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Housing is top issue for four in five MPs
Four out of five MPs believe the housing crisis is the biggest issue in their constituency.
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Archive TitlesHackney: resident experts
“Hackney’s local authority has had some difficult times but it is now far more robust – far more sorted.” Jamie Carswell, Hackney’s cabinet member for housing, looks and sounds optimistic as he sits in London Fields, a park in the heart of the east London borough.
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Rouse issues efficiency warning to landlords
Corporation chief defends new league table and threatens inefficient RSLs with subsidy cuts
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Green house effect
You’ve fitted low-energy light bulbs, dual-flush toilets and solar heating, but if you don’t tell tenants how to get the best out of their eco-friendly home, your hard work could go down the pan.
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East meets west
This development, Haggerston West & Kingsland, is set to breathe new life into the east London borough of Hackney.
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The death throes of short-life
It looks like the end of the road for short-life tenancies in London after the Court of Appeal rejected a challenge from more than 60 Lambeth residents
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Tenants kept in dark over eco-technology
Landlords that install environment-friendly features in homes must keep residents better informed about them, according to a Housing Corporation-funded advice body.
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Councils warn of water crisis in London high rises
But Thames Water insists its plan to cut pressure will not affect residents
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What the corporation’s new efficiency index means for you
This month the Housing Corporation published a discussion document on our approach to improving registered social landlords’ efficiency, including a pilot version of an index of operational efficiency.
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Get your skates on to tackle construction skills shortage, government told
Construction bodies have called on the government to speed up plans to tackle the shortage of skilled building workers.
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When Saturday comes
For children living on the Pollards Hill estate in Mitcham, Surrey, Saturday morning means football training.
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How to... use combined heat and power systems
Kate Freeman explains what happens when a landlord becomes an electricity supplier
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Clean living
This sustainable housing estate was completed at the beginning of August by Cloch Housing Association.
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Archive TitlesOptimism at Hull pathfinder as new chief executive named
Touchstone’s Bob Pringle to take over as Hardial Bhogal moves to North Staffordshire
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Plans for bow
A detailed planning application has been submitted for this, the first phase of regeneration for the Crossways estate in Bow, east London.
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Archive TitlesMy first boss
Ron Suffolk tells Eleanor Snow about a tough-talking foreman who was a strong influence
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Birmingham to stay with repairs firms
Birmingham council hopes to extend its current repairs and maintenance contracts following its contractors’ success in tackling thousands of overdue jobs.
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Ballooning city
Milton Keynes celebrated its continued growth by releasing 10,000 red balloons last Wednesday, taking inspiration from the television commercial promoting the city that was first aired in 1984 and ran for 10 years.
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L&Q switches direct-benefit tenants back to old system to tackle arrears
One of the first housing associations to allow tenants to receive housing benefit payments has seen rent arrears fall after switching some payments back to the landlord.