All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 712
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Department of Health warms to Supporting People
The Department of Health has overcome what has been seen as its indifference to the Supporting People programme by writing to the chief executives of primary care trusts pressing them to get involved in the government’s £1.8bn supported housing programme.
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Lib Dem peers position on Gyspies
May I correct your report on what I said at the Novas seminar on the accommodation of Gypsies and Travellers.
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Hills comments spark fresh confusion over funding review
Minister insists only three options remain but hints at ‘some flexibility’ for smaller councils
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Supporting People cuts lead to strike at English Churches
Programme cuts start to bite as staff at ECHG strike in protest at below-inflation pay offer
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Archive TitlesNHF chief executive Jim Coulter to quit, as chair is re-elected
No obvious successors step forward, but speculation focuses on external candidates
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Archive TitlesEviction busters
Catching tenants’ problems early can save many of them from becoming homeless, and councils are increasingly hiring homeless prevention officers to do just that. Kate Freeman asked five how they go about stamping down on homelessness, and what makes them particularly proud
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Mystery shopper exposes failings in London boroughs on disability housing
Three-quarters of London boroughs have no idea how many wheelchair- accessible homes they have, according to John Grooms Housing Association.
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Blowing its trumpet
MP for Edmonton Andy Love, Lord Ted Graham of Edmonton and tenant board member of Green Horizons Dr Belayneh Abebe celebrate the refurbishment of four tower blocks in Edmonton, north London
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Government brushes off Opposition challenges to the Housing Bill
The government is confident that the Housing Bill will “be law by early next year” despite a pledge from the Conservatives that the bill “will definitely fall”, writes Stuart Macdonald.The comments came in the wake of a crucial vote in the House of Lords on Tuesday night in which the ...
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Craven leads bid to set up LSVT national body
A Yorkshire housing association is leading an initiative to form a national body to help make large-scale voluntary transfer homeless service providers more effective
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Archive TitlesBarnet: turning heads
Bold regeneration in a quiet suburb is making waves throughout London
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Let victims vet new tenants, argues MP
Victims of antisocial behaviour should take part in the vetting of new tenants, a Labour MP has argued
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Eastern assembly defies ODPM on growth area building target...
East of England Regional Assembly rejects call for 18,000 more homes in M11 corridor
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...as Milton Keynes area sucks up funds needed for Midlands
Housing professionals in the Midlands have hit out at the growth area around Milton Keynes, saying it has “sucked up” too much funding and risks worsening the low demand for housing in parts of the region.
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Trainings an answer to diversity problem
Vikki Miller reports on a homelessness charity tackling the absence of black senior managers in the organisation
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DTI likely to amend insolvency law for associations this year
New rules on receivership should bolster lenders’ confidence and stop loan rate increase
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Why Greens aren't always good for you
You’ve bought land that seems ideal for development. But imagine your surprise when you discover you’ve snapped up a village green on which you can’t build houses
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Archive TitlesHarrow council to drop ALMO plans in pursuit of better financial deal
Harrow council is to become the first local authority to ditch plans for an arm’s-length management organisation despite a tenant vote in favour, writes Guy Campos.
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Our elderly care system belongs in the stone age: it must change
Why is it that we do not seem to be able to get so angry about the plight of elderly people as we do about children?