RETURNING islanders are putting a strain on the Sarnia Housing Association’s emergency housing stock, chairman Martin Le Boutillier has warned.RETURNING islanders are putting a strain on the Sarnia Housing Association’s emergency housing stock, chairman Martin Le Boutillier has warned. The charity has 18 units, which are used mainly to support families for between six and [...]

HOUSING could soon be going up on a former commercial site at Stanley Road, St Peter Port.

A RETROSPECTIVE planning application for work involving a car park has left nearby residents frustrated.

DERELICT properties should be taxed, the outgoing Treasury minister has said.

LOCALS should have their rights set out in legislation before those rights are extended to others under a new population management regime, Housing’s deputy minister has said.

A FAMILY of five will be forced to leave the island after losing an appeal against the Housing Department’s refusal to reconsider an application for a compassionate licence.

BUILDING 24 new social housing apartments in St Martin’s will allow older people who are currently taking up family-sized States houses to move to more suitable accommodation, the Guernsey Housing Association chief executive has said.

IN PUBLISHING the guiding principles for the development of a proposed population management regime, the Policy Council has gone as far as it can – without actually committing the States – to allaying any fears about the future of the open market sector.

A STATEMENT that the open market will remain part of Guernsey’s future population management scheme will go some way to restoring confidence in the sector, according to estate agents.

THE open market will be a part of any future regime to manage Guernsey’s population, according to the Policy Council.