Articles for Social Housing

Law changes that will hit Dutch wallets in 2025
2 days, 15 hours ago

Law changes that will hit Dutch wallets in 2025

NL Times  

At the start of every year, the Dutch government implements law changes. Anyone earning over 75,518 euros per year pays the high rate of 49.5 percent, while anyone earning less pays 36.97 percent. In between there will be a middle bracket for people earning between 38,089 and 75,518 euros per year, with an income tax rate of 37.48 percent. In …

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Dozens of laws and rule changes take effect in the Netherlands on 1 January 2025
3 days, 15 hours ago

Dozens of laws and rule changes take effect in the Netherlands on 1 January 2025

NL Times  

At the start of every year, the Dutch government implements a series of legal changes, regulatory adjustments, and adapted rules. Anyone earning over 75,518 euros per year pays the high rate of 49.5 percent, while anyone earning less pays 36.97 percent. In between there will be a middle bracket for people earning between 38,089 and 75,518 euros per year, with …

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Dutch rental prices will rise significantly in 2025, with mid-market to jump 7.7%
5 days, 15 hours ago

Dutch rental prices will rise significantly in 2025, with mid-market to jump 7.7%

NL Times  

Residents living in rental housing in the Netherlands will face substantial rent increases next year, whether their home is from the private sector or on the social housing market. Those renting more expensive private sector homes can see rent rise by 4.1 percent from January, while social housing tenants can see a maximum 5 percent increase in certain circumstances starting …

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Colac Salvos provide tents for country town's long-term homeless men
1 week, 3 days ago

Colac Salvos provide tents for country town's long-term homeless men

ABC  

Friday is market day at the Colac Salvos. "Once the tent's ripped, your stuff's out in the rain, no dry clothes, can't dry the dog, the dog is shivering, you're cold," Michael said, as he nuzzled Cody. Young, disabled and homeless Michael is the second of Colac's homeless to receive camping gear via Otway TentCare. Salvos' Josiah Van Niekerk says …

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Social housing lags behind despite rising demand
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Social housing lags behind despite rising demand

NL Times  

Dutch municipalities with low numbers of social housing units have failed to add significant numbers of new affordable homes in recent years, according to new data. The Central Bureau of Statistics revealed that between 2020 and 2023, only 51 of the 342 Dutch municipalities achieved the target of building at least 30 percent of new homes as social housing. In …

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Many councils are failing to meet the 30% social housing pledge
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Many councils are failing to meet the 30% social housing pledge

Dutch News  

Housing corporations built no new property in 34 of the Netherlands’ 342 local council areas between 2020 and 2023, despite government commitments to increasing the supply of affordable housing, Trouw reported on Tuesday. In 108 council areas, housing corporations built just 10% or less of the new homes and in 34 they built none at all, even though they added …

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Government under pressure to fund and build more social housing amid 'extremely severe' shortage
3 weeks ago

Government under pressure to fund and build more social housing amid 'extremely severe' shortage

ABC  

Rebecca is feeling the housing crisis more than most. Over the next five years, the federal government's new $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund is targeted at funding 40,000 affordable and social homes for families like Rebecca's. "The Housing Australia Future Fund is encouraging substantive amounts of private sector investment into social and affordable housing, which means less taxpayer funds …

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One in five Australian renters are living without essential items and in poverty, peak body study finds
3 weeks, 6 days ago

One in five Australian renters are living without essential items and in poverty, peak body study finds

ABC  

Australian private renters make up around one fifth of those nationwide who are living without essential items, according to a new joint study released by peak body the Australian Council of Social Service, and the University of New South Wales. "People receiving income support are experiencing multiple material deprivation at rates that far exceed the general population," Dr Goldie said. …

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Diary of A Secret Prisoner: Cold weather means crime – by those looking for a warm place to live
4 weeks ago

Diary of A Secret Prisoner: Cold weather means crime – by those looking for a warm place to live

The Telegraph  

As Britain is gripped by a prisons crisis, The Telegraph is publishing dispatches from an inmate at a Category B jail – the second highest level of security – to discover what life is really like inside. One day soon, somewhere in Whitehall, a civil servant tasked with finding a new way to mask the familiar shortfall in building new …

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These L.A. tenants want to own their buildings. L.A. is collecting millions to help
1 month ago

These L.A. tenants want to own their buildings. L.A. is collecting millions to help

LA Times  

Mary Carmen Martinez at her Koreatown apartment complex. For me, that’s more important than making money.” “As a single mom, I never dreamed of being able to own anything like this,” said Mary Carmen Martinez. But the city’s “mansion tax” is expected to change that, bringing in hundreds of millions per year, about a third of which could be allocated …

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Housing crisis leaves Victorian town Castlemaine with just 10 homes to rent
1 month, 1 week ago

