ARCH Bulletin. Issue 44. 28 October 2016.

In this issue

Government to support Homelessness Reduction Bill
ARCH Tenants' Group update
ARCH Research referenced in Commons Briefing
Construction sector must “modernise or die”
Social housing stock falls by 0.5% as a result of sales
Book your place at our Chief Officer Conference

Government to support Homelessness Reduction Bill

On Monday, Sajid Javid, Communities Secretary, confirmed that the government will support the Homelessness Reduction Private Members Bill introduced by Bob Blackman MP.

The decision to support the Bill comes on the back of the announcement of a £40million homelessness prevention programme... Read more.

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ARCH Tenants’ Group update

The ARCH Tenants’ Group are busy planning their next meeting which takes place on Monday 28 November and preparing their calendar for next year… Read more about the group.

If your council is interested in nominating a tenant representative or would like to attend as an observer first, please email info@arch-housing.org.uk.

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ARCH research referenced in Commons Briefing

Our recently published research commissioned jointly with the NFA, LGA and Shout has been referenced in a House of Commons briefing paper for MPs... Read more.

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Construction sector must “modernise or die”

Britain’s construction industry faces “inexorable decline” unless radical steps are taken to address its longstanding problems, according to an independent review commissioned by two government departments... Read more.

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Social housing stock falls by 0.5% as a result of sales

Latest figures from the DCLG show that sales of social housing in England in 2015/16 amounted to some 0.5% of the social housing stock... Read more.

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Book your place at our Chief Officers Conference

This year, we’re hosting our Chief Officers Conference with the NFA on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 December in Warwick… and we have an exciting line-up of speakers!

It’s aimed at directors and senior officers in stock retained councils and our members are entitled to a second free delegate place for each full delegate conference ticket purchased. More information/book now.

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