All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 760
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English Partnerships to move half its workers out of London
No job losses, promises chairman as she unveils improved annual report
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Places for People leaves supervision but denied preferred partner status
Places for People has been released from its nine-month Housing Corporation supervision but will not be made a preferred development partner this year.
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Archive TitlesCrowned court
Crowned court: This Winchester council scheme Makins Court has been named best retirement home in the National Homebuilder Awards.The development of 11 bungalows, 19 flats and a landscaped courtyard in Alresford, Hampshire, recently won the town’s Rose Bowl award for the development that has made the most outstanding contribution to ...
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while RSLs stay on course to hit target
Housing associations are on course to meet the decent homes standard, according to new research from the Housing Corporation.
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Housing Corporation to scrutinise inflated rents
Some landlords will face regulatory checks on property valuations in wake of ODPM report
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Why I hate the Housing Corporation
“Housing Corporation in line for big shake-up” (2 July, page 7) – that is very good news indeed and long overdue.Just like the housing associations the corporation protects, it is an unaccountable, tenant-unfriendly monolith. It is a pity the corporation is not to be abolished altogether. It has had things ...
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Higher land values could fund utilities, says water company
Anglian Water’s idea could break deadlock with developers on Thames Gateway projects
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ODPM dismisses select committee’s demands on decent homes …
The ODPM has rejected all the main recommendations of the select committee on decent homes.
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Archive TitlesHow to clean up grotty garages
You can cut crime and vandalism and make a tidy profit on the way.
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Watchdog to monitor RSL and charity contractors
The government’s outsourcing watchdog will launch a pilot scheme to monitor how well charities and housing associations perform on government contracts.
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Heres something to celebrate
Chuck another prawn on the barbie, because it’s now legal to throw your staff a party with free food and drink
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Archive TitlesChannel private pension cash into shared-equity homes, says Lib Dem MP
An MP has told the Treasury that personal pensions should be invested in shared-equity housing to increase the number of homes in the sector.Andrew George, Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives in Cornwall, called on the ODPM and Treasury to consider the idea in a parliamentary debate on housing last ...
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Archive TitlesCanny move
Canny move: Planning permission has been granted for this £40m mixed-use, mixed-tenure scheme on Silvertown Way in the Canning Town regeneration area, east London. It will include 171 shared-ownership and private flats and 30 affordable flats for rent. Work is due to begin on the scheme, designed by Stock Woolstencroft, ...
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Second wave of direct housing benefit pilots launched involving eight councils
Eight councils have been choseN TO BE part of the second pilot of the government’s housing benefit reforms.They are Argyll & Bute, East Riding, Guildford in Surrey, Norwich, Pembrokeshire, South Norfolk, St Helens in Merseyside and Wandsworth, south London.They will test the local housing allowance, where a flat rate of ...
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Cherwells services fall below par
Services at Cherwell Housing Trust have dropped below acceptable standards, according to Audit Commission inspectors.
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CIH warning on Barkers planning tax
Kate Barker’s proposal for a planning tax will have a drastic effect on the provision of affordable housing, the Chartered Institute of Housing has warned.
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Archive TitlesBall control
Ball control: Joshua Anderson, aged 10, gets some football tips from former Wimbledon FC striker John Fashanu at Hamac Housing Association’s fun day on 17 July. Fashanu was guest of honour at the Birmingham-based landlord’s celebrations. Hamac provides social housing services to more than 1000 people, predominantly from black and ...
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Camden anti-ALMO flyposters wont face court
Camden council has dropped its attempt to prosecute two people for flyposting during the run-up to its tenant ballot on arm’s-length management (HT 16 July, page 11).
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Solon Wandsworth to be taken over by another RSL
Troubled registered social landlord Solon Wandsworth Housing Association will be taken over by another RSL, the Housing Corporation said on Wednesday.