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Communities with ambitions for economic growth have today been rewarded with a cash boost of nearly £1billion to get their projects off the ground and improve their local areas.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has highlighted how the Government's action to get Britain building again will play a vital and central role in getting the country's economy on the road to recovery.
Zero-Carbon Homes are a step closer after new proposals were announced to cut carbon emissions in new and existing buildings by Communities Minister Andrew Stunell.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has hailed a new partnership between Government and the National House Building Council (NHBC) to gain greater insight into how efforts to get Britain building again are making a difference in communities across the country.
Ministers today called on councils to use every opportunity under the New Deal for Older People to give elderly people more choice and control over where they live, so they are not pressured to sell their home or move into residential care.
Communities Minister Baroness Hanham is asking people to vote out policies they think are the weakest links, in a drive to eliminate ineffective and unnecessary regulations from the country's housing laws.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today made proposals to help ensure tenancy cheats who deny social homes to families in need will face justice.
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell today (7 January 2012) announced the successful bids for £60 million of funding that will provide hundreds of new authorised pitches as well as better facilities for travellers on official sites.
The sense of injustice associated with the system for social housing is finally coming to an end, Housing Minister Grant Shapps has said.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today confirmed that Sir Adrian Montague will lead a review of barriers to investment in rented homes.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has hailed the first steps toward a national network of homelessness support as £8 million grant funding was allocated to communities across the country to help them adopt London's flagship 'No Second Night Out' initiative.
Thousands of desperately needed homes will be built across the country thanks to a £420 million fund to unlock stalled sites and get Britain building again in 2012, Housing Minister Grant Shapps said today.
A revitalised Right to Buy will unleash a new generation of home ownership and ensure every home sold is replaced, Housing Minister Grant Shapps announced today.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps announced a further £20 million to provide single people facing homelessness the help they need to get back on their feet and ensure that they don't have to spend time on the streets.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has urged people across the country to help solve rough sleeping this Christmas by calling local hotlines if they see someone sleeping on the pavement in their neighbourhood.
Andrew Stunell has announced the restructuring of the Department's Voluntary and Community Sector Partnership Board to take on new members drawn from the voluntary sector, including grassroots organisations, innovators and local authorities.
Families across the country in need of a stable home could benefit from thousands of formerly long term empty homes being made available, Communities Minister Andrew Stunell has said.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has called on any households faced with the threat of homelessness this Christmas to seek help and advice as soon as they can.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has criticised those housing associations that have failed to publish more widely details of how they are spending public money for their tenants to see.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has pledged to end a 'digital apartheid' that has meant many social tenants in England are unable to get online.
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