All Archive Titles articles – Page 894
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Archive TitlesMy first boss
Stephen Dunhill tells Ellen Bennett how he learned the inner workings of local government
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Glasgow tenant board members demand evictions veto
Management committee wants eviction to be a matter of 'last resort'
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BME course to improve race relations
A group of black and minority ethnic housing organisations has set up a training course for grassroots staff after its frustration with the Housing Corporation’s efforts to improve race relations.
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Blitz spirit
Blitz spirit: London & Quadrant Housing Trust is awaiting planning permission for this development in south-east London on a site left unused after bomb damage during World War II.The scheme, which was designed by architect Sprunt and will be developed with Lewisham council, will include 29 flats for social rent ...
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Wildlife group blasts builders' 'disastrous' green record
World Wildlife Fund names Barratt, Bellway and Wilson Bowden as worst performers
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Opinion: We can do things better …
… as long as the government plays its part, says Malcolm Levi
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Lord Best slams planning tariffs
Lord Richard Best has defended the existing planning gain system, saying that to allow developers to pay a tariff instead will result in "segregated ghettos of social housing for poorer households".
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Government targets smashed as councils beat bed-blocking fines
Councils are beating government targets to cut down hospital bed-blocking numbers.
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UK housing prepares for euro battle
Brussels thinks associations are public bodies subject to its procurement rules. The UK disagrees. If the European Commission gets its way, what does the future hold?
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Balance sheet capacity ... made simple
How much can you afford to borrow in the next 30 years? David Hall explains the maths
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Lloyds Bank backs Shaftesbury with loans for student homes
Bank confidence underlined by Standard & Poor thumbs-up for troubled landlord
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Archive TitlesRaynsford refuses to back plan to ease rural crisis
Minister will not order Norfolk to spend extra council tax on countryside affordable homes
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Associations and charities to discuss REITs with Treasury
Housing associations and charities will meet the Treasury next Wednesday to discuss their role in a new form of investment that could bring millions of pounds into private rented housing.
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Welsh Assembly proposes ban on new home sales to English
Lawyers back plan for retirement 'hot-spots' if market distortion can be proved
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Archive TitlesAndy Ludlow awards
The scheme that rewards creative solutions to homelessness is back – and this year the first prize is £10,000. Zoe Cacanas reports on last year's winners and how to enter
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Archive TitlesBedZed should make us all think
The BedZed overspend and the Peabody Trust's problems meeting the decent homes standard came as no surprise. It is a typical scenario faced by many registered social landlords (9 January, page 7).I appreciate that we must continue to build and provide homes for those who need them most; for too ...
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Data boost in battle against nuisance
Moves to simplify the Data Protection Act are expected to boost housing associations' efforts to tackle antisocial behaviour.
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CIH calls for advisers' register to aid stock transfer
The Chartered Institute of Housing has called for a register of funding advisers to be set up.
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Archive TitlesRight to buy caps should be relaxed, says academic
The government should allow bigger discounts to tenants who want to buy their council homes, a leading housing academic has said.