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Why is it that Scotland and Wales can continue the schools building programme, but its cancelled in England? There has been much coverage of this in the media with disappointed Teachers and parents bemoaning the requirement for them to carry on the situation of trying to inspire children to good educational achievement in [...]

Grant Shapps warned two weeks ago that severe cuts would be made to the Affordable Homes Project. Well its now pretty clear that around 150 or so projects will now be scrapped. So where does that leave the 4.5 million households on the waiting lists nationwide? The current coalition Government will scrap regional housebulding targets without [...]

Over the last 6 months, we did a lot of research on the old forums and we also (with members help) became actively involved with the National Housing Federation on their project involving mobility within the Social Housing Sector. But what made you choose an exchange site? Was it because it was free [...]

I’m going to deal with a few issues that people have with adverts/advertisers. The old site for the forums is closing soon and all the mods are coming across adverts which state what the advertiser wants but that same advertiser doesn’t respond to any replies. Some advertisers are very very specific in what they are asking for. [...]

So what is Fuel Poverty. According to the Government, fuel poverty occurs when a household needs to spend 10% or more of its income on fuel. Adequate warmth is when the main living room is heated to 21 degrees and the rest of the house at 18 degrees during the day. Lower temperatures are adequate [...]

How is your landlord progressing with this? Is your property done? The 2010 Decent Homes Standard means your home should be warm & weatherproof with relatively modern facilities. Meaning Bathrooms & Kitchens. The meaning of relatively modern is falling into different catagories depending on what your landlord percieves to be relatively modern. Between 10 & [...]

Is your landlord letting you down? Feel free to name them here and let us know in what way you feel you are being let down. I’ve had a number of complaints from tenants of Habinteg Housing Association. It appears they have no wish to bring some or all of their homes up to the 2010 [...]

I’d like to read your views and experiences of/with timewasters and windowshoppers please. This will be a good way for you to release a bit of stress and tension as well. Please don’t name names – but feel free to tell us your views and stories. If you are reading this blog in full, then everyone [...]

I am going to have a pop at our beloved Members of Parliament. Having just about scraped through the expenses scandal last year (and with four now trying to escape prosecution by claiming immunity), do you as a voter still have faith in them? The reason I’m bringing this up is because I watched the [...]