All Archive Titles articles – Page 858
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Stop blaming the elderly
So, Professor Robert Wright thinks that in circumstances of a declining population, free personal care for older people is madness (5 March, page 30). I disagree. Why is it that when we are faced with financial difficulties we cut back on the costs of caring for older people? Do we ...
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Councils are not to blame
Re: “Right to buy sales could plug decent homes gap 10 times over” (12 March, page 14). For a substantial part of the time that right to buy has generated receipts, councils were actively discouraged from using them for housing. In addition, particularly in the early days, local authorities found ...
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Meeting decent homes won't help us, says Birmingham
Birmingham council believes that bringing all its homes up to the decent homes standard by 2010 would be a waste of money.
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How to … reduce your tax bill
Kate Freeman explores tax relief – the legal way RSLs can keep their bills down
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Neighbourhood warden schemes face axe as funding is withdrawn
Five are certain to close, 16 more under threat when start-up cash runs out at end of month
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Archive TitlesCorporation and Audit Commission headquarters to move to regions
The Housing Corporation and Audit Commission are set to move their head offices out of London and 240 ODPM workers are also to move to the regions.
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Audit Commission to measure quality of life
The Audit Commission is to measure residents' "quality of life" in an attempt to work out why people live where they do.
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Archive TitlesCharitable housing associations face huge stamp duty bill
Rule change will impose tax on sales of land, homes and commercial buildings
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Teign transfer goes ahead despite VAT shelter row
A West Country council transferred its 3516 homes to a housing association this week despite fears that the new landlord could lose £2m in a tax row.
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Opinion: Surviving the Ice Age
Amid predictions of a funding freeze, David Walker asks: how could the sector cope?
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Direct action
The government says paying housing benefit directly to tenants will improve a creaking system. But homelessness charity Shelter is not convinced, so it is carrying out in-depth research in four of the benefit pathfinder areas. Director Adam Sampson explains
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A complaint about complaining
George Tzilivakis' piece on complaining (12 March, page 20) overlooks the unhealthy pressure that a high volume of complaints can put on staff already overstretched and demoralised.How can it benefit anyone, customers or staff, to pile on more pressure when there is already too much of it? When there isn't ...
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B&Bs are great … shame about RSLs
Last week, (12 March, page 11) I was quoted as saying “Temporary leased accommodation isn’t much better than B&B”. This was taken out of context: I believe the leased accommodation provided by Newham and other councils is infinitely better than B&Bs. Where the two are comparable is that both require ...
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Lobby group bids for £350m to help low-demand areas
Low-demand housing areas are asking the government for £350m over the next three years to set up a national strategy to tackle failing housing markets.
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2nd opinion: Nye Bevan's legacy
It's great that politicians are recognising that we need more homes – but don't ignore quality.
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Taking time out from the top 100
Bromford Housing Group did not appear in the 2004 Sunday Times Top 100 best employers (12 March, page 11) because we didn’t enter. Why not? Well, how do you improve on achieving fifth place in your first year of entering?Just what a hard task that is can be seen in ...
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Archive TitlesRSLs 'could raise £12bn in next 30 years to build 92,000 homes'
L&Q finance director claims private finance could fund extra homes demanded by Barker
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