All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 609
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Archive TitlesDiversity: you ask the questions
Every housing organisation needs a diversity policy. But how do you go about setting one up, and what should it include? Berwyn Kinsey from the London Housing Federation answers readers’ questions
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How I got that ASBO
Caroline Laing reveals the story behind a three-year battle with a whole family
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Young at art
South Liverpool Housing Trust used a day of arts workshops in Speke on Friday 1 April to find out what matters to its young tenants. The workshops, run by the trust and charity The Windows Project, used drama, dance and poetry, and art to explore issues such as teenage pregnancy, ...
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How To... form an antisocial behaviour partnership
Tackle antisocial behaviour more effectively by forming a consortium
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Labour and Tories talk tough on antisocial behaviour
Manifestos outline plans for witness anonymity and drug treatment
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Amicus and Horizon plan merger to create sixth-biggest RSL
Deal would form a 29,000-unit association with a turnover of £130m
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All hail!
Testway Housing residents were treated to a performance of Macbeth in a park in Andover, Hampshire, last Sunday. An audience of more than 100 people watched local youngsters – including Bryony Waite, 14, pictured – perform William Shakespeare’s Scottish play.Testway Housing, which organised the performance with Hampshire council, plans to ...
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MPs agree housing is priority for BME groups
More than two-thirds of MPs believe quality housing provision is the key issue for Britain’s black and minority-ethnic communities, a survey by a London social landlord has found.
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These numbers dont add up
The increasing importance of planning gain for delivering affordable homes is certainly reflected in the experience of York council (Numbers Game 1 April, page 16).
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Behind the job ad
Duncan Vessey, head of housing at Cross Keys Homes, talks to Victoria Madine about what he really wants
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Asthma prevention scheme to be rolled out across Leeds
A Leeds project to tackle a major cause of asthma has proved so successful that it will be extended to other areas of the city.
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Most local authority staff have suffered abuse, says survey
Nearly three-quarters of local authority staff – including housing officers – have been subjected to verbal abuse from customers, a survey has found.
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It needn’t be about small change
When Tees Valley, West Cumbria and West Yorkshire were earmarked for the majority of a £65m pot of market renewal cash in January of this year, they were doubtless pleased as punch.
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Councils bid for 48m to revive miners homes
Councils in the West Midlands are to bid for up to £48m from the regional housing board to refurbish 1400 homes built for miners by the National Coal Board.
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41m loan to help Aldwyck double output
Aldwyck Housing Association is planning to more than double the number of homes it builds each year after agreeing a £41m loan with Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Efficiency means creating jobs, says Fusion 21
Social landlords should join forces to create job opportunities in areas hit by skills shortages as part of an efficiency agenda, says procurement group Fusion 21.
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DTI figures point to slump in housebuilding at start of 2005
The number of contracts for new social housing signed in the 12 months to February was 14% up on the previous year, figures released by the government last Thursday show.
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A2 tops up loan to 140m following merger
Newly merged A2 Housing Group has extended its loan facility with Nationwide and Britannia to £140m in order to fund 3000 new homes over the next three years.
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1bn estimate of costs by ALG raises pressure in water row
There was a further twist in the long-running row between London councils and utility company Thames Water this week when a report by the Association of London Government’s health and public services committee put the bill for fixing water pressure problems across the capital at £1bn.