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Home Stretch
Council Turns ‘Temporary’ Housing into Long-Term Provision Homeless families re-housed by Hastings Borough Council on a temporary basis are being encouraged, where appropriate, to regard their new accommodation as long…
Rental Boom, Housing Crisis
PAUL McLAUGHLIN Hastings has experienced a substantial rental boom in the last few years due to its growing popularity. But a shortage of private rental properties coupled with a sharp…
Be Bold to Deliver More Council Housing
ANDY BATSFORD In November 2021, I was the Cabinet lead for Housing at Hastings Borough Council when we unveiled an ambitious plan to tackle the town’s worsening housing crisis. The…
OPINION: Unintended Consequences
KENT BARKER wonders if objecting to small-scale housing developments might prove counterproductive. By almost any criteria, housing in Hastings is in crisis. It’s not just that nearly a thousand people…
Council Plans to Buy Housing for Homeless
By Paul McLaughlin Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has unveiled an ambitious £11 million plan to buy up to 50 properties to provide temporary housing for local residents who need somewhere…
Death of the Council House
In the last issue of HIP, we called for further contributions to the debate about housing in Hastings and particularly the rental sector. Here HIP’s Kent Barker offers a historical…
Private Housing Boom, Public Dissent
Detailed plans for the building of 151 new homes plus a community centre and major supermarket on the former Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) office-block at Ashdown House were…
Urgent help needed for private renters
Trade union, Unite, has called on the government to ensure renters get the protection they need. The situation is particularly acute in Hastings and St Leonard’s with 40% of its…
Needy Tenants And Rent Caps
Asked to explain the criteria for selection of future residential tenants at the OB, White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures director James Leathers told HIP that design plans are far from finalised…