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Zoë Anderson is the Communications Manager at Start360. Start360 is the new name for Opportunity Youth and is Northern Ireland’s leading provider of support services to young people, adult offenders and families in the community, providing a range of services and interventions in the areas of health, justice and the economy.
Zoë Anderson is the Communications Manager at Start 360, the new name for Opportunity Youth. Start360 is Northern Ireland’s leading provider of support services to young people, adult offenders and families in the community, providing a range of services and interventions in the areas of health, justice and the economy. Below she outlines her 3 wishes if asked for them by the housing genie.
We’ve seen a lot more enquires about Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) since the changes to Local Housing Allowance back in 2011. These discretionary payments can be a real lifeline for tenants who are renting privately and relying on housing benefit to meet their housing costs.
Responses to the DSD proposals for a Housing (Anti Social Behaviour Bill) NI close on the 24 March 2014. Nicola McCrudden, Housing Rights Service Policy Manager, outlines her concerns about the content of these proposals.
There’s a huge thirst for information about the bedroom tax and its possible impact here, as evidenced by our sold out briefing session last month. At the session, we looked at some of the key arguments against this policy that have been heard by tribunals in Great Britain. These cases will be of great interest to housing and welfare professionals.
In January 2013 Nelson McCausland, the Minister for Social Development, announced proposals to radically change the way social housing is delivered in Northern Ireland. A Social Housing Reform Programme (SHRP) was set up to look at the Minister’s proposals to establish a housing model
In the course of a normal week, advisers at Housing Rights Service speak with about 150 callers who are experiencing some kind of housing problem. Often these people are ringing out of frustration because they are having serious difficulties getting repairs done or they’re hugely disappointed with the standard of work that’s been done in their homes.
A report produced by HML mortgage group states that over half a million households in the UK are affected by negative equity.
Northern Ireland is the region most severely affected with 41% of homeowners, around 68,000 people, owing more than the current market value of their home.
A number of consultation events are just about to get underway to look at new proposals for the operation and administration for the provision of energy efficiency improvements for low income households.
The events are being held as part of a consultation process which is looking at targeting help at low income households, regardless of whether they are in receipt of benefits. The events are being held as follows:
