Housing news
Sub-let your social home at your peril
Monday 18 March 2013
Coventry’s largest affordable housing provider has issued a warning to people who are cheating the social housing system.
Read moreCriticism over changes to some buy-to-let mortgages
Tuesday 5 March 2013
Coventry’s cabinet member for housing has hit out at the country’s leading buy-to-let mortgage provider for refusing to lend to new customers with tenants receiving housing benefits.
Read moreCensus statistics illustrates housing problems
Monday 17 December 2012
The number of people living in rented accommodation in Coventry has more than doubled over the last 10 years.
Read moreFirst orders at Courthouse Green
Friday 7 December 2012
First orders are being called at a new £3.7m affordable housing development, built on the site of the former The Court House pub in Courthouse Green, which is being officially opened on November 29.
Read moreEmpty homes success
Wednesday 24 October 2012
More than 700 empty homes have been brought back into use over the last five years thanks to an ongoing Coventry City Council initiative.
Read moreMassey Ferguson commemoration receives support
Monday 15 October 2012
A Coventry teenager has come up with a novel design as an idea to help commemorate one of the city's largest former employers.
Read more'Bedroom tax' warning for thousands of social housing tenants
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Thousands of Coventry social housing tenants could find themselves having to find extra rent money as part of government cuts to Housing Benefit.
Read moreCouncil blasts planning proposals
Friday 5 October 2012
Government plans to allow developers to drop affordable housing requirements are unacceptable.
Read moreHelping to tackle the fuel poverty increase
Thursday 30 August 2012
More than 400 households in fuel poverty are set to be helped this year as part of a city-wide initiative to tackle the problem.
Read moreLeading councillor visits UK's first Passivhaus eco estate. The future of UK housebuilding?
Friday 17 August 2012
Coventry's leading councillor for housing has been finding out more about a pioneering eco-friendly residential scheme that is helping to fight fuel poverty.
Read moreCampaign launched to help keep Coventry warm
Tuesday 14 February 2012
A new citywide campaign has been launched to help vulnerable Coventry citizens cope during the cold winter months.
Read moreOwner of empty home fined for refuse in garden
Monday 9 January 2012
Complaints from neighbours about rubbish in a Coventry front garden have led to Coventry Magistrates fining the homeowner almost £700.
Read moreFamily homes freed up in Coventry thanks to new initiative
Friday 23 December 2011
Eleven family homes in Coventry have been made available thanks to a new initiative by Coventry City Council and Whitefriars Housing to free-up much-needed larger properties in the city.
Read moreFree training for renewable energy businesses
Wednesday 2 November 2011
A new programme is offering training for businesses in renewable energy so that they can tap into a growing market.
Read moreLandlord put tenant's life at risk
Thursday 5 May 2011
A landlord who rented out a dangerous and sub-standard house in Coventry has been prosecuted for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice served under Section 11 of the Housing Act 2004 by Coventry City Council.
Read morePriority Gas and Electricity Customer Scheme for Vulnerable Persons
Wednesday 3 November 2010
You can register as a Priority Customer if you are a mains gas or electricity consumer and are any of the following:
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