All Archive Titles articles – Page 778
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Lenders' fears prompt change in insolvency law
DTI will close loophole that could have pushed up borrowing costs for many associations
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Archive TitlesCaring circle
Caring circle: Terri Alafat, head of the ODPM homelessness directorate (above) and Debbie Higgins, an outreach worker with Birmingham-based Prime Focus, helped launch the association’s care and support service on 1 July.The service, Focus Futures, provides accommodation and support to the homeless, people with learning disabilities and those with ...
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Archive TitlesCare fully planned
Care fully planned: The proposal for this £2m health and social care centre in Salford was released last week Thursday. The centre, in the New Deal for Communities area of the town, will provide a doctor's surgery, pharmacy and services for carers. The centre, to be built by ExcellCare with ...
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Archive TitlesWest london calling
West london calling: Clash frontman Joe Strummer is to be celebrated in an exhibition organised by Walterton & Elgin Community Homes. Strummer, who died in December 2002, named his first band – the 101ers – after a squat at 101 Walterton Road. The exhibition includes photographs and drawings plus lyric ...
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Archive TitlesLow and behold
Low and behold: Annandale Primary School in Greenwich, south-east London, is to be converted into 136 flats even though the £30m redevelopment was originally turned down by Greenwich council. Architect Stock Woolstencroft says the decision is a victory for the design and density aspirations of the mayor's London Plan over ...
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Stop putting teens in B&Bs, says charity
Homelessness charity Centrepoint has called for a ban on using bed-and-breakfast hotels for homeless 16- and 17-year-olds.
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Corporation hits back at criticism of former head's pay-off
The Housing Corporation has defended itself against allegations that it gave its former chief executive a £142,817 pay-off.
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Government deadline hindering spatial strategy, says North-west assembly
The government's timetable for setting up a growth area in northern England is jeopardising the preparation of robust regional plans, according to the North-west regional assembly.
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Shining armour
Shining armour: The St Paul's Carnival in Bristol last Saturday featured a children's area sponsored by Knightstone Housing Association. The registered social landlord also opened several of its empty properties to provide administration space and stalls, and turned its office into a police headquarters for the day.
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Annual report watch
Derwent Living kicks off our series bringing you the highlights of the latest annual reports
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Archive TitlesJudge calls for clarity amid fears of discrimination claim 'deluge'
A Court of Appeal judge has warned that the legal system could be "deluged" by cases in which disabled tenants claim discrimination to block possession orders.
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When a resident is also an employee
Wardens and caretakers are often required to live on site so they can do their jobs more easily. But this can lead to a complicated legal situation
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Confirmed: there will be more ALMOs and PFIs
New rounds of arm's-length managers and private finance initiatives in this financial year
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ALG: London's key-worker homes policy 'fails the vulnerable'
People on lower incomes overlooked as homes go to the 'relatively affluent'
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Controversial Kilburn regeneration set to go ahead
A controversial £715m plan to regenerate a Kilburn estate is set to get the go-ahead on Monday.
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Environment Agency in floods row over Berkshire scheme
7500-home development at unacceptable risk of flooding, agency tells private developer
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The times, they are a-changin'
It's been a big week for two of Whitehall's three housing quangos and, for once, English Partnerships was the one taking a back seat.
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Birmingham Sandwell pathfinder gets 50m despite criticisms
The Birmingham Sandwell pathfinder is to get £50m of government funds despite an Audit Commission report that called the body’s proposals to boost the area’s housing market “underdeveloped”.The commission’s report into the pathfinder, Urban Living Housing, was used by the ODPM in assessing the plans to improve the market in ...