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Council tax premium on long-term empty properties to apply after 12 months, Government says
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Council to appoint law firm for independent investigation into housing maintenance service
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Council to appoint legal adviser to £125k contract to support compulsory purchase for major estate regeneration scheme
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Council to challenge grant of planning permission for 350-home scheme
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Council to hire legal firm to advise on appointment of housing maintenance contractor
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Council to implement action plan addressing backlog of “several hundreds” of medical priority reviews after Ombudsman finds fault in housing priority case
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Council to improve handling of Disabled Facilities Grant applications after Ombudsman investigation found “significant backlog” of cases
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Council to make new Traffic Regulation Order after Ombudsman investigation into refusal of parking permits
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Council to pay £1,700+ after London man housed in Birmingham forced to give up job
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Council to pay £11k to terminally ill woman over handling of housing application
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Council to pay £8,000 to family of vulnerable boy left without education for 14 months, as Ombudsman alleges lack of understanding of legal obligations
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Council to pay £8k after man it failed to identify as homeless spent 21 months in van
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Council to pay family more than £5k after placing them in B&B accommodation for six months
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Council to pay housing association £117k after errors lead to cancelled land sale
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Council to pay nearly £13k after delayed disability adaptations forced resident to install his own
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Council to pay nearly £30,000 after wheelchair user left in unsuitable home for eight years
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Council to proceed with selective licensing scheme after High Court rejects judicial review bid
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Council to pursue legal action against builder of housing block it is evacuating
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