All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 608
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Dont knock us
At the Doncaster Federation of Tenants and Residents Associations we have always had grave concerns about the demolition of council homes (MPs change their tune on use of demolitions 8 April, page 10).
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Direct payment pilots get DWP thumbs-up
Schemes piloting direct payment of housing benefit to private landlords are working smoothly, a government report has claimed.
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Proud to be different
Mary Lynch of Lovell argues that good things will come of the Housing Corporation offering its entire £1.67bn annual budget to housebuilders and developers (24 March, page 21). I do not think so.
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Transfer deal
Almost 100 youngsters played in a five-a-side football tournament on 5 April, on the Clapham Park Estate in south London, to celebrate the outcome of a transfer ballot. Of residents eligible to vote, 59.3% of tenants and 62.8% of leaseholders voted for transfer to new housing association Clapham Park Homes. ...
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Tour de force
Gateshead Housing Company tenants are taking part in “estate tours” to give the arm’s-length management organisation their views on problems and improvement plans. Left to right are: tenant James Foster, caretaker Bert Davis, leaseholder Oscar Moorehouse and estate officer Philip Hogg on a tour of Willerby Court.
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Good ideas on sheltered housing – but no idea on cost
In the dying days OF its second term this government has produced a document guaranteed not to hit the headlines in this election campaign.
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Corporation tightens purse strings on demolition funding
Rising cost of buying homes in low-demand areas prompts a rethink on New Tools initiative
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...but select committee urges
Mediation is not used enough to tackle antisocial behaviour, according to a home affairs select committee report published on Tuesday.
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Archive TitlesHigh colour
Watmos Community Homes has raised its game to pretty up Walsall. Painters from J&S Seddon are working at heights of more than 100 feet to improve six nine-storey and 11 three-storey blocks of flats, run by Leamore Tenant Management Organisation and owned by Watmos.
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One PFI down, two to go in Leeds refurb campaign
Council launches new negotiations weeks after clinching its first deal
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Camden struggles to salvage estate refurbishment from rejected PFI deal
A London council is trying to revive a private finance initiative deal rejected by the Treasury by scaling down the project
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Archive TitlesCentrepoint calls for crackdown on credit companies targeting young homeless people
Credit card companies have been accused of exploiting homeless young people by sending promotional literature to their hostels
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Call for Gypsy and Traveller taskforce
A seven-part charter urging the government to set up a Gypsy and Traveller taskforce was launched last Thursday.
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Rocketing house prices hit South-west businesses
CBI members struggle to recruit employees as NHF finds affordability crisis growing
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Thames Gateway gets detailed business plan
The government launched its “business plan” for the Thames Gateway on Thursday, with £38m of new infrastructure and development projects.
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Savings from better loan terms will count as efficiency gains
Housing associations that renegotiate loan deals to secure better terms, such as lower interest payments, will be able to count the reduced costs as efficiency savings, the Housing Corporation confirmed this week.
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Campaigners urge next government to do more on Barker
Implementation of the Barker report on housing supply must be a government priority after the general election, a campaign group said this week.
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Brighton cracks down on tenants @#*%ing bad language
Housing Associations in Brighton have joined forces with the police and council to ban tenants from swearing in public.
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Lenders’ fears calmed as DTI closes insolvency loophole for associations
A Legal loophole that could have made banks less willing to lend to the social housing sector has been closed.
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Fourth council quits North-west assembly
The head of the North-West Regional Assembly has insisted that the decision of four councils to quit the body will not affect its long-term future.