http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog en renata_watson@shelter.org.uk Copyright 2010 2010-03-10T13:07:27+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/9_out_of_10_london_families_cant_afford_to_buy_a_home/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/9_out_of_10_london_families_cant_afford_to_buy_a_home/#When:13:07:27Z 90% of couples under 40 with children in London can’t afford to get on the housing ladder. Analysis by the National… 2010-03-10T13:07:27+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/landlords_lobby_to_save_the_private_rented_sector/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/landlords_lobby_to_save_the_private_rented_sector/#When:13:02:02Z Private sector landlords are urging support from MPs to ‘save the future of renting’ to students and young professionals. Nurses, teachers and a generation of young workers could be hit… 2010-03-10T13:02:02+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/millions_stung_by_endowment_policy_shortfalls/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/millions_stung_by_endowment_policy_shortfalls/#When:12:59:09Z Around 300,000 people who had hoped to pay off their mortgage this year face shortfalls. They are all victims of missselling of 25 year with-profits endowment policies.… 2010-03-10T12:59:09+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/salvation_army_rebrands_hostels/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/salvation_army_rebrands_hostels/#When:12:53:53Z The Salvation Army is to rebrand its hostels for the homeless as LifeHouses. Maff Potts, Salvation Army’s director of homelessness services said: ‘This is a defining moment for… 2010-03-10T12:53:53+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/student_landlord_benefits_as_jobless_go_back_to_college/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/student_landlord_benefits_as_jobless_go_back_to_college/#When:12:57:56Z Higher unemployment is forcing more young people into further education, increasing demand for short-term flats and providing a boost for Unite, the… 2010-03-04T12:57:56+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/exodus_of_the_young_puts_rural_life_at_risk/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/exodus_of_the_young_puts_rural_life_at_risk/#When:12:55:42Z The lack of mobile phone reception and broadband coverage in rural areas has become the number one issue in dissuading young people from staying on in the countryside, 2010-03-04T12:55:42+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/extra_care_housing_scheme_to_get_pound6.2m_funding/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/extra_care_housing_scheme_to_get_pound6.2m_funding/#When:12:54:36Z The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has announced that Saxon Weald and Eastbourne borough council have been successful in a bid for almost £6.2 million grant funding to 2010-03-04T12:54:36+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/legal_victory_allows_piles_of_rubbish_to_remain/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/legal_victory_allows_piles_of_rubbish_to_remain/#When:12:52:53Z A homeowner has won a legal victory overturning a council order demanding he tidy up piles of rubbish from his Surrey garden. Mr Wallace was served a notice under Section… 2010-03-04T12:52:53+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/search_begins_for_homeless_world_cup_team/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/search_begins_for_homeless_world_cup_team/#When:12:49:55Z The Big Issue in the North, together with a number of Premier League and Football League clubs, is holding regional open trials to select the… 2010-03-04T12:49:55+00:00 http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/uk_housing_recovery_one_of_the_quickest_in_europe/ http://www.roofmagazine.org.uk/roofblog/2010/03/uk_housing_recovery_one_of_the_quickest_in_europe/#When:13:01:26Z The British housing market is improving at a faster rate than property prices across most of the rest of Europe, a 2010-03-03T13:01:26+00:00