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• Newbuy guarantee gathers pace as Santander signs up

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed Santander's decision to start offering mortgages under the NewBuy Guarantee scheme.

  • Added: 14 May 2012
  • Site: Housing

• Halifax becomes fourth lender offering the NewBuy guarantee

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed the announcement by Halifax that it will be offering mortgages under the NewBuy Guarantee scheme.

  • Added: 16 April 2012
  • Site: Housing

• Eric Pickles sees the future of the Olympic Village

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has seen the vision of the future Olympic Park which will provide thousands of much-needed new homes for residents in the capital after the 2012 Games.

  • Added: 13 March 2012
  • Site: Housing

• Industry support grows for NewBuy Guarantee

  Housing industry movers and shakers have hailed today's launch of the NewBuy Guarantee scheme as a vital kick-start for house builders across the country.

  • Added: 12 March 2012
  • Site: Housing

• Homelessness experts back 'Before You Go' information campaign

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has backed a new pilot to tackle the increase of people from Central and Eastern Europe becoming homeless on England's streets.

  • Added: 23 February 2012
  • Site: Housing

• Grant Shapps: Setting the benchmark for transparency in social housing

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps today (14 February 2012) praised the latest social landlord to open its books and become more transparent to tenants.

  • Added: 14 February 2012
  • Site: Housing

• Hard-wired for sound: Love to hate your smoke alarm

  Anyone who has ever burnt their bacon or smoked in the comfort of their home will know that an accidentally triggered smoke alarm can be a frustrating experience.

  • Added: 18 January 2012
  • Site: Housing

• Grant Shapps: New deal will help older people live at home for longer

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has launched a new deal to help older people to continue living comfortably in their own homes - with particular support for those leaving hospital.

  • Added: 3 January 2012
  • Site: Housing

• New green building hub puts Britain centre stage of transition to low-carbon-future

  A new national construction centre will provide thousands of young people with the building skills they need to refurbish the nation's homes so they become greener and cheaper to run, Communities Minister Andrew Stunell has announced .

  • Added: 14 December 2011
  • Site: Housing

• Andrew Stunell: Tackling the blight of empty homes in Salford

  On Monday 21 November 2011 Communities Minister Andrew Stunell joined construction workers from B4Box - a Salford-based social enterprise and building company - at a former empty terraced home currently being renovated in the city.

  • Added: 28 November 2011
  • Site: Housing

• Housing Groups' reaction to the Housing Strategy

  Housing Groups' reaction to the Housing Strategy.

  • Added: 23 November 2011
  • Site: Housing

• HomeSwap Direct offers fresh opportunities for social tenants

  The Government's new national 'Homeswap Direct' scheme will make it easier for social tenants living in a social to find a new home in another part of the country.

  • Added: 27 October 2011
  • Site: Housing

• Grant Shapps calls for 30 year mortgages

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today called on lenders to consider offering more longer-term fixed mortgages of as much as 30 years, to encourage greater stability in the housing market as a "normal and sensible choice" for homeowners in the future.

  • Added: 20 October 2011
  • Site: Housing

• Grant Shapps calls for 30 year mortgages

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today called on lenders to consider offering more longer-term fixed mortgages of as much as 30 years, to encourage greater stability in the housing market as a "normal and sensible choice" for homeowners in the future.

  • Added: 20 October 2011
  • Site: Housing

• Welcome rise in affordable housing

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed new figures showing the largest increase in the supply of affordable homes since the mid-1990s.

  • Added: 6 October 2011
  • Site: Housing

• Further details on Right to Buy published

  The Department for Communities and Local Government has provided further details following the Prime Minister's announcement on Right to Buy.

  • Added: 2 October 2011
  • Site: Housing

• New factsheets give tenants and landlords the lowdown on their rights and responsibilities

  In a move designed to strengthen tenants' and landlords' awareness of their rights and responsibilities, Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today published helpful advice aimed at those letting or renting a property.

  • Added: 3 September 2011
  • Site: Housing

• Andrew Stunell visits low-carbon Coronation Street of the future

  Communities Minister Andrew Stunell has seen how Government plans to make existing homes warmer and cheaper to run could work on the Coronation Streets of the future.

  • Added: 19 July 2011
  • Site: Housing

• Government to fund housing advice service for older people

  FirstStop is a free information and advice service for older people, their families and carers, and aims to help older people make informed decisions about their housing options and support, and to help them maintain independent living in later life.

  • Added: 9 May 2011
  • Site: Housing

• Grant Shapps: Budget is a boost for first time buyers

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has hailed a new scheme that will help 10,000 aspiring first time buyers get foot on the property ladder.

  • Added: 24 March 2011
  • Site: Housing