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Changes to the rules around benefits for couples whose ages lie either side of the state pension date mean that they could lose up to £7,000 in a year. The Government announced the change just as attention was on the meaningful vote in the House of Commons on the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal. Housing associations are encouraged to see that there is maximum take up prior to the changes coming into effect on 15 May, 2019
This briefing sets out the key challenges Brexit may bring for housing associations and how we can be ready for what may come.
Latest Scottish Construction Monitor is released
In her speech, on the first day of the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she would trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty no later than end of March 2017. This will formally start the two-year period of the UK’s exit negotiations with the European Union. The role to be played by the Scottish Government and parliament in the Brexit process that Article 50 will trigger remains unclear.
SFHA is providing a monthly Brexit Bulletin for our members. Find it here.
SFHA has outlined its initial areas of concern about the impact of Brexit on Scottish housing associations in a submission to the European and External Relations Committee of the Scottish Parliament.
CIH Scotland recently submitted written evidence to the European External Relations Committee on the impact of BREXIT on housing in Scotland.
Fair Way Scotland said 1,205 people excluded from state support accessed its services in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, including 730 who received casework support in an effort to regularise their immigration status and protect them from being made homeless or forced on to the streets.
Hanover Chief Executive Angela Currie reflects on Covid recovery and current challenges.
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The Scottish Housing Regulator’s annual report reflects on the work the regulator has done over the last year to safeguard and promote the interests of those who use the services of social landlords.
Member bodies respond to publication of the report on the work of the 2021 Affordable Housing Investment Benchmarks Working Group.
In his blog post, Mark Chynoweth, General Manager of RGDP LLP, discusses GDPR and the requirements for RSLs to be compliant.
Cost of new build has increased over the life of the last parliament, with the average works cost per unit increasing from £114,000 in 2016/17 to £134-138,000 in 2020/21.
By Shona Mitchell, SFHA Public Affairs Manager.
