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Councils call for “urgent review” of Local Housing Allowance rates following Kerslake Commission report on homelessness
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Councils call for “urgent” government help to avert temporary accommodation crisis
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Councils call for clear and enforceable powers, full funding of new regime replacing Vagrancy Act
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Councils call for Government funding to resolve water and nutrient neutrality concerns responsible for delays to building of 20,000 homes
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Councils call for housing policy reform in face of £2.2bn budget gap
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Councils call for legislative changes to charging regime for ground safety certification
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Councils call for removal of permitted development rights amid claims more than 18,000 affordable houses lost in office-to-residential conversions
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Councils call for suspension of No Recourse to Public Funds condition
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Councils call for urgent clarity on approach to inspection under Social Housing (Regulation) Bill
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Councils cannot cap personal budgets under Care Act, Ombudsman warns
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Councils carrying out HHSRS inspections for only one in three complaints from private renters
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Councils demand Government action on housing finances amid claims budgets are being pushed “to the brink”
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Councils demand greater powers to ensure build out of sites with planning permission
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Councils demand more flexibility and control over Right to Buy to protect social housing stock
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Councils demand streamlined court process for fly-tipping offences
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Councils express concern about practicalities of implementing new fire safety legislation
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Councils express concern at potential rise in homeless households as Government confirms ban on bailiff-enforced evictions to end on 31 May
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Councils express concern at prospect of witnesses at Grenfell Inquiry securing immunity from use of evidence in later prosecutions
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Councils fear ‘two-tier’ system of regulation of Houses in Multiple Occupation with proposed asylum seeker accommodation rule change
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