All Archive Titles articles – Page 857
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Water great idea
Water great idea: Threshold Housing and Support, Ujima Housing Association and Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation are embarking on this £30m development of 128 low-energy homes in west London. It’s one of the first in the UK to bore into the water table for water to heat and supply the homes. ...
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Quality scheme to force prefab makers to be flood-conscious
A new quality control scheme for factory-built housing will force manufacturers to build flood-resistant homes or risk not being able to secure insurance.
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Finance expert urges landlords to start home loans fund
A consultant is to call on housing associations to give tenants property loans.
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Go on, tell everyone how much you earn
Transparency and openness between employees can help make pay fairer without the need for nasty tribunals. But how far should an employer go to encourage it?
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No less than we deserve
For the Past three months the sector has been holding its breath, waiting to see what measures Kate Barker would recommend to boost housing supply. Her report, delivered on Wednesday, does not disappoint – and neither, to everyone's surprise, did Gordon Brown, who on the same day pledged more money ...
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A new dawn for public health – with nanny to wake us up
Public health, for many years the neglected sister of the healthcare family, has at last been invited to the ball. Suddenly, everyone has found an interest in wider health issues, even asking why there has for so long been such an obsession with waiting lists and other less weighty matters.
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Paper cuts
It's difficult to understand, creates reams of paperwork and takes a very, very long time. No wonder the housing world hasn't warmed to PFI. But don't despair: here, Chloe Stothart brings you three ways to cut the complexity
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Archive TitlesSpelman replaces Curry as Tories' ODPM shadow
The Tories' attempts to challenge government housing policy suffered a setback on Monday when their local government spokesman resigned.
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Counting house
Are you paying your accountants enough? Kate Freeman reports on rising pay from payroll clerks up to finance directors, and the perks tempting them into the sector
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Wrexham tenants reject council's plans for Wales' second transfer
Wales' fledgeling stock transfer process was dealt a blow last Friday when Wrexham council tenants rejected transfer to a registered social landlord.
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Housing Corporation ready for rethink on rent restructuring
RSLs may be allowed to relax rules if it means they meet decent homes standard early
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ODPM plans to expand housing PFI in comprehensive spending review
The ailing private finance initiative could be rejuvenated by ODPM plans to use the procurement method to build thousands of low-cost homes.
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Dance hall classic
Dance hall classic: Elderly black and minority-ethnic residents of Southampton enjoy a Western Challenge Housing Association event last Friday.The event included dancing and an Asian lunch and aimed to forge community links.Western Challenge chair Lynda Price said: “We want to let the BME community be aware of the sheltered schemes ...
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Archive TitlesChairman now
Parachuted in five months ago to turn around the Housing Corporation, Peter Dixon has taken a big step forward by appointing Jon Rouse chief executive. He tells Ellen Bennett what the new team will do next.
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Archive TitlesChancellor pledges more cash for social housing
Brown's eighth Budget backs Barker's call for more money in July's spending review
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North Country and council to build homes for sale to tenants
Private developer in £4m deal to build 80 low-cost homes with reduced profit margin
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Brown calls on housing to help with development tax plan
The chancellor has called on the housing sector to help devise a workable development tax after the Barker Report's recommendation of a shake-up of the planning system.
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Tax breaks to boost supply of homes
The government has backed tax breaks to boost the number of private rented homes.
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B&N in merger talks as UK-wide expansion plans take shape
An east of England housing association is set to join B&N Group as part of B&N's drive to expand across the country.
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Archive TitlesBlood sweat and tees
Jim Johnsone and the Tees Valley Living team have a tough task ahead of them: tackling one of the country's worst housing market failures with no pathfinder cash.