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5 days ago | 
thebristolcable.org | Alex Turner
After several episodes getting deep into local politics and the workings of democracy, this week Unpacked takes a detour into an area everyone can enjoy – food – as Neil chats to Bristol’s new high sheriff Kalpna Woolf. After coming to Southall, west London from India in the 60s as a young child, Kalpna spent 25 years working for the BBC, most of it here in Bristol, rising to become head of production with responsibility for both food and natural history.
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1 week ago | 
insidehousing.co.uk | Alex Turner
Figures reveal 8% annual rise in homeless households in Northern IrelandThe number of Northern Irish households with homeless status has risen by 8% year on year, reaching a new record high, government figures reveal.
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1 week ago | 
thebristolcable.org | Alex Turner
Alex Dimond In 2023, the Cable revealed that Naomi Knapp, a Bristol landlord barred from letting properties due to poor maintenance and fire safety issues, had got around her banning order by renting them out via short term lets on Airbnb. After we contacted Airbnb, a huge business in Bristol, it investigated and removed the listings, which were made via a third party.
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1 week ago | 
insidehousing.co.uk | Alex Turner
News10.30 AM Developers can pursue third-party contractors for the cost of building safety remediation work, the Supreme Court has ruled.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidehousing.co.uk | Alex Turner
News10.45 AM For-profit registered providers are likely to own at least 150,000 affordable homes in England by 2030, with up to 25% for social rent, an analysis by Savills has found.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidehousing.co.uk | Alex Turner
News12.30 PM The Welsh government has announced the release of £24m in recyclable loan funding to enable land acquisition for housing. The Senedd building in Cardiff (picture: Google Street View)SharelinesThe Welsh Government has released £24m in loan funding to enable land acquisition for housing #ukhousing The fund, which all social landlords can apply for via the existing Land for Housing scheme, will support the purchase of land for both social and market-rate housing developments.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidehousing.co.uk | Alex Turner
NIFHA urges multiyear housing funding and action on infrastructureThe Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA) has called on the government to “step up” on funding homes and tackling infrastructure problems, as statistics showed landlords meeting annual housebuilding targets.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidehousing.co.uk | Alex Turner
For-profit registered providers could own at least 150,000 homes by 2030, research findsFor-profit registered providers (FPRPs) are likely to own at least 150,000 affordable homes in England by 2030, with up to 25% for social rent, an analysis by Savills has found.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidehousing.co.uk | Alex Turner
News3.30 PM The new mayor of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has signed a Strategic Place Partnership (SPP) with the government’s housing and regeneration agency.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidehousing.co.uk | Alex Turner
Building Safety Regulator to publish quarterly performance dataThe Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is to begin publishing performance data, a minister has said.
