South Tyneside Council’s Post

🏠💬 Curious how the District’s FY25 budget could affect affordable housing? From potential new policies to funding allocations, find out what changes might be coming your way. Click the link to dive deeper and stay informed! 📊✍️ 👉 https://nuel.ink/l26iau #AffordableHousing #FY25Budget #CommunityMatters

🏠💬 Curious how the District’s FY25 budget could affect affordable housing? From potential new policies to funding allocations, find out what changes might be coming your way. Click the link to dive deeper and stay informed! 📊✍️ 👉 https://nuel.ink/l26iau #AffordableHousing #FY25Budget #CommunityMatters

🏠💬 Curious how the District’s FY25 budget could affect affordable housing? From potential new policies to funding allocations, find out what changes might be coming your way. Click the link to dive deeper and stay informed! 📊✍️ 👉 https://nuel.ink/l26iau #AffordableHousing #FY25Budget #CommunityMatters

Last night’s Budget did not acknowledge the real role that local government plays in Australian communities. There was no change to the funding system that underpins our councils. Increased untied federal funding to local government would help many people to access services at low or no fee. These are the libraries, the parks, the festivals, the outreach services and so much more that make a community vibrant and connected. It would help local governments to unlock the housing potential. On the ground implementation for this national priority requires local knowledge for success. Untied funding empowers local government to meet local community need and this opportunity was overlooked. I’d encourage all local governments to make a submission to the local government sustainability inquiry, as this Budget demonstrates the need for change to the funding system. ALGA will certainly be providing one.

"With the sector broadly in favour of the government’s call to ‘Get Britain building again,’ many housing providers have welcomed the Autumn budget for providing a much-needed shot in the arm to kickstart growth and promote improvement. For some, it didn’t go far enough to address the systemic issues associated with social housing, leaving it to housing providers to balance urgent repairs programmes alongside bigger picture schemes to improve outcomes for residents in the long-term." 💷 'The Autumn Budget - Taking Stock' is now live and available to read on our website, offering insight into the implications of the Autumn Budget across the sector, as well as on the homeowners and communities we serve. 👀 To read the full piece, visit: https://lnkd.in/eUak6BUG #DWG #autumnbudget #skills #puttingresidentsfirst

"With the sector broadly in favour of the government’s call to ‘Get Britain building again,’ many housing providers have welcomed the Autumn budget for providing a much-needed shot in the arm to kickstart growth and promote improvement. For some, it didn’t go far enough to address the systemic issues associated with social housing, leaving it to housing providers to balance urgent repairs programmes alongside bigger picture schemes to improve outcomes for residents in the long-term." 💷 'The Autumn Budget - Taking Stock' is now live and available to read on our website, offering insight into the implications of the Autumn Budget across the sector, as well as on the homeowners and communities we serve. 👀 To read the full piece, visit: https://lnkd.in/e2JN4wFB #DWG #autumnbudget #skills #puttingresidentsfirst

Have you ever wondered how your Council rates are calculated? We made this video to help explain what can be a confusing subject!

Autumn Budget: what does it mean for the voluntary sector? 💷 Yesterday's Budget brings a lot of changes for local infrastructure organisations, the voluntary sector, and the communities we work with. We welcome announcements that will continue the core work of voluntary sector organisations in communities, supported and enabled by local infrastructure organisations (LIOs), including: - £1 billion for the Household Support Fund (HSF) and Discretionary Housing Payments in 2025-26 - The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UK SPF) will continue for a further year, at a reduced rate of £900 million - £240 million for pathfinder projects for employment support programmes, as part of plans in the Get Britain Working White Paper - An additional £1.3 billion for local government, including £600 million for social care and £230 million for homelessness and rough sleeping. We will continue to engage with Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and other relevant government departments to push the case for local infrastructure within the spending review. What do you think are the most important Budget announcements for the voluntary sector or for local infrastructure organisations? Let us know in the comments 💬

The federal, provincial, and territorial governments have significant resources and policy levers at their disposal to tackle the housing affordability crisis and ensure secure, affordable homes for everyone in Canada. In our budget round-up, we outline the key housing-related investments in each of the 2024 budgets across Canada and assess their potential to advance the right to housing by supporting renters and investing in affordable housing. https://lnkd.in/g5MdwRRk

A little councillor update from me... January is quiet in some respects as there are no council meetings BUT as part of the group that leads the council, we are preparing the budget for the new year. Unsurprisingly there are lots of crossovers of considerations with what I know from my corporate life BUT a key difference is that councils have a responsibility to spend the funds collected from local businesses, local people and central government wisely to provide great services; running at a "profit" in the same way as in a corporate sense is not ideal. Maintaining cashflow and having a sensible level of reserves is absolutely a good idea, but the overall approach should be to spend to give the local area great value for money. As always, please shout with any questions and if I can help I will, and if I can't I'll direct you to my more learned colleagues #boroughcouncillor #localpolitics #reserves #publicsector