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Government Office for London steps in to boost decency efforts …
The Government Office for London has begun scrutinising the capital's councils' plans for meeting the decent homes target as concern mounts that 13 could fall short
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Corporation may intervene in Places for People board row
Motion to remove nearly half the association's board 'could be an issue' for regulator
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Archive TitlesFeeling a little bit STRESSED?
Well, you won't feel any better if one of your team sues you because the pressure has got to them. Here's how to protect them from the strains of office life – and yourself from the lawyers.
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Use PFI in bigger schemes or it will fail, government told
Housing consultant says third-round schemes must be bigger and more joined-up
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Transfer landlords change direction in bid to meet targets
Heavily indebted transfer associations are being forced to rewrite their business plans in order to keep promises to tenants
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Salford post office in asylum seeker spat
A Northern post office has come under fire for serving asylum seekers in a separate queue.
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Associations boost salaries and training to beat surveyor shortage
Housing associations are training up their staff as surveyors and offering more money in a desperate attempt to tackle major staff shortages
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The age of reason?
I was surprised to read Pete Jeffery's approach to age discrimination ("Job doctor", 5 September, page 34).
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Housing associations losing out in fight against nuisance
Survey reveals three out of 10 RSLs left out of local crime reduction partnerships
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Prefab is the key to the housing crisis – but can we afford it?
Although some of my close friends and colleagues are economists, I've never quite trusted them as a breed. It's the code of certainty I find disconcerting: ceteris paribus, all else being equal (except of course it never is).
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Children's service changes set to affect housing departments
English councils' housing departments face a major shake-up under proposals to reorganise children's services.
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Archive TitlesSector faces £50m bill to meet new asbestos rules
Surveying for deadly substance piles pressure on landlords trying to meet decency target
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Any advance on £300?
I was delighted to hear that St Pancras & Humanist Housing Association has convinced its staff to quit smoking by offering £100 inducements (Social Animal, 5 September, page 19).
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2nd opinion: The song remains the same
Nimbys are still as prickly as they were in the 1920s, says Chris Holmes, but they can't stop social change
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Archive TitlesCreature feature halts work on £140m project in Ashford
A European directive and a common amphibian have delayed a £140m scheme in one of the housing growth areas.
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Chester & District ups loans to £114m
Chester & District Housing Trust has raised its loans to £114m in order to upgrade its stock to the decent homes standard.
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East London catering school gets £475,000 grant
The government is to give £475,000 to a training centre that helps homeless people to become the next Jamie Oliver.
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