Housing and Planning Minister John Healey has published new, independent research that shows inappropriate building on back gardens is not a widespread, national problem and is often linked to councils’ failure to have local policies in place.
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Housing Minister John Healey has announced a full scale assessment of the government’s drive to improve England’s social housing stock.
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Housing Minister John Healey has launched a new national campaign to help struggling homeowners take control of their finances and make the most of the support available for them to avoid repossessions and stay in their homes.
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Ministers have urged homeowners concerned about their mortgage payments to seek immediate help from their lenders and the Government to avoid repossession.
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Affordable rural homes in thousands of newly designated ‘protected’ areas will be safeguarded for future generations of first time buyers under new provisions announced by Housing Minister Ian Austin.
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All new homes will feature inbuilt protection from hot water scalding in baths and will use water more efficiently under measures announced by Housing Minister Iain Wright.
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Councils are being given more support to help them bring empty homes back in to use in the current economic climate, Housing Minister Margaret Beckett has announced.
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