All Archive Titles articles – Page 924
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ODPM to go ahead with grant payment to developers
Associations reject government's move towards private sector involvement
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Stock transfer shrinkage ahead as fewer councils apply
The stock transfer programme is set to shrink, as fewer councils than last year come forward to join the ODPM's transfer list.
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Audit Commission unveils 28 steps to better inspection
The Audit Commission has published a 28-point plan to improve housing inspection and help the government deliver the Communities Plan.
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2nd opinion: Cinders must go to the ball
Supported housing needs more support if it is to help the people most in need, say Aileen Evans and Diane Henderson
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St Pancras to save £200,000 a year in refinancing deal
Low interest rates and early repayment facility help landlord cut cost of £135m loans
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Wembley way
Wembley way: Detailed plans for the regeneration of the 42 ha site surrounding Wembley Stadium were submitted on Friday. Under the plans, drawn up by developer Quintain Estates, 3700 homes will be built, plus leisure facilities including a hotel and cinema. Quintain says the plan would generate 7000 jobs. Richard ...
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Public & Private
Max King asks: in the search for a code of conduct, are we looking in the wrong place?
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No return to paternalism
In your recent Think tank article ("Can we break in, please?", 31 October, page 31), I was surprised to read Jane Loftus' response to the query. Her reply seemed to typify the attitude towards tenants that prevailed 15 years ago – that landlords in the public or quasi-public arena had ...
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Super models?
Last week the Housing Corporation accredited its first model house plans. They meet all its criteria on size, layout and cost, but what would they be like to live in? Vicky Richardson asked three design experts and Miles Cole imagined what the homes might look like
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Archive TitlesSurfin' Lewisham
Katie Puckett visits an estate where a community internet project means all residents can get on the net, learning IT skills on the way.
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Archive TitlesNHF model could be template, says Langlands
The National Housing Federation's new governance model could be used as a template for an overarching public and voluntary sector code of conduct.
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Kentish town planning
Kentish town planning: Developer Wilson Connolly has completed this £25m, 195-flat complex in Maidstone, Kent. The company is in negotiations with an unnamed South-east housing association that will manage 10 units. The scheme was designed by planning architect Biscoe & Stanton working with drawing architect Grafik Architecture.
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Archive TitlesThe invisible thousands
The Home Office has got tough on asylum. But with thousands of asylum seekers still heading for the UK or already here, and now entitled to no state help, is an invisible homelessness crisis building up on British streets?
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Sector prepares to insure itself as premiums rocket
Thirty Housing associations are deciding whether to sign up to the sector's first self-insurance plan.
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Home is where the reality is
Home Housing Association is right to take a stand on the inconsistencies between providing a customer-focused repairs service and complying with rigid Housing Corporation performance indicators ("New order", 17 October, page 30). We have been partnering with contractors, suppliers and residents for more than five years, and have just achieved ...
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Here's an idea
Use talking signs to reach tenants who can't speak English or read their mother tongue
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Life on the frontline
I must question the sweeping statement made by the home secretary on nuisance ("Blunkett and Blair tell police: get tough on nuisance, or else", 17 October, page 10).He seems to be saying: "Let's create more unemployment, take qualified housing officers with a dedication to – and a wide knowledge of ...
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Taxman faces fight over stock transfer VAT ruling
The sector is to challenge the Inland Revenue over its plan to charge corporation tax on VAT structures that saved stock transfers £450m last year.
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Inspector dubs Shaftesbury 'one of worst'
Shaftesbury Housing Association has been described as "one of the worst-performing housing associations" by the Audit Commission.