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The Housing Podcast

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The Housing Podcast is a production of Inside Housing magazine, the UK’s leading social and affordable housing publication. Listen to find out more about the key issues in housing today, with input from the sector’s leading voices.
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What is behind the rising number of disrepair claims being brought against social landlords?

Over the past year the issue of disrepair in social housing properties has risen in prominence to become one of the country’s key social issues. This has been brought to light by the long-term ITV News investigation which has featured cases where residents have been living in appalling conditions. These case studies have painted a picture where tenants have been ignored by their landlords for months and sometimes years. This has been matched by a huge uptake in disrepair claims facing social lan...

Apr 05, 202238 min

Is the government on track to end rough sleeping by 2024?

When the Conservative Party was elected in late 2019, its manifesto included a pledge to end rough sleeping in England by 2024. No one could have predicted that the government would come close to fulfilling this promise just a few months later when it attempted to house all rough sleepers at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The Everyone In initiative, as it came to be known, raised hopes that ending rough sleeping in England was within grasp. But now, almost two years after the UK entered ...

Feb 25, 20221 hr 2 min
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