All Archive Titles articles – Page 861
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Think Tank
Council liability for tenantsThe law obliges me to state that I have a nuisance neighbour on any sale documentation, which might lead to thousands of pounds being wiped off the value of my property. As the neighbour is a council tenant and was moved in after I'd purchased my home, ...
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Archive TitlesRuby re-useday
Ruby re-useday: Comedienne Ruby Wax is the face of a national campaign that aims to use the proceeds from recycled mobile phones to tackle domestic violence.To coincide with International Women's Day, Wax urged people to take their old mobile phones to Body Shop stores across the country where they will ...
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Raised standard
Raised standard: English Partnerships secured planning permission on Tuesday for this 200-home development in Upton, Northampton, where it will trial the use of urban design codes.The codes, which define the basics of a project such as the height of windows, were prepared by the Prince's Foundation and Northampton Borough Council ...
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The space programme
I was interested in your article about various efforts to reclaim patches of green on housing estates (HT 13 February, page 28).In Greenwich it was exactly this kind of concern that led us four years ago to begin a complete reorganisation of the borough's street sweeping, caretaking and grounds maintenance ...
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Public & private
Adrian Carter on how new rules for industrial and provident societies benefit everyone
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Overcrowding: more opinion
I agree that the present overcrowding standard is far from perfect (27 February, page 18 and 5 March, page 18), but one fundamental issue appears to be overlooked: everybody has to live within their means. If an owner-occupier wants a bigger family, they have no choice but to buy a ...
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Archive TitlesWhat is a ... service quality officer?
Arlene Holt tells Ellen Bennett about her work at Pavilion Housing Association
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Doing neighbourhood
Bishop David Walker hit the spot with his analysis of "exurbs", full of residents who "don't do neighbourhood" (27 February, page 25). As the Communities Plan is implemented, we seem set for a rapid growth of exurbs in Britain. Unless housing associations that are involved in major developments take action ...
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Archive TitlesMinister's question time
Rural housing providers often say they are ignored by central government. So, armed with a sheaf of queries from readers, Ellen Bennett asked rural affairs minister Alun Michael how high housing is on his agenda.
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Archive TitlesHow to … organise a royal visit
You'll need nerves of steel and the efficiency of an army general.
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Spending review could freeze funds for housing, think tank warns
The sector has been warned that it has just weeks to convince the chancellor it should be one of his spending priorities – or face a funding freeze.
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Archive TitlesThe flat pack
The flat pack: This £1.8m development of the St Matthews estate in Lambeth, south London, is one of the schemes to be funded by the £100m deal Presentation Housing Association has signed with Barclays, Bradford & Bingley and Lloyds TSB. The deal is believed to be the largest for a ...
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Archive TitlesScots housing groups slate executive's rural plan
Housing bodies have branded a Scottish Executive plan to fund the building of affordable housing in rural areas "a drop in the ocean".
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New definitions to herald 'more sophisticated' rural policy
Villages excluded from government initiatives to boost affordable housing levels are set to benefit from a change in the way rural settlements are defined.
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Archive Titles'Right now it's like shifting deckchairs on the titanic'
Changing the standard by which homes are defined as overcrowded would mean more pressure on councils to rehouse the families affected. Yet many of those with the biggest problems support change.
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Fair's fair when it comes to contracts
The recent Court of Appeal decision on Newham council's allocation of homes to homeless people will have repercussions for all landlords – and homebuyers
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Archive TitlesVeg and the city
Kate Freeman reports on one council's effort to get people to eat more healthily as the government presses on in its anti-obesity drive.
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Archive TitlesWho cares?
The Children Bill promises a massive shake-up of children's services, with housing taking a greater role. Child welfare is set to be the next big policy area for social landlords.
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You know what really gets my goat? People who can't moan
Having been a mediator for several years, I cannot tolerate the misconception that we, as a nation, don't like complaining. Until recently, I've put down the fact that I've always loved making complaints to being half-Greek. This has been bolstered at every training event where I've asked the participants for ...