Kent Adds More Homes but Delivers Fewer Affordable Homes
New MHCLG data show Kent’s 12 district councils recorded 7,724 net additional homes in 2024/25, up almost 12% in a year when England’s total fell. But the county’s [...]
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Folkestone & Hythe HMO Licensing Gap: 312 Estimated Shared Houses, 63 Licences
Folkestone & Hythe says HMOs with five or more people in two or more households need a licence. Yet the latest MHCLG housing return points to an estimated 312 [...]
Folkestone & Hythe Tops Kent Table for Serious Private Rented Housing Hazards
Kent housing officers said the local evidence base on poor housing conditions was “scarce”. Even so, MHCLG’s latest return shows Folkestone & Hythe with the highest [...]
UK Councils Lose £8.8 Billion a Year to Fraud and Waste: Full Breakdown
An in-depth investigation into how local authorities are losing billions through procurement fraud, payroll scams, housing abuse and mismanagement—based on official [...]
Kent councils with the biggest debts
Several Kent councils have significantly increased their debt levels in recent months, raising concerns about the potential impact on local services and the local economy. [...]
The Stodmarsh moratorium holding up 40,000 homes across East Kent
It will take “a very large financial number” to fix the Stodmarsh phosporus & nitrogen issue, say Natural England in a meeting held on Wednesday 2nd December, [...]
Kent motorists milked for £50 million in 2019/20
Updated: 15:12 – 27/01/21 Parking income is derived from three main sources: meter income, residents’ and business permits, and penalties. Other sources are towing [...]
Watchdog to examine Kent Councils £373 Million Property Investment Spree
With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is the announcement by [...]
The Long Read: All is not what it seems as we slide slowly into the Jaws of Death
The Planning Committee which will meet for the first time in June, would do no better than looking at the newly released Land Use statistics from the Ministry of Housing [...]
Homelessness & Housing
Under the umbrella of the Rainbow Centre working with Churches Together in Folkestone, the Winter Shelter will open its doors to the homeless on Monday December 3rd and will [...]