduce homelessness.

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LGA statement on latest homelessness figures

"As these figures show, more and more people are turning to their local council for support and councils are having to resort to costly temporary accommodation to house people."

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Affordable housing and Right to Buy reform: LGA statement

Councils stand ready to work with the Government to increase affordable housing.

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Council housing faces ‘perfect storm’ of competing pressures and requires urgent Government action

New analysis into the Housing Revenue Account for the LGA, delivered in partnership with the NFA and ARCH, and delivered by Savills, has found that the future of council housing finances hangs in the balance as increasing pressures push budgets to the brink.

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Councils say work with us to deliver more decent homes people can afford and give us the tools we need to do the job 

Councils have a key part to play to improve housebuilding outcomes, but must be given the tools and resources needed to do so.