All Archive Titles articles – Page 981
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High-performing councils to be spared inspections to cut red tape
The best Local authorities are to be subjected to fewer inspections.
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Risk management reduces costs
Two articles in your 11 July issue caught my eye – "Revealed: the shoddy state of housing repairs" (page 7) and "Sick as a budgie" (page 18). There is a clear connection: those with a poor maintenance record tend to receive most compensation claims. It's a vicious circle. The more ...
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Planning reform gets a step closer as consultation kicks off
Minister unveils proposals to boost affordable housing as London Plan gets go-ahead
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Crime Prevention Trust is a charity
Thank you for the excellent coverage you gave the Working Women’s Crack Project, winner of the 2003 Andy Ludlow Award. However, Lambeth Crime Prevention Trust is not part of Lambeth council, as the article said. We are an independent charity that works in partnership with the council and many other ...
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Can't beat 'em? Join 'em
Having read the editorial "Kitchen-sink dramas" (11 July, page 3), I would like to suggest an alternative to private contractors and direct-labour organisations: create your own commercial contracting company.The benefits of this approach are threefold: a dependable maintenance service is secured for the housing entity; tax efficiency is maximised and ...
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Archive TitlesRaynsford steps into Hull's battle with ex-chief executive
Minister set to appoint QC to arbitrate dispute over suspension of Jim Brooks
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Building in Barking
David Walker states "Barking & Dagenham is not keen to build any more social housing in the borough"(27 June, page 30). Clearly he has been grossly misinformed. Barking & Dagenham's Housing Strategy 2003–2006 sets a 35% affordable housing target for new development, in line with the London mayor's Draft London ...
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Bracknell bounces back
Bracknell bounces back: Bracknell Forest council has unveiled a £500m plan to regenerate Bracknell’s decaying town centre. The 1950s new town will get 821 new homes, offices, cafes, bars and a better shopping centre. Public transport and car parking will also be improved. The masterplan was prepared by consultant EDAW.
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The institute strikes back
In response to Mel Golden's view that the Chartered Institute of Housing isn't doing enough to support its grass-roots members (Letters, 18 July, page 21), I would like to make two points.First, I welcome constructive and critical feedback about CIH services. The CIH organises events at national, regional and local ...
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If you don't get communities, you're not paying attention
Speaking at the National Housing Federation's development conference last week alongside Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee, I was once again drawn into a debate as to whether "communities" really exist in the way that policymakers presume.
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Ker-ching! Hidden asset puts Sunderland RSL in the money
A one-bedroom flat has been sold for £198,000 after being on the market for just three days.
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Growth areas 'heading for trouble unless Supporting People funding is changed'
The government's housing growth and market renewal areas could be left without enough supported housing unless the Supporting People funding mechanisms are changed, the sector has warned.
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Halve right-to-buy discount and let councils invest all proceeds, select committee urges
An influential select committee has called on the government to toughen its plans for the right to buy.
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ALG grants
In the issue of 11 July there was a news item headed "ALG funding cut puts homeless project in jeopardy" (page 13), suggesting that Frontline was having its grant cut. This does not square with the advice given to the Association of London Government grants committee at its meeting on ...
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Archive Titles'Neighbourhood administrations' to run Birmingham homes
Housing services in Birmingham are to be devolved to 11 "neighbourhood administrations" by next April, it emerged this week.
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Archive TitlesAcross the barricades
The north Belfast estates of Ballysillan and Liganiel are 200 m and a world away from each other. Can a US charity that started out building community links in urban ghettos help?
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Archive TitlesLiving above the shop
Recently, much emphasis has been put on the need to provide affordable housing in areas where property prices have soared. Rural areas have been singled out as particular problem hotspots, and Northamptonshire, where I work, is a typical county where young rural families are finding it difficult to rent in ...
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What is an … rsl regeneration and business development director?
It's a long name but what does it mean?
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Ask yourself this …
Do your policies and practices improve or worsen community cohesion? New research has identified eight questions you need to answer to make a difference