All Archive Titles articles – Page 746
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Music and movement
Dancing, performances and prizes were all on the curriculum at an event for 80 children at Mary Bethune Summer School in Wolverhampton.
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Lottery syndicate
Could allocating homes by pure chance really be fair or efficient? Yes, says Frank Köster, the Dutch consultant who brought choice-based lettings to the UK. Katie Puckett talked to him about lotteries, why everyone should be on waiting lists and blow-up houses. Portrait by James Bolton
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Its time to spill your secrets
New European rules on informing and consulting your employees are coming soon. This is how they’ll work
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Hard soap
Kate Rodgers of consultancy HumourUs is to treat delegates at the National Housing Federation conference to a session on humour at work.
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RSLs to launch Hampshire-wide
Hampshire is to be the first English county to get its own specialist antisocial behaviour team for registered social landlords.
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Archive TitlesGood neigh-bours
Thurrock council has turned a patch of communal land from a joyriders’ racetrack into a safe place for children to play alongside the grazing ponies of visiting Travellers.
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Give other people a say on GHA
Your recent coverage on the Glasgow Housing Association was pretty one-sided (23 July, page 17; 6 August, page 11). I think it’s worth adding that:The Scottish Executive deliberately ignored its own published requirements, including that of producing a “best value” comparatorThe report of the external auditors to Glasgow council finds ...
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Fly guy
Two housing association staff got a chance to fly a Soviet-era plane after winning a competition.
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Newham is Londons worst for for families in temporary homes
Newham council has more families in temporary accommodation than any other London local authority.
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Archive TitlesEveryones at it
I worked for six years in an independent but authority-funded housing advice centre.
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London housing under more pressure as population estimates rocket
The housing crisis in London is set to worsen after government figures showed the number of new households in London each year was 80% higher then previously thought
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A duty to protect gypsies
The shortage of residential sites for Gypsies and Travellers is causing serious problems for both travelling and settled communities (“Nomad’s land”, 3 September, page 22). When the duty for councils to provide sites was repealed in 1994, the government called on local authorities to help Travellers provide their own sites. ...
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Doubts over Glasgow transfer
Parts of Glasgow’s stock transfer did not represent value for money, according to a review commissioned by the city council.
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Dont squander the experience of the older generation
What does it say about our public life when a man of the stature of Kenneth Clarke is regarded as past his sell-by date simply because he is over 60?
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Hull looks for pathfinder developers
Hull’s housing market renewal pathfinder is looking for developers, RSLs and contractors to deliver its multimillion-pound programme.
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London councils demand supply promise from Thames Water
Water company must ensure supply to high rises is not cut while it repairs pipes, says ALG
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Councils vow to end poor and weak CPA ratings
Local government leaders have pledged that no council will be rated “poor” or “weak” in comprehensive performance assessments by 2008.