England's five million housing association tenants will get their first ever rent reduction next year, the government is expected to confirm.Housing ministers will announce a fall in rents of just under 1% from next April as a consequence of deflation.But the National Housing Federation warned the cut would cost millions in lost income and threaten services.The government said it was aware of concerns...
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V.S. Achuthanandan says the District Collectors will be empowered to fix the rents.THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to increase the rents payable by private plantations on land leased from government subject to a maximum of Rs.1,300 a hectare.Briefing the media, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said District Collectors would be empowered to fix the rents not exceeding the...
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Property market insiders are calling for the Government to help homeowners struggling to meet mortgage repayments by renting out spare rooms.The National Landlords Association (NLA) and spareroom.- com say that the Chancellor, Alistair Darling (right) should raise the amount of money that homeowners can earn from renting out a room before tax is due from £4,250 to £9,000 a year. The tax threshold for...
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Hempson family from Plymouth are to be evicted from their rented home because their landlord has failed to pay his mortgage.A family of five will be evicted later this week, because their landlord has not paid his mortgage.Colin and Marlis Hempson live in a rented home in Plymouth with their three children and family pets.Despite paying their rent every month to their landlord, his mortgage lender...
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Large wardrobes of seldom-used clothes are no longer environmentally acceptable and people should instead rent outfits and accessories, according to the Government’s waste watchdog.(Wrap) claims that overcoming our obsession with owning goods could be a “secret weapon” in meeting climate change targets. It has called for a fifth of all household spending, £148 billion out of an annual total of £732...
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Housing associations warn they may not be able to raise loans for new building if forced to cut rent for tenantsHousing associations are scheduled to build 45,000 homes this year. Photograph: Graham TurnerAffordable house-building for needy families and those unable to get a mortgage will plummet next year unless ministers drop plans forcingassociations to cut rents for two million tenants, leading...
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Cantonment Post Office, situated inside the district court complex, could soon be shifted and merged with the Head Post Office in the city.The move by the Department of Posts comes after the Public Works Department, which owns the building, has sought to increase the rent.The PWD is also said to have asked the Department of Posts to pay up rental arrears to the tune of Rs.10 lakh. Sources in the postal...
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Unregulated firms offering sale-and-rent -back deals which exploit vulnerable homeowners are operating illegally, the housing charity Shelter has warned.It says new regulations aimed at banishing the rogue firms have failed to curb their activities. The warning comes at a time when increasing numbers of borrowers in arrears are desperately looking for any way possible to stay in their homes.Sale-and-rent-back...
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High Court has issued a notice to Sanjay Kapur, husband of Bollywood actress Karisma Kapur, on a petition filed by a retired Indian Foreign Service officer accusing him of occupying his house illegally in the posh Vansant Vihar area of South Delhi after expiry of the lease agreement.The petitioner, Narendra Singh Sarila, submitted that he had rented out his house to Sanjay Kapur’s company, Sona Koyo...
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decomposed body of a woman was found in a house in Sunlight Colony here on Monday.The incident came to light when someone noticed a foul smell emanating from the second-floor rented accommodation and informed the police.Enquiries revealed that the house had been rented out to a doctor from Badarpur. His clinic was found locked and he was...
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