All Archive Titles articles – Page 986
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A question of responsibility
The National Housing Federation table of guidelines for paying board members ("Paid board members set to cost sector £20m", 4 July, page 7) raises interesting questions about relative responsibilities. The table appears to be based on the premise that responsibility and/or time spent increases as associations increase in size, that ...
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Archive TitlesMerseybeat revival
The European Capital of Culture title is just the icing on the cake for Liverpool. This is a city that is turning itself around, with an army of enthusiastic agencies tackling low demand and antisocial behaviour. Ellen Bennett meets some of the groups marching to a new beat.
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Norra lorra laughs
Well done Vickie Anderson (Letters, 4 July, page 20), and poor show on Housing Today (Social animal, 27 June, page 21). The Sun newspaper printed some scurrilous stories about Liverpool some time ago and its sales are still at an all-time low today. There are a number of housing associations ...
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It takes a special kind of person
I was pleased to see an item on homeless persons officers (HT 13 July, page 53), particularly as it is increasingly difficult to recruit people to this very important job. However, I would like to correct the statement that formal qualifications are needed to consider such a role. Although qualifications ...
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Archive TitlesJust say no
Just say no: Camden council in London has extended its poster campaign to discourage people from giving to beggars. "Spare change or real change?" asks the public to donate to homelessness charities St Mungo's and Bridge Housing Association instead.
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Revealed: the shoddy state of housing repairs
UK's biggest survey of maintenance performance finds landlords failing government targets
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We'll have some of that social housing grant too, say three housebuilders
Three more housebuilders – including some of the industry's biggest names – have backed plans to pay social housing grant directly to developers.
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Government must help us get priorities right
The government needs to clarify its guidance on affordable housing if the needs of key workers are to be taken seriously and met satisfactorily
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Archive TitlesEye to the future
Eye to the future: Regeneration company Liverpool Vision has been awarded £9m to spruce up key buildings and find locations for new businesses. The funds will focus on getting rid of eyesores in key locations, improving the image of gateways to the city centre and redeveloping derelict sites, such ...
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Tax special: Questions of duty
The old and confusing stamp duty regime is to be replaced by a new and confusing system called stamp duty land tax. What does it mean? Here, a specialist tax lawyer explains the basics and the solicitor who advised the NHF in its battle with the Treasury over stamp duty ...
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Kitchen-sink dramas
When your plumbing packs up or the boiler breaks down, you want it repaired, and you don't want to sit at home for days hoping the person carrying out the repair will turn up. But if you're a tenant of a housing association or a council, there's still a good ...
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Seven million homes 'fail decency standard'
Almost 7 million homes are expected to be below the decent homes standard when the government survey of English housing is published next week.
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Learning curves
Want a qualification but not sure which one you need? James Hughes translates the letters
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Don't you think it's getting a little crowded?
Overcrowding is escalating, but the government is unwilling to take on the problem by revising the 1930s definition in the forthcoming Housing Bill. Why?
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Archive TitlesAt the crossroads
At the crossroads: The regeneration of King’s Cross took a step forward this week with the publication of a report outlining public support for the long-awaited north London redevelopment.Framework Findings was published by developers Argent St George, London and Continental Railways and Exel. It shows that, although the public is ...
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Lawyers issue community court warning
Legal experts have warned the government to learn from past mistakes when drawing up plans for new-style community courts.
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Archive TitlesSweet home chicago
Sweet home chicago: Cartwright Pickard Architects, designer of Murray Grove and Yorkshire Housing's Sixth Avenue apartments in York, is to work with a Chicago-based developer on a new brand of modular flats. Full details of the three schemes, one of which is pictured right, have yet to be revealed, but ...
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Burnley merges warden schemes to save them as funding is withdrawn
Warden schemes in Burnley are being merged to save them from closure as councils grapple with the withdrawal of government funding.