Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Inside Housing
17/11/2000

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  • Havant gets one star

    21/11/2000

    Havant Council has been awarded one star by the Housing Inspectorate for its housing services, which were today judged 'fair but unlikely to improve'.Havant transferred its stock in January 1994 to Hermitage Housing Association. The inspection the

  • London rough sleepers' consultation launched

    20/11/2000

    Advice surgeries, a rough sleepers' charter and better access to existing services are among initiatives proposed by Glenda Jackson, homelessness adviser to London mayor Ken Livingstone.The charter would be signed by local

  • Negative subsidy relief

    22/11/2000

    Long-awaited transitional measures for 'negative subsidy' under resource accounting have been announced by the DETR.Councils affected can apply to transfer resources from their housing revenue accounts into their general fund when the major repair

  • Northern Consortium joins C4H

    21/11/2000

    The Northern Consortium of Housing Authorities has joined the newly launched Choice For Housing advice service on council stock options.C4H was formed last month by the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Local Government Association.In

  • Southwark transfer halted

    17/11/2000

    London's largest social landlord Southwark Council has scrapped plans to ballot tenants on transferring nearly 60,000 homes to community-led registered social landlords.Councillors agreed to halt the transfer last week after concerted opposition f

  • Travellers' rents equalisation call

    21/11/2000

    The cost of renting a pitch on travellers' sites should be reduced to bring it to parity with local authority housing, according to new recommendations from the Scottish Executive. The report also calls for planning for travellers' sites to be a requ

  • West Hampstead under supervision

    22/11/2000

    The Housing Corporation has placed West Hampstead Housing Association under supervision, citing 'serious concerns' about governance, financial management and the landlord's financial position.The three appointees are: business consultant Willem Bu