Housing crisis leaves Victorian town Castlemaine with just 10 homes to rent

ABC  

In the past year, Shantelle Podhaczky has made a bed in all sorts of places including train stations, and on the loungeroom floors of her friends' houses. Heather Holst says more social housing is "the one big solution" that will fix the rental crisis. Ms Holst said an adequate supply of social housing was "the one big solution" that would …

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Rachel Reeves to slash discount for ‘right to buy’ council homes in Budget
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves to slash discount for ‘right to buy’ council homes in Budget

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ms Rayner said the move was part of plans to “deliver a social and affordable …

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How billionaire investors are 'supercharging' the U.S. housing crisis
2 months ago

How billionaire investors are 'supercharging' the U.S. housing crisis

Raw Story  

A new report out Monday puts "into numbers the trend that ordinary Americans have known to be true for years," said economic justice advocates behind the analysis: "Their everyday struggles of affording a home are made worse by the sweeping influence that billionaires have over the market." Signifying the U.S. real estate market's "emerging status as global tax haven," the …

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Costs, labour shortages, and competition drive a decline in housing development
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Costs, labour shortages, and competition drive a decline in housing development

ABC  

High construction costs and labour shortages is causing approvals for new dwellings to fall across Australia, according to housing experts. "Construction costs have risen by more than 30 per cent over the past four to five years, so that in itself has really compressed profit margins," he said. The data showed approvals for detached homes have risen by 0.5 per …

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Hundreds of millions owed in rental debts to councils and arrears on the rise, new data shows
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hundreds of millions owed in rental debts to councils and arrears on the rise, new data shows

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Hundreds of thousands of social housing tenants owe money to …

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Queenslanders will vote in the state election on October 26. Here are the major promises made so far
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Queenslanders will vote in the state election on October 26. Here are the major promises made so far

ABC  

More houses, cheap public transport and a crackdown on crime — it's become the catchcry of Queensland politicians ahead of October's state election. The LNP has committed to following through with projects underway and costed in June's state budget and has matched Labor's promise to keep public transport fares at 50 cents. New and social housing Both Labor and the …

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Rayner says she will ‘fix’ Right to Buy scheme and make it a ‘fair system’
3 months ago

Rayner says she will ‘fix’ Right to Buy scheme and make it a ‘fair system’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Angela Rayner has said she …

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Government social housing fund green-lights first grants but Help To Buy scheme set to fail
3 months, 1 week ago

Government social housing fund green-lights first grants but Help To Buy scheme set to fail

ABC  

The federal government has approved grants for the construction of thousands of social and rent-capped homes, the first to be supported by its $10 billion housing fund established one year ago. Housing Minister Clare O'Neil said 185 housing projects had been green-lit in the first round of grants distributed through the Housing Australia Future Fund, a move which would deliver …

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Councils warn of ‘devastating’ London homelessness and housing crisis
3 months, 1 week ago

Councils warn of ‘devastating’ London homelessness and housing crisis

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. London Councils forecasts this will help drive boroughs’ collective budget shortfall across all services …

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Perth apartment developer Welink applies to scrap social housing from Subiaco apartment complex
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Perth apartment developer Welink applies to scrap social housing from Subiaco apartment complex

ABC  

The developers of a planned apartment building in Subiaco are looking to walk away from a commitment to include social housing units inside the complex, blaming accelerating building costs. Those units would be sold to either the government for social housing or independent social housing providers at 'construction cost'. A tough balance Debra Zanella, chief executive of community support service …

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I’ve campaigned for Grenfell victims and survivors for years – today’s report has left me seething
3 months, 2 weeks ago

I’ve campaigned for Grenfell victims and survivors for years – today’s report has left me seething

The Independent  

After more than seven years campaigning for Grenfell victims and survivors, my former Kensington constituents, and the countless others who are still living in unsafe homes up and down the country, I did not think it was possible to feel more anger than I already did. At one point, the report singles out the KCTMO chief executive Robert Black, who …

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Distrust and anger of Grenfell landlords led to serious failure, report finds
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Distrust and anger of Grenfell landlords led to serious failure, report finds

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The distrust, dislike and anger of the Grenfell Tower landlords …

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Student housing shortage mounts, government urged to intervene
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Student housing shortage mounts, government urged to intervene

Dutch News  

The shortage of student rooms has reached 10,000 and what is available is too expensive for most students, according to Platform31, an institute which focuses on complex housing issues. “This system is ensuring that student housing companies can build studios, but that it is not cost effective to build cheaper student rooms,” Platform 31 housing expert Frank Dirks told the …

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Social housing that puts design first is creating communities and homes residents are proud of
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Social housing that puts design first is creating communities and homes residents are proud of

ABC  

With a pool, gym, community gardens, and open-plan living, Tanya Rahme initially thought her social housing apartment was part of a scam. "I have friends who live in social housing and hearing some of their stories filled me with terror," Ms Rahme told the ABC. Rachelle Elphick from Mission Australia, which partnered with Frasers Property Australia and Homes NSW on …

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