All Archive Titles articles – Page 753
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Archive TitlesSmart darts
A £94m regeneration of Dartford town centre was given the go-ahead by the council last week. The Lowfield Street scheme will include 15,000 m2 of shopping space and about 500 homes, of which 30% will be affordable. A new pedestrianised Market Square will link the development to existing landmarks such ...
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Archive TitlesRouse names winners and losers in Corporation shake-up
Five new regional directors given ‘unprecedented autonomy’ as three miss out
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Clays Lane: wasting time and money
I read with interest the latest chapter in the saga of Clays Lane v the Housing Corporation (“Corporation to review its power to force RSLs to merge or transfer”, 6 August, page 10). What a complete waste of taxpayers’ money, and totally unnecessary expense for Clays Lane, is this judicial ...
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Cities fear worst as ODPM slashes Supporting People
Urban councils concerned as £280m is cut from programme in next three years
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Changing the prescription
This case of maladministration may have made an ill tenant even more sick but the council’s actions to put the situation right have cured its own ills
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You’re not a landlord. You’re a carer/nurse/friend/reformer
Three weeks ago I visited a small flat in Liverpool owned by the council and furnished by the Furniture Resource Centre Group, a furniture recycling venture. The tenant had spent the first 16 years of her life in a children’s home; the next seven years was a combination of drugs, ...
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How to run a call centre for other landlords
Kate Freeman reports on how English Churches provides services to 115,000 homes
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Ombudsman raps Leeds and Bolton
The Local Government Ombudsman has found Leeds council guilty of “maladministration causing injustice” for a “lack of contingency planning and delay” after it took two years to repair three council houses damaged after a gas explosion.
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Fresh blow for Shaftesbury as credit rating is weakened
Agency gives troubled landlord ‘negative outlook’ as uncertainty continues
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Archive TitlesMaking your BID
The Government intends to introduce enabling legislation that would create Business Improvement Districts, whereupon local councils and private sector companies suggest projects – including security installations – that will be funded by additional business rates. Can this US-style model work in the UK?
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Archive TitlesAre contractors lagging behind
According to Nick van der Bijl, the only security ‘strand’ that seems to be failing to adapt in line with the threat posed to national security – and the subsequent changes in society and associated business opportunities – is manned security management. Most clients know what they want, but do ...
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Archive TitlesBeaton track
As the new managing director of Group 4 Securicor’s UK guarding business, David Beaton has been entrusted with merging two of the industry’s leading players. We travel to the company’s Sutton hq for an exclusive insight into the future direction and philosophy of what’s now the ...
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Bad, but not terrible
Many may be disappointed that the ODPM is to cut next year’s Supporting People budget, but many other councils are relieved the £80m reduction was not more swingeing. And this relief is not total – the ODPM has not yet revealed much detail of its plan, and there is concern ...
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Background: Overspending plagues project
This week’s Supporting People cuts were not unexpected given the history of the project.
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Archive TitlesTime for art
Children in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, try out the living sundial commissioned by Fosseway Housing Association. From left to right, they are Connor, Tyler, Benjamin and Ryan. The sundial, installed as part of a development recently completed by Fosseway, was paid for under the Percentage for Art scheme, under which a proportion ...
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Archive TitlesAntisocial tenants need help from social services, says landlord
Antisocial tenants are not getting the attention they desperately need from social services and at least one registered social landlord is having to take legal action as a result.
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New Charter calls for end to anonymity
Landlords whose performance is not up to scratch should be named and shamed, the Housing Corporation has been told.
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ALMO campaign steps up calls for freedoms
Federation of arm’s-length organisations to test effectiveness of financial liberties