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		<title>Fife to invest £13.5M in housing buy-back scheme</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/09/fife-to-invest-13-5m-in-housing-buy-back-scheme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 19:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Judy Hamilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Lesley Blackhouse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Mills]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Local authorities can buy back their old stock when it comes on the market but until now Fife Council had imposed a limit of acquiring just 50 a year, rising to 100 during the Covid pandemic However, councillors have now agreed to scrap the cap on numbers and buy back as many former council houses as it &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/09/fife-to-invest-13-5m-in-housing-buy-back-scheme/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Fife to invest £13.5M in housing buy-back scheme"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>HMO debate &#8211; students claim they are not being listened to</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/03/hmo-debate-students-claim-they-are-not-being-listened-to/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Thomson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paloma Paige]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although a final decision on the level of the cap on HMO numbers will not be made until April 11,  St Andrews students are already expressing concern at being ignored.  Paloma Paige, St Andrews Student President called the policy disappointing, adding that it was frustrating that students’ views weren’t being listened to. She said: “The decision &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/03/hmo-debate-students-claim-they-are-not-being-listened-to/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "HMO debate &#8211; students claim they are not being listened to"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council extends HMO consultation</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/council-extends-hmo-consultation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 22:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consultation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Because of the delay of more than a week in sending out the paper consultation forms to residents in St Andrews, Housing Services has extended the consultation period from the 23rd to the 28th February. The delay has been attributed to a franking machine breaking down. Residents had voiced concern that they were being unfairly &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/council-extends-hmo-consultation/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council extends HMO consultation"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>St Andrews HMO consultation closes 28th February</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/council-opens-st-andrews-hmo-consultation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st andrews]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council is consulting on two options for regulating HMO numbers in St Andrews &#8211; a ‘3% increase in HMOs’ and a 0% increase (Community and Housing Services Committee’s current preference). A 3% increase may not seem much until you realise that it is 3% of St Andrews housing stock and not 3% of existing &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/council-opens-st-andrews-hmo-consultation/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "St Andrews HMO consultation closes 28th February"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Another 60 homes planned for Guardbridge</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/another-60-homes-planned-for-guardbridge/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guardbridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This new proposal comes after Persimmon Homes lodged an application for 357 residential units at Seggie Farm to the south-west of Guardbridge last year – a project which would double the population of the village. McHale Enterprises is seeking planning permission in principle for 60 homes on a two-and-a-half hectare site adjacent to Motray Park &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/another-60-homes-planned-for-guardbridge/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Another 60 homes planned for Guardbridge"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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