All Archive Titles articles – Page 862
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Archive TitlesNorth-west regeneration hit by RDA budget crisis
Projects in doubt as regional development agency reveals it pledged more than it can afford
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Breaking point
Breaking point: Andover resident Tom Mitty takes a breakdancing lesson at an event organised by registered social landlord Testway Housing.The first day of the week-long event was considered a great success by the RSL, with more than 40 children from near-by estates turning up to learn new moves.The scheme was ...
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Archive TitlesHounslow: the bold west
The west London council that says everyone earning less than £35,000 is a key worker
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Birmingham doubt on Heart of Opportunity
Plans for a major economic growth area to link the Midlands and south-west of England are too grandiose, according to senior managers at Birmingham council.
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Inspections in store for Supporting People big spenders
Audit Commission programme will home in on councils with the highest unit costs
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Co-op Bank recruits councils for ethical equity release scheme
The Co-operative Bank is seeking councils to work on an equity release scheme for older people who need repairs to their homes.
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Archive TitlesCouncils back change to overcrowding law
Pressure is growing on the government to overhaul the standard by which homes are defined as overcrowded or not.
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Ujima to form partnerships to keep smaller associations in business
Ujima Housing Association has drawn up a national expansion plan to help save smaller black and minority-ethnic associations from closure.
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Council sets up association to handle temporary housing
Newham's move will ensure less housing benefit is poured into the private sector
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RSLs named among best employers
Housing and regeneration organisations have won places on The Sunday Times’ lists of the UK’s best companies to work for.
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Tenants back Harrow ALMO as Sandwell's suffers a blow
tenants have overwhelmingly backed plans to set up a third-round arm's-length management organisation in Harrow.
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All to play for
Housing gets little prominence in the new Children Bill, but even so the implications for the sector should not be underestimated (see pages 26-28). Hailed as the biggest shake-up in children's services in the last 30 years, it is designed to foster greater integration and more sharing of information between ...
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Share and share not alike
I found your feature on shared ownership (27 February, page 34) very useful and informative. But there are important distinctions to make. In addition to the conventional shared ownership you describe, there are fixed shared equity (no staircasing permitted) and restricted shared ownership (staircasing limited, usually to 80%) models. Your ...
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Camden tenants vote no again … this time to Maiden Lane PFI
Camden council has suffered a second setback in its struggle to meet the decent homes standard after four out of five residents on the Maiden Lane estate voted against a £34m private finance initiative.
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Homes reserved for Tesco staff 'should count as affordable'
Lambeth council considers retailer's proposal for 13 reserved homes in Streatham
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Archive TitlesCharity, actually
Charity, actually: Film star Bill Nighy (centre) is to star in a musical to raise money for learning disability charity Yarrow. Nighy will appear in Yarrow’s Dumped – The Musical at the Arts Education School in Chiswick, south-west London, from 15 to 17 April. For tickets or more information call ...
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When charity is all in the act
New legislation treats many RSLs as community benefit societies. Anna Clark and Emma Tarran explain the duties and potential dangers of this change in the law
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Model members and apt accountability
As the NHF unveils its draft revised code of governance, other sectors can provide useful lessons on the way housing association boards could be run
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EP willing to accept below-value price for Milton Keynes land
Competition for 600-home scheme to be judged on '40% price, 60% quality' basis