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More than £52m reserved for social housing at risk after collapse of investment firms

Exclusive: 3,500 social homes could switch to private sector after companies run by Heylo Housing group go into administration More than £52m in public money earmarked for social housing is at risk after the partial collapse of one of the England’s fastest-growing housing providers. Two of the investment companies run by the Heylo Housing group, which is backed by the asset managers BlackRock, have gone into administration, leaving the government regulator scrambling to find a rescue deal to protect taxpayers’ money and prevent 3,500 social homes switching to the private sector. The saga has exposed serious flaws in a deregulation of housing conducted by the previous government and has raised questions about attracting new investors into social housing, and giving public money to for-profit companies. It has also set an unprecedented challenge for the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) which oversees the landlords of 2.9m social homes, and risks tarnishing its record of never having lost a single property or any public money to a financial default. One of the companies, or investment pods, in the Heylo group, went into administration owing £46.46m in unsecured credit to Homes

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New bill targets domestic abusers and overhauls right to buy in England

Social housing landlords to be able to evict perpetrators, while right-to-buy tenancy requirements to rise Social housing landlords will be able to evict domestic abuse perpetrators under a new bill, which will also increase the length of…

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New bill targets domestic abusers and overhauls right to buy in England

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More than £52m reserved for social housing at risk after collapse of investment firms

Exclusive: 3,500 social homes could switch to private sector after companies run by Heylo Housing group go into administration More than £52m in public money earmarked for social housing is at risk after the partial…

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Social housing landlords to be able to evict perpetrators, while right-to-buy tenancy requirements to rise Social housing landlords will be able to evict domestic abuse perpetrators under a new bill, which will also increase the length of…

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Exclusive: 3,500 social homes could switch to private sector after companies run by Heylo Housing group go into administration More than £52m in public money earmarked for social housing is at risk after the partial collapse of one of the…

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