All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 796
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Archive TitlesTwice around the block
Twice around the block: Work has started on the £24m refurbishment of these tower blocks in Blackley, north Manchester.Developer LPC Living, which specialises in conversions of high rises, will turn the former council homes into 200 city apartments. With prices starting at £55,000, the new homes will be targeted at ...
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Asylum policy breaches human rights, Court of Appeal decides
Section 55 ruling could allow all rough sleepers to sue for breach of right to shelter
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Round-two ALMOs ask for millions more
Twelve arm’s-length management organisations are to bid for millions of pounds of extra government cash in response to rising construction prices.
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Archive Titles'Don't give to beggars' campaign returns after initial success
A controversial poster campaign is to return this summer after research found it stopped four out of 10 people from giving to beggars.
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Archive TitlesAdvance thinking
Advance thinking: Manchester-based developer Urban Splash is claiming another regeneration first by building what it says are the first fully modular-built homes for private sale in the UK. The MOHO development will be built in the regeneration area of Castlefield, Manchester, and will comprise 102 apartments, designed by architect Shed ...
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Archive TitlesLondon mayor reveals plan to build thousands of homes above Tube stations
London mayor Ken Livingstone has unveiled a plan to build thousands of homes on top of Underground and railway stations to tackle the capital's spiralling housing demand.
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Archive TitlesOut and about
Out and about: Conservative leader Michael Howard meets members of the Lozell’s Road mosque in Birmingham on Tuesday.Howard, who also visited members of Families for Peace and Mothers Against Guns, was campaigning for the city’s local elections on June 10.He said immigrants should learn English, because “a common language is ...
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Scottish executive to spend £57m fighting fuel poverty
The Scottish executive plans to spend £57m tackling fuel poverty and improving insulation in both private and social housing.
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Private firm to help 4000 key workers into ownership
More than 4000 key workers could be helped to own homes during the next eight years by a private company operating without public subsidy.
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2nd opinion: Big is not necessarily better
Tony Stacey runs a large housing association, but that doesn't mean he's convinced size is all-important
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Housing Partnership scheme forced to ditch 10 of 56 sites
Plans for 1600 homes in South-east slashed because of green belt and access issues
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Archive TitlesLandlords: 'let us raise rent and we'll build 10,000 more homes a year'
Increasing social rents by just 0.5% could create up to 10,000 more homes a year, the National Housing Federation has said.
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Think Tank
What's going on with my job?I have worked for a registered social landlord for more than 10 years. My post is to be deleted soon and replaced by a higher graded post. I applied for the new post but was not appointed. My manager says there is plenty of (old) ...
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Archive TitlesRecipe for success
Recipe for success: Deputy prime minister John Prescott visits the opening of a restaurant that aims to help unemployed and homeless people back into work. The Hoxton Apprentice in east London will train 48 unemployed people each year in cooking and service skills. The restaurant is part of London’s first ...
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Participation does work
What a load of claptrap Tony Soares wrote about tenant participation ("Let's not flog a dead horse", 14 May, page 23). Yes, some tenants are of the opinion that meetings are for complaints, but staff should educate and explain what tenant participation is all about. And he has got hold ...
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Tyred out
Tyred out: Thurrock, in the Thames Gateway, was the subject of a symposium of international architects, environmentalists and writers charged with coming up with a “visionary brief” for the designated growth area. The group included architects Harry Gugger of Herzog & de Meuron and Lord Richard Rogers and hoped to ...
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Archive TitlesThoroughly modern
Thoroughly modern: Cartwright Pickard Architects designed this key worker development in Hackney, east London, to meet the latest government stipulations for increased use of modern methods of construction. The first two floors will be built traditionally on-site; apartments in the top three floors will be manufactured as whole units in ...
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Round the houses
Once upon a time, a bill was born. Its destiny: to ease and speed the planning process. Now, after two-and-a-half years bouncing between the Commons and the Lords, it finally has royal assent. But, as Joey Gardiner reports, that's far from the end of the saga