All Archive Titles articles – Page 896
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Prescott orders Corporation to probe 'fat cat' pay
The deputy prime minister has demanded the regulator take action over a string of large pay-offs and salary hikes to housing association chief executives.
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East Midlands wants South-east regional cash
The East Midlands regional housing board has asked the chancellor to redistribute the £1.5bn single regional housing pot.
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Councils lobby for cash to meet Communities Plan targets …
Public service agreements wanted for infrastructure to sustain population explosion
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Supporting People hits care homes funding
Care homes across England are facing sudden closure because of funding cuts by several councils as part of the Supporting People programme.
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Archive TitlesNHF to tighten rebranding campaign rules as Guinness raises concerns
The National Housing Federation is to tighten the rules of its rebranding campaign in a move that it hopes will entice the Guinness Trust to sign up.
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Archive TitlesCamden chief: 'there's nothing we could have done differently'
Dame Roberts gears up to fight ministers as ALMO 'no' vote leaves council without options
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Proposals for extra borrowing ‘could encourage risk-taking’
housing corporation plans to allow registered social landlords to borrow more money could encourage them to take unsuitable risks, housing professionals have warned.
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Birmingham offers improvement incentive to contractors
Birmingham council has given its contractors an ultimatum: help reorganise its repairs service or risk losing contracts.
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A report card for housing associations: must try harder
If housing associations did not exist, we would have to invent them. There is no reason on earth why local authorities should monopolise social housing provision.
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Archive TitlesYou ask the questions
Blackpool council started paying housing benefit direct to private tenants last November. In the first of a new series where a housing professional answers readers' questions on how to implement a controversial policy, Blackpool's Peter Monaghan explains how it's working
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Glasgow books double time in court for arrears offensive
Association launches 'legally aggressive' fight to claw back unpaid £12.1m
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ALMO fourth round bids announced
Bids for the fourth round of arm’s-length management organisations total more than £2bn and 200,000-plus homes.
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Camden ALMO vote is victory
The resounding democratic decision by the tenants of Camden to tell this government what it can do with its arm's-length management organisation is a blow for residents tired of being pushed around. The imposition of extra responsibilities, at the expense of tenant rights, in order to join a sustainable community ...
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Notting Hill serious on allegations
I was surprised to read your article "Notting Hill rocked by race and unfair dismissal allegations" (19 December 2003, page 11). In all three cases we have conducted internal investigations and are confident that there was no discrimination on the part of Notting Hill or its employees. We are prepared ...
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Archive TitlesThe hardest puzzle of all
A year ago, the government revealed that just one in 10 council housing strategies met its standards. Today, things are little better. Katie Puckett reports on why it's so hard to make all the elements of a strategy line up.
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Clays Lane to use Peabody's woes as weapon against forced merger
Cooperative chief says trust's financial problems mean order to transfer is 'unwarranted'
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Is there life after death?
In the end, Camden's ALMO was dealt a swift and decisive blow, when last week tenants voted against it three to one. The post-mortem examination shows that it never really stood much of a chance. It was saddled with a seemingly ambiguous council which, until the last minute, was arguing ...
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Archive TitlesODPM denies Camden a way out after 'no' vote
Stricken three-star council pushes government for special treatment after ALMO failure