How Many People Have Benefitted from the Affordable Housing Credit? (NAHB -...
(Source: NAHB - National Association of Home Builders) The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) plays a critical role in the housing market by ensuring a supply of affordable rental housing. Created...
View ArticleUK will hit back at terrorists with cyber-attacks, says Osborne
Chancellor speaks at GCHQ on deadly danger of digital attacks, saying Britain will counter-attack criminals and rogue states...
View ArticleStormont deal: what are thorny issues for NI politicians?
They are negotiating - but what are the thorny issues on the table for Northern Ireland's parties and the British and Irish governments? Talks aimed at resolving the political deadlock continue at...
View ArticlePunitive approach to restraining welfare costs lazy and short-sighted
The discussion being driven by the Turnbull government that there are ‘too many people on welfare’ has as its driver a framework to make it harder for people to get such payments. It is about...
View ArticleNHS cannot make £22bn cut sought by government, finance chiefs warn
Fears also raised that deficit will exceed forecast £2bn and all of England’s 156 acute hospital trusts will end 2015-16 in the red...
View ArticleREVISED - Lease and Community Service Rider (PHA - Philadelphia Housing...
(Source: PHA - Philadelphia Housing Authority) Tenant I LEASE AGREEMENT Tenant I.D.# {{PHA MI Client ID}} Development * {{PHA MI DevNum}} No. Bedrooms {{PHA MI NumBR}} This LEASE AGREEMENT...
View ArticleHousing crisis: 350,000 UK households unable to rent or buy without help by 2020
At least 70,000 new households will be unable to afford to rent or buy a home in the UK in the next five years even if the...
View ArticlePersonal finance advice for couples and families
There is an age difference of eight years between my wife and me. The older party receives half a couple's pension while all superannuation is in the younger person's name to shelter it from the assets...
View ArticleProtect manufacturing innovation, George Osborne told
Manufacturers are set to unveil more gloom as their champions warn the Chancellor that the UK could be left in the industrial slow lane by cuts in support for innovation and exports. The latest...
View ArticleHistoric devolution deal to power the Midlands Engine (HMT - UK Her Majesty's...
(Source: HMT - UK Her Majesty's Treasury) The Chancellor's devolution revolution has hit the West Midlands with a major devolution deal agreed with local leaders which includes £1 billion of government...
View ArticleA big reform of Britain's housing associations could hit the poor
LAST year 140,000 houses were built in Britain. One-fifth were put up by housing associations—private, non-profit organisations regulated by the...
View ArticleBBC sets out plans to deliver £150 million savings (BBC - British...
(Source: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation) The shortfall has arisen because as more people use BBC iPlayer, mobiles and other online catch-up, the proportion of households owning a television is...
View ArticleConsumers call for better access to financial guidance (TISA - Tax...
(Source: TISA - Tax Incentivised Savings Association) • More than one third (35%) of consumers want improved access to everyday financial guidance • 69% feel more confident managing their finances...
View ArticleYounger cohorts at risk of being less wealthy than earlier generations (IFS –...
(Source: IFS – Institute for Fiscal Studies) Wealth among working-age households increased on average by more than inflation over the late 2000s, despite the financial crisis. This was driven by...
View ArticlePeter McVerry: Rent measures are lacking and late – but welcome
There are three kinds of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. In regard to homelessness, our politicians are firmly in the latter two...
View ArticleAge UK Rochdale paves the way for cheaper pensioner water bills (United...
(Source: United Utilities Group plc) 16 November 2015 By Helen Apps A Rochdale charity is at the forefront of a drive to help low income pensioners with their water bills. Age UK Rochdale has teamed up...
View ArticleUK inflation is negative again, but what does this mean for consumers?
Low inflation has mixed implications for households – it’s good news for borrowers but consumers with a lot of debts should try to pay them off...
View ArticleMental health needs urgent extra funding to avert crisis, say trust chief...
Ahead of the spending review, 10 London mental health trusts warn against raiding their budgets to plug funding shortfalls in acute hospitals...
View ArticleIreland’s rental market: The top 10 players
Landlord Most landlords are small-time operators. A majority (65 per cent) own a single property. Fewer than 10 per cent have three or more. Large-scale institutional investors have only just begun to...
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