All Archive Titles articles – Page 871
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What co-ops can teach you
There is even more for housing associations to learn from the cooperative business model than Mike Gaskell mentions in his article "From baked beans to social housing" (6 February, page 39).The key to the co-ops' success in the past 150 years lies, first, in a democratic ownership with each shareholder ...
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Tenants quit regional committees as Northern Counties row hots up
Northern Counties Housing Association faces a rebellion from tenants committee members after kicking a representative off one of its regional groups.
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Comment
The question of when stamp duty land tax should be paid runs into problems of definition when mixed-use housing is involved, says Pauline Hudd, stamp duty adviser at KPMG
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Archive TitlesToo close for comfort
Elizabeth Clackson and her five children are crammed into this two-bedroom flat, and they can’t do anything about it because they’re not ‘overcrowded’ according to a statute laid down in 1935. In the first of a three-part investigation, Stuart Macdonald reports on the campaign to end their misery.
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Archive TitlesHousing Corporation 'more vital than ever', says new chief
Jon Rouse outlines his plans for the long-term future of the quango
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Ken's plan is a capital cop-out
The newly launched London Plan misses the opportunity to tackle the capital's housing crisis ("Corporation and GLA confident of meeting new targets in Livingstone's plan", 13 February, page 8). For a start, just how genuine is mayor Ken Livingstone's revised target of an additional 30,000 homes a year? His intention ...
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Nevin demands cabinet committee to run Northern corridors
The government should set up a cabinet committee to lead work on the Northern growth corridors, the director of the North Staffordshire pathfinder has said.
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Taxation should help us to build
The not-for-profit housing society that I chair offers good-quality accommodation at rents below the market rates prevailing in the areas in which our properties are located. This is made possible by tight financial management and the simple process of recycling the margin between income and expenditure into ongoing maintenance and ...
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Bankers to challenge government over 'dangers' of direct benefit payment
A group of bankers will confront the government next month over changes to the housing benefit system that could increase arrears.
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Archive TitlesSouthwark faces wrath over Elephant ballot
Tenants and opposition councillors in Southwark have branded the council "arrogant" for not giving tenants a chance to vote on the controversial £1bn Elephant & Castle regeneration plan.
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We must balance the needs of customers and the future
It is difficult to read a professional journal or statement from an organisation in our sector without seeing the words "customer", "customer driven" or "customer choice". This language, which has come to be received wisdom, is founded on well-meaning intentions.
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Archive TitlesNorth-west: Back to life
It's got a long way to go before it rivals the South-east for prosperity but, thanks to the new growth corridors and a strategy that capitalises on its cities, the North-west seems on course for a renaissance. Ellen Bennett looks at the possibilities – and the challenges
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What planet are we on, anyway?
I fear your conclusion that councils are from Venus and housing associations from Mars may be somewhat astronomically inaccurate.Given the way the government has showered money on housing associations but not on councils, it appears to me more likely that associations are from the sunny side of Mercury – and ...
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Leeds council services threaten ALMOs' reinspection chances
Four may lose out on £238m of decent homes cash unless IT and maintenance improves
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No-view allocation policy 'was not oppression'
Appeal court judges have overturned a controversial decision that had added to councils' difficulty in meeting government targets on the use of B&Bs to house homeless people.
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Copeland transfer back on after Home Group fears cause five-month delay
The transfer of Copeland council's 3800 homes to Home Group has been stalled by five months after the association's board decided the original deal could not be delivered.
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Eastern associations unite after partnership call
Three East of England housing associations have become the latest to form a joint-venture developer.
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Beleaguered GHA bites back with £750m homes upgrade
Glasgow Housing Association pledges huge works project after claims it failed tenants
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Pathfinders call for funding rule change as they face losing £500m
more than £500m of potential regeneration investment could be lost from the nine housing market renewal areas unless the government changes its funding policies.