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Overview of key parts of Housing and Planning Act 2016 as it affects social housing tenants in Tenant Management Organisations #PayToStay #FiveYearTenancies #SellingEmptyCouncilHouses #LHAMaxima

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Housing & Planning Act 2016

  • Starter Homes
  • Shorter tenancies
  • Define Affordable
  • Voluntary Right to Buy
  • Higher Value Vacant Sales
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Money for Nothing?

  • 1% Rent cut
  • Overall benefit cap
  • HB limited to LHA rates
  • Pay to Stay

Game of Two Halves

  • 19 defeats
  • Many concessions
  • Ping Pong
  • But much still to be sorted
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Pay to Stay

  • £31,000 England
  • £40,000 London
  • 15p in the £1
  • Joint taxable income of tenant and spouse
  • Councils must, HAs can
  • Council sends cash to Treasury
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Lifetime tenancies

  • Fixed term
  • Minimum 2 years
  • Families with children up till date child is 19
  • Can renew
  • Councils must, HAs can
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Voluntary Right To Buy

  • For HA tenants
  • 10 years
  • Same discount as council
  • Choice of HA to sell
  • 1 for 1 replacement
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Higher Value Empties

  • Pays for HA RTB
  • Don't have to sell but Council pays levy to Treasury
  • Treasury gives cash to HA to fund discount
  • Money go Round
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Nothing going on but the Rent

  • 1% cut each year
  • Biggest impact on supported housing
  • Overall benefit cap cut - families at risk
  • HB limited to LHA rate - will impact single persons and childless couples

What to do?

  • Stick to the knitting
  • Help to write the regulations
  • Continue to campaign and lobby
  • Housing Day 19/9/16
  • General election 2016?
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Thanks for listening

  • @timmorton2
  • @4socialhousing
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