Decent Homes Money Announced

Today Tony Blair and Labour's Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly announced an additional 485 million for the modernisation of around 55,000 homes during the next year. The funding - which brings the total amount allocated to councils with ALMOs for improving council homes since 2002 to 3.7bn - will enable 17 local authorities (19 ALMOs) across the country to continue their work in ensuring their properties meet the Decent Homes Standard.

I have yet to hear whether Sutton qualified for this money, but we are on the waiting list so to speak.

Since 1997, the number of non-decent social homes have been reduced by more than a million and 500,000 new kitchens, 350,000 new bathrooms and 630,000 new boilers have been installed in council homes.