All Archive Titles articles – Page 888
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Archive TitlesThe secret diary of an ex-almo
Dear diary, my name's Neil Litherland and I work for Camden council. We need £283m to reach the decent homes standard. Our tenants will never support transfer, so we've been trying to set up an ALMO. The result of the tenant ballot is due any day now …
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London uneasy at Ken's solar panels demand
Efforts to solve London's deepening housing crisis could be hamstrung by mayor Ken Livingstone's demand that a large proportion of new houses in the capital be fitted with solar panels.
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Archive TitlesNew dawn
New dawn: This £30m development in Greenwich, London, will include 41 affordable homes.Developer Durkan Homes received permission for the 136-apartment scheme from Greenwich council on 25 January. It was designed by architect Stock Woolstencroft and work is due to start in the spring.
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Economist says REITs need tax credits to work
A US-style tax credit for affordable housing should be introduced alongside private money for the rented sector, an influential American economist has said.
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Refinancing deal for Devon & Cornwall
Devon & Cornwall Housing Association has completed a £10m refinancing deal.
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We can and must help ease the construction worker crisis
Kate Barker's interim report into housing supply is an excellent read. The analysis is solid, although it does not pay enough attention to the recent collapse in new public sector housebuilding.
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Archive TitlesCommunities Plan to be updated with emphasis on North …
Changes will also mean Peterborough becomes part of London Stansted growth area
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Watch out for collateral damage
Never mind government legislation on housing – look out for changes to other, apparently unconnected, sectors. You could end up on the receiving end
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Archive TitlesSweet charity
Sweet charity: The Sugababes are among the acts appearing in a series of concerts to benefit homelessness charity Shelter.The 20 gigs will take place in six cities across the country inthe first week of March. The Sugababes will perform at one of the Liverpool concerts, on 2 March; the other ...
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Gateway cost causes London cash shortfall
The regeneration of Thames Gateway's London section will cost £18.6bn, leaving the capital "several billion" short of what it needs.
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Swindon plans to close care homes in standards drive
Two out of six to go in a bid to save £800,000 of spiralling social services costs
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'No fourth way' for Camden, warns Hill
The government has confirmed there will be "no fourth way" to help Camden council out of its funding crisis after tenants rejected arm's-length management (HT 16 January, page 7).
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Camden: lessons to be learned
"ODPM denies Camden a way out after 'no' vote" (16 January, pages 7-9) shows that the central lesson may not have been learned.Camden tenants were not washed down with the last rain storm; they know that the proposed arm's-length management organisation is merely another housing association in a very thin ...
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Archive TitlesReady, willing and cable
When BT left tenants in south Liverpool out of the broadband revolution, their landlord decided to challenge the telecoms giant at its own game.
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Archive TitlesLittle Britain: East Midlands
Investment in the south, low demand in the north – does the East Midlands' tricky housing market remind you of anything? Mark Beveridge reports on how the region is managing the balance from its former coalfields to the borders of Milton Keynes
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Blunkett wants public to pay top-up fee for more police
Idea could become feature of third-term manifesto, despite failure of Rowntree pilot
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Field slates government 'failure of nerve' on benefit docking
MP says his campaign will continue as DWP drops plan to sanction antisocial tenants
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Planning gain system should end, Barker told
The planning gain system should be replaced with rules used for business property, a developer has told the Barker review.
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Lords find councils liable for disabled asylum seekers' housing care
The House of Lords has ruled that disabled asylum seekers have the same right to council housing as UK citizens.
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Archive TitlesTenant puts assured tenancy up for auction on Ebay
A social housing tenant has placed the assured tenancy for her flat up for auction on the auction website Ebay.