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Housing officer praises London social property plans Aug 19, 2010

Housing officer praises London social property plans

A housing officer has welcomed the mayor of London's proposal to allow boroughs within the capital to have more control over their own budgets for the construction of new residential properties.

Boris Johnson recently outlined plans to revamp the current system in a report entitled A Framework for Devolved Delivery which would entitle individual councils to be at the forefront of negotiations with developers and therefore provid...

Housing jobs workers help Gateshead Council deliver new homes Aug 19, 2010

Housing jobs workers help Gateshead Council deliver new homes

Housing jobs workers have helped Gateshead Council reach a milestone in its development to construct the town's first new rented residential properties for decades.

It has been announced that work will begin shortly on eight new two-bed bungalows in Haallgarth, Winlanton that will supersede existing and smaller units there already which were found to be incompliant with the government's Lifetime Homes Standard measures.
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Health care jobs workers ''have no easy solution for drug abuse'' Aug 18, 2010

Health care jobs workers have no easy solution for drug abuse

There is no easy way for people in health care jobs to help parents out of alcohol and drug abuse, an expert has said.

According to Michael Linnell, director of communications at the Lifeline Project, those in health careers do not have a solution readily available to them to stop people with children from consuming excessive amounts of such substances.

Mr Linnell's comme...

Cost of housing options ''depends greatly on regional differences'' Aug 18, 2010

Cost of housing options depends greatly on regional differences

Housing jobs workers might be interested to note that an expert believes there is a big difference in how much the state of the wider economy affects housing options, depending on the area of the country.

According to Timothy Lambert, head of consulting at Ducalian, certain regions of the UK - particularly in the south and London - usually remain unaffected by the swings in the economy and housing market as they are "in a bubbl...

L&Q''s extension of offer to improve housing options? Aug 18, 2010

L&Qs extension of offer to improve housing options?

People who are currently seeking affordable housing options may be given a boost by the news that L&Q has decided to extend a product aimed at helping them.

The company has decided to increase the amount of time its UpToYou scheme is in operation and the deal will be available to all households which earn between £12,000 and £25,000 annually.

The product allows customers in need of social housing the chance to lend their property prior to buying it, which gives ...