All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 867
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Archive TitlesSomeone to watch over us
What happens when the police are too stretched to fight crime? On one battle-scarred London estate, tenants paid for their own team of private security guards to help. Jenny Hampton tells the story
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Archive TitlesNight nurse
Night nurse: Thames Valley Housing Association is to start work on this £12.5m development for NHS staff in west London. Willmott Dixon will build the 295-flat project, designed by architect PRP, in Hammersmith. The three organisations also worked on a 246-unit scheme for Hillingdon hospital workers. Work on the ...
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Sanctuary may sue over house valuation
A Worcester-based housing association is considering taking legal action against a local valuation service after it provided “confusing” advice over the price of a house it sold to a part-owner.Sanctuary’s grievance arose after one of its shared equity tenants attempted to buy the outstanding 50% of her house.The remaining equity ...
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Second homes shame
It is a disgrace that very little of the extra council tax revenue from second homes in Norfolk is going to increase the supply of affordable housing in rural areas (23 January, page 7).Second homes are a strong factor in the decrease of affordable properties in rural communities, where local ...
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A plea from Homeless International
Last year Homeless International’s Affiliation Fee Round-Up campaign raised £28,000 to help with our efforts in supporting community-led housing initiatives in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Our target for this year is £35,000. I would like to ask Housing Today readers to continue the generous financial support that helped us ...
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The irresistible pull of market forces
Beyond the sound and fury of the post-war, post-Greg Dyke recriminations, another crucial but unrecognised debate rages on. The narrow Commons victory on student fees provided a glimpse, even if few commentators seemed to understand or acknowledge it.
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Welsh Fed joins Wrexham transfer row
The Welsh Federation of Housing Associations has intervened in a row over a transfer in Wrexham.
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McCarthy expands empire in ODPM shake-up
Former Peabody chief to take over responsibility for Housing Corporation as well as EP
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Wakefield: 'Government policy is making our transfer too difficult'
Wakefield council has attacked government policy that it says has hampered its attempt to complete England's second-largest stock transfer.
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How we deal with prostitutes
I agree with Gill Brown that women do not freely choose to become street prostitutes (Letters, 6 February, page 20). She may well be right that there is “too much stick and not enough carrot”. As housing providers, we are clearly in a position to help give people currently excluded ...
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NAO slams 'disorganised' New Deal for Communities
Public spending watchdog says it's hard to tell whether 39 partnerships are wasting money
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Archive TitlesCity of culture
City of culture: African drumming group River Niger is among the Liverpudlian arts groups to benefit from the council’s announcement of a £420,000 Creative Communities grant. The grant is set to trigger a further £1.6m in match funding. More than 80 groups will benefit from the grants, which aim to ...
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Cardiff forced to house homeless in England
Council places families 40 miles away as Homelessness Act bumps up demand
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Archive TitlesLet them eat cake
Let them eat cake: Broadcaster Jeremy Paxman visited London’s City Hall last Thursday to launch the Getting a Life project for St Mungo’s. It aims to evaluate the services provided by the London homelessness charity.It is part of a drive to double the scale of its operations in the next ...
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Buy to let must not be ousted by REITs, say mortgage lenders
Low-tax trusts for property investment should not replace buy to let, the Council of Mortgage Lenders has said.
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Guinness set to sign up to In Business
The Guinness Trust is on the verge of signing up to the National Housing Federation’s scheme to rebrand social housing after earlier refusing to join.
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Review to recommend freezing Supporting People budget
A sweeping review of the government's £1.8bn fund for supported housing services is expected to propose today that the budget be frozen for next year.
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Corporation and GLA both confident of meeting new targets in Livingstone's plan
The Housing Corporation is confident it will be able to provide funding to ensure that London realises the mayor's goal of building 15,000 affordable homes each year in the capital.