All Archive Titles articles – Page 961
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Wonderwall
Wonderwall: A notorious 10-storey wall, part of a 1970s housing estate, is to be preserved for posterity. The Byker Wall, in Newcastle, was designed by Ralph Erskine and will be listed on the advice of English Heritage. Newcastle council has welcomed the news, despite previously threatening to demolish parts of ...
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Think tank
Free to smokeI manage a scheme for the over-55s. All the tenants have signed an assured periodic tenancy agreement. The tenants moved into a new scheme around December 2002 and, since then, a large number have been smoking in the communal lounge. The association has recently stated that there is ...
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The price of support
This letter is seeking the views of National Housing Federation members who are also providers of supported housing on the burgeoning costs and bureaucracy of the Supporting People care services funding regime. I would be very interested to know the level of costs incurred by member organisations during the preparation ...
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Archive TitlesSchool's out
School's out: Touchstone Housing Association has increased its loans by £15m to pay for new developments, including this £4m conversion of a derelict school in Coventry. It will become eight one-bedroom flats and 18 three- and four-bedroom houses, plus live-work spaces and training facilities for young entrepreneurs. Touchstone borrowed the ...
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Archive TitlesLetter of the week
Karen Buck's piece "The very serious business of child's play" (15 August, page 16) struck a chord. As a community development worker based between two large housing association estates, with a good sprinkling of private housing thrown in, I have watched our "affordable" play scheme provide activities run by a ...
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What is a ... Senior homeownership officer?
And why do they have to be able to take abuse? Ellen Bennett finds out
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Rewards should be holistic
Having read the article about incentive schemes for tenants ("Carrot fashion", 29 August, page 26), I thought readers might be interested to know how we use surpluses arising from our non-core activities to reduce social exclusion as well as to encourage residents to conduct their tenancies better. Our board has ...
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Here's an idea
Help victims of domestic violence stay in their own homes with extra security measures
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Archive TitlesHere's looking at you, kid
Cameras that spot what kids are up to with spray paint before they make a mark; computers that identify a person from the way they walk; sensors that can see a weapon under a jacket. Katie Puckett reports on the future of law enforcement
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Archive TitlesPrivate hell
The government is calling on the public sector to help it crack down on unscrupulous private landlords and is legislating to make it easier. But do the new laws go far enough?
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Experts mull Thames Gateway power plan
A series of small generators scattered across the Thames Gateway could be used to prevent power cuts like those seen in London last week.
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Employers feel the strain
New laws are forcing employers to wake up to the financial risks of workplace stress. Mark London reports on the theory and practice of risk assessment
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Archive TitlesDon't rush into fixed-rate loans, finance expert warns
Finance directors have been urged not to rush to fix bank loans at long-term interest rates as waiting could save them money.
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Archive TitlesSpray day
Spray day: Southampton council took a pragmatic approach to dealing with the problem of graffiti on 12 August by enlisting local children to produce a mural at the local shopping parade.The council worked with the Children’s Fund in a bid to teach 10-13-year-olds about graffiti in a controlled environment, make ...
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Archive TitlesPebble dash
Pebble dash: Brent’s arm’s-length management organisation, Brent Housing Partnership, took more than 100 tenants and leaseholders to Brighton for the day. The trip, which cost £5 per person, was organised to allow tenants from across the north London borough to meet and will be repeated next year.
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North Lincolnshire service getting worse, says damning report
North Lincolnshire council has narrowly escaped government intervention following another damning inspection report.
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Archive TitlesHousing Corporation put under spotlight
Government forces corporation to undergo 'end-to-end' review of every one of its offices
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A very public confrontation
The debate over whether RSLs are public or private bodies is particularly significant in relation to employment law