{"id":26983,"date":"2016-09-23T18:26:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T11:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-minister-signals-change-in-government-social-housing-policy\/"},"modified":"2016-09-23T18:30:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T11:30:23","slug":"housing-minister-signals-change-in-government-social-housing-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-minister-signals-change-in-government-social-housing-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing minister signals change in government social housing policy"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGavin Barwell pledges government will \u2018maximise number of affordable homes\u2019, but concerns and divisions remain within social housing sectorHousing and planning minister Gavin Barwell has signalled a small but perceptible change in government policy towards social housing, with an admission that affordable, sub-market renting is vital to help solve the country\u2019s housing crisis.At the annual conference of the National Housing Federation, which represents social housing providers, Barwell, appointed housing minister by Theresa May in July, admitted that having fewer homes for sub-market rent has increased the amount of housing benefit being paid to those renting privately. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Housing minister signals change in government social housing policy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gavin Barwell pledges government will \u2018maximise number of affordable homes\u2019, but concerns and divisions remain...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-71d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29353,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/skip-a-generation-when-passing-on-homes-says-housing-minister\/","url_meta":{"origin":26983,"position":0},"title":"Skip a generation when passing on homes, says housing minister","date":"October 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Gavin Barwell suggests parents should leave homes and savings to grandchildren to help them get on the housing ladderThe housing minister, Gavin Barwell, has suggested that parents should leave their houses and savings to their grandchildren rather than their children to help them get on the housing ladder.Barwell made\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48370,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-government-woos-worlds-housebuilders\/","url_meta":{"origin":26983,"position":1},"title":"UK government woos world's housebuilders","date":"March 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Housing minister tells Mipim conference in Cannes he will do all he can to help developers find land in BritainThe housing minister, Gavin Barwell, has told the world\u2019s housebuilders that if they cannot find enough land on which to build new homes they can \u201ccome and see me\u201d and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57872,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-quick-look-at-new-housing-minister-alok-sharma\/","url_meta":{"origin":26983,"position":2},"title":"A quick look at new housing minister Alok Sharma","date":"June 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sharma has replaced Gavin Barwell, who lost his seat in parliament last week. Here\u2019s what you need to knowHe has no background in housingSharma is a chartered accountant and had previously worked in corporate finance before going into politics. Since becoming a member of parliament he has been on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38667,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housebuilders-must-halt-leasehold-sale-of-new-houses-says-minister\/","url_meta":{"origin":26983,"position":3},"title":"Housebuilders must halt leasehold sale of new houses, says minister","date":"December 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Government raises possibility of compensation for those already affectedMajor housebuilders such as Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon may be forced to spend millions compensating home buyers locked into unfair leasehold contracts, following a warning by housing minister Gavin Barwell.Amid accusations in the House of Commons of \u201cthe PPI scandal of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29373,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/no-10-rejects-housing-ministers-call-for-people-to-skip-generation-in-their-wills\/","url_meta":{"origin":26983,"position":4},"title":"No 10 rejects housing minister's call for people to skip generation in their wills","date":"October 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Downing Street distances itself from Gavin Barwell\u2019s comments, which it describes as representing \u2018personal\u2019 views Downing Street has rejected the housing minister\u2019s suggestion that parents should leave their property and savings to their grandchildren rather than their children to help them get on the housing ladder.Gavin Barwell made the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":66804,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sajid-javid-should-give-councils-free-reign-to-tackle-rogue-landlords-robin-wales-john-healey\/","url_meta":{"origin":26983,"position":5},"title":"Sajid Javid should give councils free reign to tackle rogue landlords | Robin Wales & John Healey","date":"September 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r In Newham, the council\u2019s licensing scheme for private landlords has uncovered abuses and exploitation. So why isn\u2019t the government interested?Sir Robin Wales is mayor of Newham and John Healey is shadow secretary of state for housingA mother with a baby charged \u00a3350 a month in rent for living in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}