All Archive Titles articles – Page 614
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We need an efficiency czar
Amicus and Horizon plan merger to create sixth biggest RSL includes the double accounting of Genesis and Pathmeads units (15 April, page 13).
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Councils in talks to promote strategic role
Local authorities and regional assemblies from across England met in London on Wednesday at a summit on how councils can clarify their strategic role in housing.
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Ellesmere Port & Neston council
The In Brief story on page 8 of our 8 April issue should have reported a 60.4% turnout for a transfer vote at Ellesmere Port & Neston council, Cheshire. Of tenants who cast a valid vote, 51.8% opted to stay with the council.
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London landlords start choice-based lettings company
A group of London boroughs and housing associations plans to start a company to set up choice-based lettings schemes for other local authorities.
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London landlords start choice-based lettings company
A group of London boroughs and housing associations plans to start a company to set up choice-based lettings schemes for other local authorities.
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Archive TitlesCensus reveals equality targets are pipe dream ...
Women run just 13 top 100 RSLs despite NHF goal for equal gender split by 2010
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Housing officers help to close ccrack den
A suspected drugs den on a north London housing estate was shut down last week after housing officers worked with police to obtain a closure order.
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Election canvassing opens up the real doors of perception
Election campaigns are rarely characterised by thoughtful and reasoned debate.
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The bottom fell out
Like many readers, I imagine, I was taken aback by the idea of a tenant’s window falling out and not being replaced for 28 days (Measure for Measure, 8 April, page 26).
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Wales must urgently boost housing supply
The Welsh Assembly needs to urgently revamp its housing strategy to deal with the shortage of affordable homes, the Chartered Institute of Housing said this week.
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Problem board members can be ejected under new NHF rules
New rules for housing associations registering as not-for-profit companies are set to make it easier for them to remove problem board members.
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Problem board members can be ejected under new NHF rules
New rules for housing associations registering as not-for-profit companies are set to make it easier for them to remove problem board members.
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Beat burden of interest with pooled borrowing, RSLs told
Benchmarking organisation HouseMark has advised housing associations to pool their bank borrowing to make efficiency savings.
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Beat burden of interest with pooled borrowing, RSLs told
Benchmarking organisation HouseMark has advised housing associations to pool their bank borrowing to make efficiency savings.
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Archive TitlesWe’ll make ‘exclusionist’ ASBOs the last resort, say Lib Dems
The Liberal Democrats will cut the burgeoning use of antisocial behaviour orders if they win the general election.
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Archive TitlesCamden sets annual ASBO target of one per estate officer
Camden Council has set its estate officers annual targets for obtaining antisocial behaviour orders,writes Martin Hilditch.
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Home Office errors blamed as main cause of homelessness among asylum seekers
Paperwork errors at the Home Office are the main cause of destitution and homelessness among asylum seekers in Scotland, writes Damian Arnold.A report published on 11 April found that more than half (52%) of applications to the charity Refugee Survival Trust were from people who needed financial help because their ...
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Home Office errors blamed as main cause of homelessness among asylum seekers
Paperwork errors at the Home Office are the main cause of destitution and homelessness among asylum seekers in Scotland.
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... as ALMOs are voted big favourite for meeting decent homes
Setting up an arm’s-length management organisation is the favoured option to meet the decent homes standard among the 100 councils with the largest number of homes, Housing Today’s census found.