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The ten most recent publications of all types on the housing site.

• The General Housing Consents 2012 - Section 32 of the Housing Act 1985

  These prescribe those situations where the specific consent of the Secretary of State is not required before a local authority can dispose of housing assets.

  • Added:  18 May 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy

• Streamlining council housing asset management: Disposals and use of receipts - Government response to consultation

  This document summarises the responses to the consultation on Streamlining council housing asset management: Disposals and use of receipts and the Government's response to the points raised.

  • Added:  18 May 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Consultation responses

• Local Authority Housing Statistics: 2011/12 - Guidance notes for completion

  This page contains guidance notes for the completion of the Local Authority Housing Statistics: 2011/12.

  • Added:  17 May 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance

• Accelerating the release of surplus public sector land: Progress report one year on

  This report sets out the progress made in the past year to accelerate the release of surplus public land to support housing.

  • Added:  7 May 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Reports and summaries

• Park Homes: Changes to the local authority site licensing regime - Impact Assessment

  This impact assessment sets out proposed changes to strengthen the licensing regime and monitoring arrangements for park home sites to ensure that site conditions are maintained in accordance with existing standards.

  • Added:  16 April 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Impact assessments

• Park Homes: Changes to the Mobile Homes Act 1983 - Impact Assessment

  This impact assessment sets out proposed changes to ensure park home residents are able to sell their homes without undue interference from site owners and to make the whole process as simple as possible.

  • Added:  16 April 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Impact assessments

• A better deal for mobile home owners - Consultation

  This consultation proposes a number of reforms to the park homes sector, aimed at tackling a number of complaints made by residents of some mobile home site operators.

  • Added:  16 April 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Consultation documents

• Consultation on reforms to the real estate investment trust (REIT) regime

  This consultation explores the potential role social housing real estate investment trusts (REIT) could play to support the social housing sector and other technical changes to the real estate investment trust regime.

  • Added:  4 April 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Reports and summaries; Consultation documents

• Your right to buy your home: A guide

  A guide for tenants of councils, new towns and registered social landlords including housing associations looking to buy their home under the Right to Buy scheme.

  • Added:  3 April 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Manuals leaflets and booklets

• Thinking of buying your council flat?

  Things to consider before you buy a flat where the freeholder is a council, housing association or other social landlord.

  • Added:  3 April 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Manuals leaflets and booklets