Tag: Inside Housing

South of the River – council housing and communities

  My brother tweeted me last night to let me know that Leeds City Council have announced they will build 400 council houses. It was in the trade rag Inside Housing, so it must be true. I had actually seen the press release the story was based on when it

Bedroom Tax: Council re-designates properties

  Yesterday Leeds City Council announced that it is re-designating 837 properties (out of the 57,950 it owns), reducing the number of official bedrooms they have, but campaigners say this isn’t enough to protect people from the Bedroom Tax. As previously reported on South Leeds Life, tenants in social housing