Inside Housing
22/08/2008
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Adapting designs for older people
22/08/2008
I am writing in response to your article on the residential warden cutbacks in sheltered accommodation and housing for older people (Inside Housing, 18 July).
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An affair to remember
22/08/2008
The report into the collapse of Ujima Housing Association has been published and digested. Inside Housing asked a panel of experts what they made of it.
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Arm’s-length chief suspended amid health and safety fears
22/08/2008
The chief executive of a Yorkshire arm’s-length management organisation has been suspended following allegations of inadequate behaviour and poor practice.
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Ashfield on board
22/08/2008
Equity Housing Group has appointed Brian Ashfield as chair.
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Association to slash costs by cutting jobs
22/08/2008
Troubled housing association Servite Houses has warned its staff they face losing their jobs as part of radical restructuring to slash costs.
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Bid to boost shared equity sales
22/08/2008
A group of housing associations are in talks with a leading property consultant about outsourcing the marketing of hundreds of shared ownership properties.
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Bovis slashes jobs as profits plummet
26/08/2008
Builder Bovis has reported a huge slump in first-half pre-tax profits, down to £11.7 million in 2008 from £58.4 million for the same period last year.
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Buy-to-let lending holds up as market falls
26/08/2008
The buy-to-let market is holding up well compared to wider mortgage lending.
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Charities demand changes to benefit rules
26/08/2008
Homeless charities Shelter and Crisis have joined forces to demand improvements to housing benefit.
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Communities reap economic gains from migrants
27/08/2008
Migrants should be seen as a benefit rather than a drain on resources, a leading think tank has claimed.
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Construction figures increase pressure on government
26/08/2008
Pressure on the government to take radical action to get the housing market moving again has intensified as figures showed construction growth reversed between the first two quarters of this year.
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Councils square up for a fight
22/08/2008
Worried councils are drawing up battle plans to keep hold of hundreds of millions of pounds in payments which help them repair homes and keep their tenants’ rents down.
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Customer care
22/08/2008
Michaela Marcham has joined LHA-ASRA as head of customer services at its Leicester head office.
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Defining ‘failure’ of social housing
22/08/2008
I am grateful to Peter King for making his position so clear (Inside Housing, 15 August).
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Degree of change
22/08/2008
What can you expect when you sign up for an undergraduate degree in housing? Focusing on SheffieldHallam University, Philippa Ward asks an academic, a graduate and a student about the high and lows
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Eco-towns drive hit again
22/08/2008
The government’s proposed eco-towns have taken another hit after it emerged the announcement of the towns still in the running would be delayed.
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Eco-towns remain an oxymoron
22/08/2008
Dr Chris Handy seems to be confusing eco-homes with eco-towns in his attack on Germaine Greer and other celebrities (Inside Housing, 15 August).
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Email alerts
22/08/2008
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Empty property tax hits regeneration work
26/08/2008
Regeneration champions have warned that tax burdens are making it hard to develop sites.
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Energy giant levels prepayment rates
27/08/2008
Energy giant E.on has announced it will charge pre-payment meter customers the same as those with standard meters, but prices will rise by up to 26 per cent.
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Equal and diverse
22/08/2008
Housing Hartlepool has appointed Yasmin Khan as equality and diversity manager.
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Everything must go
22/08/2008
Cash-strapped German councils are selling their homes to private investors. Simon Brandon looksat how the shift from not-for-profit provider to moneymaking venture is affecting communities
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Executive sent
22/08/2008
Homes for Haringey has appointed Ola Akinfe as executive director of asset management to oversee the borough’s five-year investment programme and £200 million decent homes programme.
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Fact and fiction
22/08/2008
Management is a career path littered with urban myths and received wisdom
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Fight must be fair
22/08/2008
A slow and lingering death is council housing’s predicted fate if the government mishandles its finance regime reforms. Even Whitehall admitted as much in a briefing paper as far back as May.
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Floating support a big step backwards
22/08/2008
I would like to congratulate Inside Housing on its reporting, and tenant campaigner Vernon Yarker on his dedication, in trying to bring the truth to the government and the people in this country of the decline in sheltered housing.
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Government underspends on supply
22/08/2008
The Communities and Local Government department spent £255 million less than planned on improving housing supply and meeting demand last year, its accounts have revealed.
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Homelessness among women a separate issue
22/08/2008
I read with delight your article on the Conservative Party’s report into the rise of women in emergency accommodation (Inside Housing, 8 August). These facts, though terrible, must be known.
