All Archive Titles articles – Page 935
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Governance woes at top RSLs may hit lending to whole sector
Banks and ratings agencies are holding urgent talks to assess the financial impact of governance problems at two of the country's largest housing associations.
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Tenants getting left out
Tenants have been sold short by the work done to prepare regional housing strategies ("Tenant groups fight for say in regional strategies", 17 October, page 13). Earlier this year the London Tenants Federation requested a seat on the London Housing Board. Our request was turned down and the Government ...
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Get your house in order
Two of England's largest RSLs have been put under Housing Corporation supervision after a governance crisis and associations across the country are rethinking the way they recruit and retain their board members. There's no shortage of ideas.
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Two more RSLs supervised as regulator flexes its muscles
Unity, Shaftesbury and Places for People all supervised in space of seven days
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Archive TitlesGate expectations
Gate expectations: A 25-storey tower providing 200 flats has been granted planning permission by an Newham council, east London.Stratford Gate, to be built at the junction of Stratford High Street and Warton Road, will include 30% affordable housing, three live-work units, a gym and shops.It was designed by architect Broadway ...
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What is an ... empty homes officer?
Celia Esimaje, empty homes manager at Southwark council, explains what's what
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Peabody slams tax double whammy on live-work units
The growing demand for live-work homes could be stymied by the extra tax demands placed on people who live in them, according to the Peabody Trust.
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Don't stigmatise young people
Whether it's encouraging the use of antisocial behaviour orders or cracking down on begging, young people are the unspoken target of many of the Home Office's measures to "turn the tide against antisocial behaviour" (17 October, page 10). I wholeheartedly support uncompromising action against the small minority who refuse to ...
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Winter of discontent
Confidence in the governance of housing associations ebbed away a little more this week with the news that two more housing associations have been put under supervision by the Housing Corporation (page 15). Lenders have started to ask questions and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is preparing a wide-ranging review of ...
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Local Democracy Week is for us, too
This week has been the Local Government Association's Local Democracy Week (it runs until Sunday) and the message of the event is as relevant to the supported housing sector and other service providers as it is to councils.For supported housing, the key to local democracy is the treatment of service ...
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Archive TitlesHow much is … converting warehouses?
These apartments aren't just for yuppies: RSLs can afford them too.
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Where's Jim Coulter coming from?
Jim Coulter's letter (17 October, page 22) suggests he lives in a different world from me. My housing association would not survive without passing the regular ODPM inspections on governance, regulation and accountability. It subjects itself to this regimen to receive all or some of the grants available in the ...
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Housing to get new code of conduct
JRF review to scrutinise the sector after Places for People controversy
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Government unveils plan for faster, cheaper transfers
Consultation paper suggests streamlining process by using standard documents
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Archive TitlesCampaign to extend market pathfinders gathers pace
A coalition of councils, housing organisations and MPs are demanding the government extend the market renewal pathfinder initiative.
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Archive TitlesCally pally
Cally pally: Jane White, chair of Sure Start Hillmarton, part of the Caledonian Road Neighbourhoods Plan launched last week to regenerate that area of north London. The plan, two years in the making, was produced by local councillors, police and tenants using research from Hyde Plus, the regeneration arm of ...
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Archive TitlesNew taskforce will promote and reward 'green' building
The government has set up a taskforce to drive up environmental standards in new and existing buildings, despite concerns that it will duplicate the work of an existing government body.
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Simple is best
Social enterprise businesses are great in theory, but how do we avoid unnecessary complications and over-regulation in practice?
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New model barmy
A new swathe of model contracts are set to force housing associations to take on more risk; meanwhile, non-binding strategic agreements may not be what they seem