All Archive Titles articles – Page 972
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Playing politics with tenants
So Defend Council Housing wants Camden to be to arm's-length management what Birmingham was to stock transfer. In other words, for Camden council tenants to overwhelmingly reject the idea in the November ballot and blow the policy off course.
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Middlesbrough transfer not shelved
Middlesbrough has secured a place on the 2003 stock transfer programme, and we have every intention of putting the proposals to our tenants within the agreed timescale ("Middlesbrough shelves stock transfer plan", 1 August, page 11).The delay is simply due to the requirement for Middlesbrough council to have a better ...
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Mark your territory
The Land Registry is going to tear up all your land certificates – but don't panic, it's all part of a plan to revolutionise the registration of land ownership
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Locata, Locata, Locata
I was disappointed that the article on choice-based lettings ("Choice of a New Generation", 4 July, page 32) neglected to mention west London's Locata scheme. Locata advertises – on the web and in a fortnightly magazine – all social housing in Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow, and all ...
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Life on the streets
William Wiles' article on the poster campaign that aims to stop people giving money to beggars ("Walk On By?" 8 August, page 17) fails to mention other ways we can help. Personally, I try never to give money, but if someone is hungry and thirsty will offer to buy them ...
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Archive TitlesHow the west was lost
The South-west got a rough deal. Despite having many of the problems of the South-east, it has received nothing like the same amount of government money or attention. So will it take this lying down? Not likely.
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what is a … housing policy officer?
… and why do they drink so much coffee? James Hughes finds out
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Unchained harmony
With the publication of a draft set of requirements, the barricades that stop landlords partnering with contractors are coming down
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Archive TitlesFit for Life
Fit for life: This sheltered housing development in Maidenhead will incorporate a fitness centre, a hydro-therapy pool, on-site health care facilities and a computer suite. The 29-flat development, to be started in September, will be built for Maidenhead-based housing association Housing Solutions Group. The development is on the site of ...
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New delay hits legal review of tenures
Further delays to the Law Commission's review of housing tenure have caused exasperation across the sector.
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Archive TitlesPathfinders struggling to meet strategy deadlines
Many of the housing market renewal pathfinders are having trouble finishing their long-term strategies to the government's deadlines, according to the chair of the South Yorkshire pathfinder.
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Community off your chest
I couldn't agree more with Jon Rouse's article on strange attitudes towards the thing we call "community" (25 July, page 18). Community means different things to different people, usually suggesting some kind of common bond which may or may not exist. If we apply a set of common parameters to ...
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Machines can't replace good people
Your article "Independence Grey" (8 August, page 24) pointed out the benefits of assistive technology in helping people with Alzheimer's maintain their independence, and rightly so. I spoke at the Assistive Technology conference in Manchester earlier this year and heard about the developments that providers like Tunstall were making in ...
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The very serious business of child's play
Anyone moved to pity by the plight of 19th-century mill-workers, slaving for 16 hours a day to survive during that first cruel stage of industrialisation, has never had responsibility for children during the summer holidays. The dark, satanic mills have never looked so alluring.
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Bridlington renewal scheme rejected
The government has turned down a high-profile £60m regeneration project in Bridlington even though it is within the Humberside market renewal pathfinder area.
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Archive TitlesBird in the hand
BIRD IN THE HAND: Birds from the Epping hawk and owl sanctuary joined London & Quadrant tenants, board members and staff at the annual Forest Homes fun day in Leyton, east London. The event, on 3 August, also featured henna artists and a Punch and Judy show.
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Archive TitlesThe billion pound woman
Fiona Cruickshank started out teaching maths to teenagers. Today, the sums she does are a little bigger. Chloe Stothart met the woman who controls the Housing Corporation's £1.4bn investment budget.
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Top PFI funder calls for 'much bigger housing deals'
Bank of Scotland says larger contracts would encourage more firms into sector
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Opinion: Big problems
Favouring larger associations is a recipe for waste, says Colin Wiles