All Archive Titles articles – Page 639
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"I was saddened by human misery", says officer
“Some of the people here have been living in no more than what I would describe as kennels,” said a member of the council’s estate safety team who attended the raid and did not want to be named.
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Archive TitlesStuck at home
Ahmed Osman is not a stay-at-home father by choice – in fact, he would love to go out to work. But Osman is one of thousands caught in the poverty trap. A new scheme aims to set them free.
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ODPM takes Gypsies and Travellers’ side in sites row
Government puts councils on the spot over rejected planning applications
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Archive TitlesGovernment sets its sights on poverty trap
East London pilot will target 100 people stuck in temporary accommodation
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The government needs a new manifesto – for homeless people
Personal testimonies do not always shine a light on what is really happening with policies or institutions, as the recent row over one woman’s cancelled operation has demonstrated.
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Market garden
A £34m regeneration project that will create two new streets in Whitechapel, east London, has won planning permission. Architect Stock Woolstencroft, working with S333 from Amsterdam, was granted detailed planning consent for the 7200 m2 site at Watney Market. New homes planned range from six-bedroom houses to one-bedroom flats. A ...
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Archive TitlesHow’s this for putting your fet up?
As coordinator of Touchstone’s Magic Moments scheme, Alan Jephcott specialises in making pensioners’ dreams come true - everything from going up in a hot-air balloon to abseiling. He talks to Kate Freeman in the latest of our series on frontline workers.
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Something to say? Say it to our face
As a local representative of the Phase 2 steering group, I am objecting to David Bartlett’s comments regarding the ongoing consultation phase with the Oldham-Rochdale pathfinder.
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What have they dug up?
Residents at Swindon Foyer staged a play inspired by a visit to an archaeological dig last summer. The piece by drama group Foyer Factor was based on the themes of remembrance and preservation, and written in partnership with English Heritage.
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The cuts are not redundant
Your readers may have wondered how 25 redundancies at James Butcher Housing Association would be able to help with a £75m funding shortfall (4 February, page 14).
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Make sure you get your cut
Housebuilders are FALLINg over themselves to impress John Prescott just now.
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Safe Haven will continue
Ben Cook’s article on the reduction in National Asylum Support Service accommodation gives the impression that Safe Haven will no longer be providing housing for NASS after April this year (4 March, page 7).
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Pension loophole closed by limited rights guarantee
Staff who transfer from a housing association to a new company will get new employment rights when the Pensions Act comes into force next month.
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Supporting People chief quits to take up new ODPM role
Government to recruit replacement as Jane Everton of homelessness directorate takes over
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Sporting chance
More than 40 of Southampton council’s junior neighbourhood wardens got football coaching from Southampton FC players, including Andreas Jakobsson, at Southampton University two weeks ago. The kids were also encouraged to take part in activities such as graffiti removal and recycling.
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Archive TitlesKeep the champagne on ice
One year ago the government began ploughing £690m into housing for 16,000 public sector workers – its Key Worker Living scheme. But with affordable housing in such short supply, why have only 3000 of them accepted the invitation?
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South-east landlords join forces to bulk-buy goods
Housing Associations in the South-east are to set up a goods and services procurement consortium for the region.
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Policy vacuum: dont hold your breath
We’ve waited a long time for the government to announce changes to PPG3. Now they’re here, but implementation will have to wait while yet more consultation takes place
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Scottish federation blasts quality target
The Scottish housing quality standard will have little impact on fuel poverty or emission levels, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations has warned.