Housing

Rachel welcomes reforms to make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to buy their homes 

by Joshua Godfrey | Jan 11, 2021 | Housing, Press Releases, Redditch | 0

Under the reforms, millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero ground rent.

Rachel: Spending Review shows Conservatives commitment to fight coronavirus, deliver on its promises and invest in our recovery

by Joshua Godfrey | Nov 26, 2020 | Business, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Health & Social Care, Housing, Policing, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council, Transport, Westminster | 0

Rachel Maclean, MP for Redditch, has welcomed the Spending Review which provides billions of...

Rachel hails PM’s game changing 10-point Green Industrial Revolution Plan

by Joshua Godfrey | Nov 18, 2020 | Active Travel, Business, Economy, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health & Social Care, Housing, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council, Transport, Westminster | 0

Covering clean energy, transport, nature and innovative technologies, the Prime Minister’s blueprint will allow the UK to forge ahead with eradicating its contribution to climate change by 2050.

£2 million for Worcestershire councils to deliver Green Homes Grant improvements

by Joshua Godfrey | Nov 16, 2020 | Councils, Employment, Energy, Environment, Housing, Local News, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council | 0

The Green Homes Grant scheme also includes a local council delivery element to focus on owner occupiers and those in the private and social rented sector, with a household income of under £30,000.

A plan to rebuild after coronavirus

by Rachel Maclean | Jul 10, 2020 | Broadband, Business, Councils, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health & Social Care, Housing, Press Releases, Rachel's Westminster Blog, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council, Supporting the Alex, The Alex | 0

We were making progress and huge strides in unlocking Redditch’s full potential – but we must now redouble our efforts in the wake of coronavirus.

Prime Minister’s New Deal critical to plans to revitalise and rebuild Redditch

by Joshua Godfrey | Jun 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, Councils, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health & Social Care, Housing, Local News, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council, Supporting the Alex, The Alex | 0

In Dudley today (June 30th), Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure investment at the heart of the Government’s economic recovery post-coronavirus.

Rachel welcomes extra £105 million to keep rough sleepers off the streets

by Joshua Godfrey | Jun 30, 2020 | Housing, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council | 0

This additional funding will be used to support these rough sleepers and those at risk of homelessness into tenancies of their own, including through help with deposits for accommodation, and securing thousands of alternative rooms already available and ready for use, such as student accommodation.

Rachel welcomes creation of New Homes Ombudsman

by Joshua Godfrey | Feb 28, 2020 | Housing, Local News, Persimmon Homes, Press Releases | 0

This New Homes Ombudsman will step in to help home buyers with issues from sloppy brick work to faulty wiring – and will have statutory powers to award compensation, ban rogue developers from building, and order developers to fix poor building work.