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ARCH Bulletin. Issue 30, 15 April 2016.

In this issue


Housing and Planning Bill amended by Lords at Report Stage
Reminder: ARCH member meeting 26 May 2016
Update: Sale of high-value stock to local housing companies/housing associations
Roll-out of Smart Meters
News from the ARCH Tenant Group 
Government announces additional £1.5million funding for Near Neighbours Programme

Housing and Planning Bill amended by Lords at Report Stage


The Housing and Planning Bill is now in the Report Stage in the House of Lords. The government has been defeated in votes on a number of key amendments to the Bill... Read more.

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Reminder: ARCH member meeting 26 May 2016


The next ARCH member meeting will take place on 26 May 2016 in London. It will focus on the government’s proposals for estate regeneration as well as the very latest on the Housing and Planning Bill... Read more.

Update: Sale of high-value stock to local housing companies/housing associations


In the last bulletin, we reported that DCLG officials had no objection to councils selling their high-value stock to housing associations but were more circumspect about selling to wholly-owned local authority housing companies.

The latest information suggests that they may be rowing back from that stance
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Roll-out of Smart Meters


The government has set a target date of 2020 for the roll-out of smart meters to all homes in England, Scotland and Wales... Read more.

News from the ARCH Tenant Group


The ARCH Tenants Group will be meeting again on Monday 18 April in London... Read more.

Government announces additional £1.5 million funding for Near Neighbours Programme


The DCLG has announced an additional £1.5 million of funding for the Near Neighbours Programme. Could your community benefit? Read more.
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