All Archive Titles articles – Page 808
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How much is … making a home secure?
Kate Freeman counts the cost of turning an ordinary flat into a fortress
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Here's an idea
West Kent Extra trains elderly tenants to spot and deal with bogus callers
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We help teenage tenancies mature
We have been grappling with the issue of sustainable teenage tenancies ("Right first time", 7 May, page 28). We find training staff to recognise young, vulnerable tenants and help them get access to benefits, from the point at which they first view the property, seems to work well. Eviction levels ...
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Your powers are growing
You've probably heard that the Antisocial Behaviour Act is changing the way registered social landlords deal with nuisance. Now, find out exactly how
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Kingston 'no' vote leaves it stuck for funds
Tenants in Kingston-Upon-Thames have rejected transfer for the second time in 12 years.
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Making a full recovery
Buying land? Being asked to pay VAT, either on the land or on the costs surrounding the sale? Colin Laidlaw has some advice on getting it back again
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Liverpool project finds tenants jobs
A £100m-plus regeneration programme in north-east Liverpool is offering residents jobs and training opportunities.
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Fancy footwork
FANFancy footwork: Young people in Camden, London, learn how to train the David Beckhams of the future courtesy of Community Housing Association, regeneration charity Community Action, Camden’s Street Wardens and the Martin Shaw King Trust.The four-day course turned 18 people into level-one Football Association coaches for school over-16s.
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Archive TitlesThe seven signs of a safe estate
These simple crime-busting measures, factored into a development at the planning stage, can go a long way to protecting residents.
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The Gershon effect
It may not seem like it, but the battle to prove just how efficient the sector really is has begun. The first shot has come from the Audit Commission, which is to use the same inspection ratings for RSLs as it does for councils.
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Imagine there's no Tony … it's easy if you try
So, the prime minister is preparing to stand down in favour of his Downing Street neighbour – or at least, that's what most of the media and much of Westminster would have us believe. Worn down by the trials of Iraq, exhausted by the ingratitude of the Labour party and ...
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Hill: 'There'll be no double development tax'
The ODPM has quashed fears that it will levy a double planning tax on developers.
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Archive TitlesHalfway decent
The country is halfway towards meeting the decent homes standard but in major cities, homes that make the grade are few and far between. And as if that isn't enough, the hardest part of meeting the target is still to come.
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Archive TitlesIdentity crisis
Peterborough's population is set to boom, but the Corporation thinks it isn't a growth area
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Courting trouble
I was saddened to read Michele Celeste’s comments about mediation not being a genuine answer to noise or other neighbour nuisance issues (HT 7 May, page 22).Court action takes time. The delay between filing papers, having a case heard and receiving a decision will often be six months or more. ...
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Get tougher on weak landlords, corporation told
The Housing Corporation should do more to address the poor performance of associations, according to the ODPM select committee examining the corporation's effectiveness.
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Archive TitlesNorthern Housing Consortium's cost-cutting model to star in ODPM's Gershon submission
A cost-cutting model championed by the Northern Housing Consortium is to form the centrepiece of the ODPM's submission to the Gershon review of Whitehall efficiency.
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Archive TitlesWhat is a ... community development officer?
Rebecca Probert tells Mike Blatch how she makes new residents feel at home
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Dublin's fair city
Dublin's fair city: Proposals for this £140m mixed-use development in Dublin Docklands are about to be submitted to Dublin City Council for consultation.The scheme includes 2000 homes, 400 of which will be affordable. It will also include retail, office and leisure space and a landmark tower.A passenger rail link underneath ...