All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 805
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Archive TitlesSay When
Last week the government bowed to growing pressure to change the outdated standard that measures whether a home is overcrowded. But it has yet to say how and when it will do this.
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Archive TitlesWindows of opportunity
Windows of opportunity: This £5.8m refurbishment project in south London is nearing completion. Changes to the two blocks on the Angell Town estate in Brixton included new stair towers to increase access and security. The blocks’ 78 flats are managed by Angell Town Estate Action, a partnership between residents and ...
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Multiculturalism works
The tabloids are never shy of expressing their (usually negative) views on multiculturalism as was highlighted in last week's Housing Today (HT, 7 May, page 18). What always surprises me is that more relevant sectors, such as the police and housing organisations, are not more vocal on the matter.I grew ...
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Hope for prisoners of overcrowding
Let's welcome the news that the government has started to address the plight of the 500,000 families who live in overcrowded housing.
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Ramblers move to trip up Plymouth Grove PFI
The country's first housing private finance initiative project could be delayed after a complaint from the Ramblers' Association.
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Sedgefield to pick Sunderland Housing Group for transfer
The prime minister's constituency, Sedgefield, is set for a stock transfer to Sunderland Housing Group.
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Job swaps are a great idea
I welcome the idea to exchange inspectors with housing association officers ("Plan for inspectors to do one-year job swaps with housing officers", 7 May, page 10). We have been campaigning for this for five years.This action should not be selective but should ensure exchanges with small associations and black and ...
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Archive TitlesWho got that job?
Stephen Harriott tells Ellen Bennett why and how he became chief executive of Amicus
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Solar gain
Solar gain: Gainsborough Studios in east London is one of three housing developments that won the national standard for excellence in design at the House Builders Federation's design conference on Wednesday.The 253-flat site, which won the gold standard, includes 25% affordable homes. It was designed by architect Munkenbeck & Marshall ...
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ODPM: landlords can keep freedom to spend shared-ownership receipts
The government has backed demands to let housing associations retain complete freedom to spend the money received from shared-ownership projects
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Opinion: Families will be happy
The change is great news, says Andy Love MP, but will the chancellor give councils the funds to put it into effect?
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Archive TitlesReturning the empties
Returning the empties: Midland Area Housing Association is refurbishing empty homes to sell to families in Birmingham. Wahidur Rahman – pictured with his children Mohammed (3, far left) and Khalilur (7, second from right), their cousins and Irène Lathbury, director of operations at Midland Area – bought this home in ...
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NHF warning over tax office's stamp duty relief plan
The National Housing Federation has warned the Inland Revenue against setting a threshold for the percentage of a mixed-tenure site that can get relief from stamp duty land tax.
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Archive TitlesDepartment of Health and ODPM sign first joint PFI
£140m deal means both will chip in for nursing home, extra-care flats and daycare centre
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Archive TitlesDeal with poor housing or stunt the North's growth, government told
The group charged with setting up a growth area in northern England is to tell the government that housing must become central to the region's economic regeneration.
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Inspectors slam Peabody for focus on cutting-edge schemes
Audit Commission says RSL should do more to bring homes up to decency standard
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County councils to have say on regional planning policy
The Conservative Party this week claimed it forced a government U-turn on the Planning Bill by strong-arming it into a last-minute amendment on sub-regional consultation.
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Let councils go fourth and invest in their own stock
Six weeks ago Housing minister Keith Hill came to a Local Government Association meeting. I challenged him to allow councils to invest in their own stock – the so-called fourth option. In fact, I called on him to look at a range of options in addition to the private finance ...