Right to Buy scheme gets a three-fold increase
E RIDING: MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, has praised East Riding Council on its steps to increase the success of the Council House Right to Buy Scheme.
The scheme has seen a three-fold increase in the number of people registering in East Yorkshire since it launched in April last year.
Right to Buy offers council tenants discounts of up to £75,000 to help them buy their home with plans to reduce the qualifying criteria from five years to just three years occupancy.
Mr Stuart said: "I'm delighted more and more local people are being helped to own their own home after years of decline under Labour who have always opposed and undermined Right to Buy.
"Councils now have a legal duty to inform tenants about the increased discounts brought in by the coalition Government to help people get on the housing ladder and East Riding Council is doing a great job of getting the word out.
"Thanks to legislation passed in 2011, every home which is sold to tenants will be replaced with another new one to help house those on waiting lists. So tenants get to own their own home and yet the social housing stock is maintained."
EAST YORKS: Voluntary and community groups in Driffield will have the chance to meet at a special networking event in the town.
Local Links, which takes place at Cass Hall on Wednesday, from 6pm to 7.30pm, is already running in other parts of the East Riding such as Bridlington, Beverley and Holderness.
The aim of the event is to give groups the opportunity to network with each other and highlight opportunities for working together or offering support.
There will also be presentations from different organisations including Credit Union, East Riding Council's funding team, and East Riding Voluntary Action Services.
For more information and to book a place, email vicky.neilan@eastriding.gov.uk or call Vicky on 07785721129.
EAST YORKS: Jobseekers have said that old Twitter posts should not be taken into account by potential employers.
According to a survey by leading recruiting expert Hays, 45 per cent of job-hunters said previous messages should not be taken into consideration, while 13 per cent said tweets should always be taken into account.
Pam Lindsay-Dunn, managing director at Hays in Yorkshire, said: "While no employer should make a hiring decision based entirely on what they see online, it's now extremely easy to find out an incredible level of personal detail about potential employees with just a quick search."