All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 671
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NHF code to get tough on communicating
The National Housing Federation is to amend its governance code to improve the way that housing associations communicate to tenants, after a high-profile commission launched a new governance standard for all public services on Tuesday.
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Archive TitlesIt was chaotic in some cases the water was loft high
Paul Butterworth, maintenance manager at Northern Counties Housing Association, gives his account of the Carlisle flood: “I received a phone call from the police on Sunday morning telling me that 40 of our sheltered housing properties in Willow Park had been seriously affected by the floods.
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London calling and it wants cash
The Association of London Government welcomes the proposed 14% increase for London’s regional housing pot over the next two years (10 December 2004, page 7).
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Sector rounds on Conservative proposals to slash red tape and bureaucracy
Social housing professionals have attacked the Conservatives’ plans to save £2.3bn by abolishing the ODPM, the Communities Plan and Audit Commission inspections
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Archive TitlesRebuilding broken lives
When communities are wrecked by natural or manmade disasters, everyone wishes they could do more to help. Housing professionals often can. Rich Heap spoke to two of the sector’s workers who contributed to aid efforts in Montserrat and Kosovo
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Charge of the daylight robbery brigade
For too long, some collectors of ground rent have been able to extort administration charges from RSLs and even threaten forfeiture. Not for much longer …
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Will Blair do a Thatcher?
When Tony Blair swept to power in 1997 with a landslide victory, hopes were high across the public sector that New Labour would overturn much of the harm done during the Thatcher years.
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Council bids
Local authorities have two weeks to bid for the next round of funds to set up arm’s-length management organisations, stock transfers and private finance initiative schemes.
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Six of the best
Alleviating poverty is our business, says Richard Kemp, and here are half a dozen ways to go about it
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Archive TitlesHousing services awash in flood-stricken Carlisle
RSLs scramble to rehouse residents as cost of damage to their properties soars
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Two more associations follow fashion for selling their expertise
The trend for social landlords to sell their services to other organisations grew this week with news of two more possible deals
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Two more associations follow fashion for selling their expertise
The trend for social landlords to sell their services to other organisations grew this week with news of two more possible deals
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Merger will give West Midlands its biggest association
Keynote Housing Group and Prime Focus in ‘exploratory talks’ about joining forces
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Archive TitlesReport backs ALMOs’ demand for financial freedoms
Government to consider recommendations to give arm’s-length managers new powers
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ODPM to offer all social tenants option to buy
Prescott adopts Barker – and Conservative – proposal in Homes for All strategy
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The kids are all right
Orbit Housing Association has opened a play centre in Coventry for local children including three year-old Kitti Swift.
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NHF to lobby Inland Revenue again on stamp duty rules
The National Housing Federation is to renew its campaign to get charitable associations exempted from tax rules that hamper development.
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Archive TitlesAdapt or die
Even the cleverest innovations must evolve to suit new needs and fashions or they will outlive their usefulness. The same rings true for ALMOs
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Developers line up bids for share of Corporation’s £200m grant pilot
Up to 50 organisations have expressed an interest in the government’s £200m pilot programme to pay social housing grant to developers – with bids likely to total at least three times the available pot