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28/07/2003
£1.5bn boost for council housing
Tenants of 13 councils in England could see major improvements to their homes and housing management following a £1.5 billion funding award under the government's Arms Length Management Organisation programme (ALMO).
Housing Minister Keith Hill, visiting Warrington today, said the funding is additional to the councils' existing expenditure on their housing stock.
"This investment greatly contributes towards our target of making all council homes decent by 2010, and will enable local authorities to improve the quality of more than 185,000 dwellings – 60% of which currently fall below the decent homes standard - over the next seven years," he said.
The successful councils are: Barnet; Camden; Easington; Gateshead; Harrow; High Peak; Islington; Newcastle; Poole; Sheffield; Solihull; South Lakeland; and Warrington.
Under the programme, ownership of the housing stock will not change, with councils continuing to have strategic responsibilities for overall housing policy whilst ALMOs take over day-to-day management of the properties, focusing on major improvements and repairs.
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Housing Minister Keith Hill, visiting Warrington today, said the funding is additional to the councils' existing expenditure on their housing stock.
"This investment greatly contributes towards our target of making all council homes decent by 2010, and will enable local authorities to improve the quality of more than 185,000 dwellings – 60% of which currently fall below the decent homes standard - over the next seven years," he said.
The successful councils are: Barnet; Camden; Easington; Gateshead; Harrow; High Peak; Islington; Newcastle; Poole; Sheffield; Solihull; South Lakeland; and Warrington.
Under the programme, ownership of the housing stock will not change, with councils continuing to have strategic responsibilities for overall housing policy whilst ALMOs take over day-to-day management of the properties, focusing on major improvements and repairs.
(GMcG)
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