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Housing aspirations and shared ownership
27/08/2008
This is one of a series of briefing papers on various aspects of affordable housing prepared by the Housing Corporation and the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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Integration by numbers
27/08/2008
40-40-20. A bank sort code? An Olympic beach volleyball configuration? The measurements of an unenviably proportioned woman?
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It all adds up
22/08/2008
A new financial inclusion course helps landlords to help their tenants. Kath Grant reports on the launch of the latest Chartered Institute of Housing qualification
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It's great up north
22/08/2008
Journalists must have breathed a sigh of relief when the Policy Exchange gave us a break from the Olympics with its unexpected headline-grabbing report.
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Labour conference to vote on legal aid review
22/08/2008
Influential Labour Party members are calling for an independent review of the legal aid system, following changes which lawyers fear will rob vulnerable tenants of housing advice.
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Lib Dems demand action on housing
27/08/2008
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the government for being ‘feeble’ in its attempts to pull cash-strapped homeowners out of the credit crunch and boost social housing supply.
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Lib Dems to debate Cable’s ‘part-tenants’ motion
22/08/2008
Every struggling homeowner should be given the chance to become a ‘part-tenant’, the Liberal Democrat shadow Treasury spokesperson has urged.
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Market downturn threatens shared ownership
26/08/2008
The Housing Corporation has warned that shared ownership tenants and landlords face ‘difficulties’ in the downturn as selling becomes harder.
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Migration drop reduces pressure on services
26/08/2008
The number of eastern European migrants coming to work in the UK has fallen to its lowest level since accession, according to Home Office figures.
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New regulatory era could see big fish go hungry
22/08/2008
The big fish in the social housing sea have often welcomed the chance to dine on their ailing cousins.
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No one-size-fits-all solutions here
22/08/2008
As you reported in your issue of 8 August, Help the Aged and Age Concern England are both calling for the government to review the impact of Supporting People on sheltered provision.
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Perfectly planned
22/08/2008
Terry Farrell is in no doubt that good planning is the basis of healthy, happy and successful communities
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Piece of cake
22/08/2008
Wendy Wilks, Chris Vause and Andrew Shaw ask how rent to homebuy will affect the shared ownership system
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Police support offenders with housing problems
26/08/2008
A London council has launched a scheme to prevent ex-offenders from losing their tenancies.
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Power to the people
22/08/2008
Simon Ellery reports on training schemes to equip tenant board members with the right skills for the job
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Referee not rescuer
22/08/2008
Peter Marsh, chief executive designate of the Tenant Services Authority, has initiated a welcome ‘national conversation’ about the future of regulation.
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Rushing in
22/08/2008
Donald Rushton has been appointed chair of Magna Housing Group.
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Sciarretta joins Sentinel
22/08/2008
Alex Sciarretta has joined Sentinel Housing Association as business development manager.
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Solidity of Dutch guarantee is tempting in troubled times
22/08/2008
The demise of Ujima Housing Association at the end of last year was a wake-up call both to housing associations and to the bankers that have lent them billions.
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Squeeze strands tenants in wasteland
22/08/2008
Tenants on an exemplar 900-home development have been left surrounded by wasteland because building work has ground to a halt following the economic downturn.
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Stunted growth makes life hard
22/08/2008
Credit crunch coverage has focused largely on the blows to the housing and mortgage markets.
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Taylor Wimpey issues market warning
27/08/2008
House builder Taylor Wimpey has warned that the ‘very challenging’ UK market shows little immediate sign of recovery.
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Tenants drain help fund
22/08/2008
Councils are facing a run on a budget set aside to help impoverished tenants bridge the gap between their rents and housing benefit, following controversial rule changes.
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The young ones
22/08/2008
A diploma for 14 to 19-year-olds could open young people’s eyes to careers in housing. Neil Merrick finds out more
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Think tank lives in academic bubble
22/08/2008
Much of the comment on the recently published Cities unlimited: making regeneration work report by the Policy Exchange think tank has focused on its lack of analysis, understanding or insight.
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Thornton in the side
22/08/2008
St Vincent’s Housing Association has appointed Vinny Thornton as asset manager.
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Troubled waters
22/08/2008
Judith Damerell on fears that the Planning Bill may hamper new social housing
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Urgent funding review demanded by charities
22/08/2008
The government should consider dropping sheltered housing from the Supporting People programme, two major older people’s charities have claimed.
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Ways and means
22/08/2008
To launch Inside Housing’s special focus on housing education, Philippa Ward finds that flexibility of learning is increasingly key
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Why challenge the ombudsman?
22/08/2008
I wonder why Haringey Council is choosing to challenge the decision of the local government ombudsman (Inside Housing, 8 August).