All Archive Titles articles – Page 962
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I won't be joining the club
So, golf is the latest networking opportunity for housing officers, as a City tradition is extended to grateful housing associations eager to make contacts ("Got the right club?", 29 August, page 22)?Over the 15 or more years that I have worked in housing, I have met a huge range of ...
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Archive TitlesLiverpool unveils pilot crackdown on city's under-age drinkers
Liverpool city council is to launch a wide-ranging crackdown on antisocial behaviour.
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B&N and Leeds Federated set for merger
Two Northern housing associations plan to merge to form the region's second-largest social housing provider.
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Middlesbrough quits housing benefit pilot
Middlesbrough council has pulled out of a ground-breaking housing benefit pathfinder months before it was due to begin because of a clash with another pilot.
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Perry begins fat-cat salary probe at Sanctuary
Sparks are set to fly at a London registered social landlord when housing's chief regulator arrives today.
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How To … keep burglars at bay
Katie Puckett on how putting gates across alleys can cut crime
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Humberside awaits OK for pathfinder bid
Humberside is on the verge of finally getting the green light for its market renewal pathfinder bid after submitting a revised bid last month.
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North British slams 'out of date' Audit Commission findings
Managing director complains about report published eight months after inspection
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Association hires life coach to destress staff
It's Monday morning, the phone keeps ringing and irate tenants are banging at the door. Just another week in social housing … unless you work at Sadeh Lok.
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Vandalism is not art
Were you really serious describing the graffiti vandal Paul O'Connor from Islington as an "artist" ("In brief", 29 August, page 12)? When your home becomes a gallery for those "artists" to display their "talents," it is certainly not very funny.But if you really believe it is art, print your home ...
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GLA to increase London's annual housebuilding target
Boroughs consulted on new method for working out the number of homes to be built
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Councils call for clarity amid fears for private sector target
They say ODPM must give more details if 210,000 homes are to be improved by 2010
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Scottish councils tell Executive: we want ALMOs too
Strong support for proposal that would bring them in line with English local authorities
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Bolton ALMO asks tenants how to spend its cash
An arm's-length management organisation is pioneering a model of community involvement. Bolton At Home has divided its borough into 14 districts.
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Talk about bad timing
why on earth the government thinks this is a good time for a far-reaching review of the Housing Corporation is a mystery.In the past year, the corporation has been stripped of its watchdog role for housing associations, undergone a major restructure and suffered a strike threat; and next month, it ...
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The smell of prejudice – and what to do about it
I recently went to mediate between two clients. After I left the second house, I had to go home and wash everything I was wearing. The first house was lovely – comfy chairs and a nice cup of coffee – but the second smelled like a dog's toilet, a scent ...
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Knowsley Housing Trust fixes loan rates to save £15m
A Merseyside housing association has saved £15m by fixing the interest rates on its loans.
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Archive TitlesBirmingham council at risk of missing seven of its 11 housing targets
The scale of Birmingham city Council's poor performance on housing was revealed on Monday when it admitted to missing more than half of its own performance targets.