Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Inside Housing
27/11/2009

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  • Investment prompts house building surge

    02/12/2009

    The number of affordable homes built in Scotland reached record levels this year, according to the Scottish Government.

  • ‘We don’t really do it like that, dear’

    27/11/2009

    Young people don’t like being talked down to. So one east London housing association has set up a youth empowerment board to give them a real voice in their community. Katherine Levy meets some of its pioneering members

  • 40 per cent of pathfinders ‘failing to engage’ with lenders

    27/11/2009

    Forty per cent of the partnerships set up to tackle low demand for housing have failed to engage effectively with lenders during the recession, the Audit Commission has revealed.

  • A room with a view

    27/11/2009

    Could social housing developments be stopped if deemed ‘annoying’ to neighbours?

  • Address Northern Ireland divisions

    27/11/2009

    The article Commission sets out NIHE’s options (Inside Housing, 13 November) listed seven key recommendations. These appear to be worth further consideration and should be useful in helping shape ideas and policies.

  • Affordability advice body under review

    03/12/2009

    The independent body that advises the government on the affordability of housing is undergoing a review into whether it is fulfilling its remit.

  • Aldwyck settles race discrimination case

    27/11/2009

    Aldwyck Housing Association has settled with a member of staff an employment tribunal ruled it had racially discriminated against.

  • ALMOs petition over funding delay

    03/12/2009

    Arm’s-length management organisations have set up a petition demanding the government reverse its raid on their funding.

  • Banks ask for more security

    27/11/2009

    The amount of extra collateral that housing associations have been asked to put up to provide security for complex financial agreements jumped between July and October 2009.

  • BoE figures show increase in lending

    30/11/2009

    The number of loans approved for house buying increased slightly between September and October.

  • British residents quit European sheltered housing code group

    27/11/2009

    Residents have walked out of a group designing a European code for sheltered housing, complaining they were forbidden to represent consumers’ views.

  • Bundred to quit Audit Commission

    27/11/2009

    The chief executive of public spending watchdog the Audit Commission is to stand down next year.

  • Charity finds 1.3m struggle to pay rent

    01/12/2009

    The government must do more to help the 1.3 million low-income families who are struggling to keep afloat financially, a new report argues.

  • Cities given more power over housing

    02/12/2009

    Two cities will have greater power over decisions on housing and regeneration as part of a pilot programme.

  • CLG reports progress on rough sleeping

    01/12/2009

    Hundreds of rough sleepers have been housed in the private rented sector through a government scheme, according to a Communities and Local Government department report.

  • Councils given more freedom over allocations

    04/12/2009

    Councils are to be given more freedom to allocate social housing as they see fit, under statutory guidance published today.

  • Councils given more power

    27/11/2009

    Three London boroughs will be given greater power over how they spend affordable housing funding as part of a pilot scheme.

  • Councils receive £135m to plan homes

    02/12/2009

    Housing minister John Healey has confirmed £135 million of funding for councils that have identified land for homes.

  • Development

    27/11/2009

    Our focus on house building examines the current state of the market, and the challenges that lie ahead in 2010

  • Families face 33-year wait for housing

    02/12/2009

    A quarter of English local authorities would take more than a decade to clear their housing waiting list, according to Shelter.

  • Finished timber block burnt down in 2007

    07/12/2009

    A block of completed council flats which had to be demolished after a fire was built from timber frame, it has emerged.

  • Foreign exchange

    27/11/2009

    As England tries to wrestle public housing finance into shape, Kathleen Scanlon asks what lessons the reformers can learn from around the globe

  • GHA appoints chief executive

    01/12/2009

    The UK’s largest housing association has named its acting chief executive Martin Armstrong as its new head.

  • Group aims to protect rough sleepers’ rights

    27/11/2009

    A homelessness charity is setting up a team to protect rough sleepers’ human rights after it became concerned by the action being taken against them by police and councils.

  • Hand in hand

    27/11/2009

    The HCA could not achieve anything without its local authority and development partners, says Sir Bob Kerslake

  • Happy families

    27/11/2009

    It could be a card game - HAs selling homes they don’t want to landlords which do. With satisfied tenants just one result, Lydia Stockdale finds out why stock rationalisation is all the rage.

  • Harj Singh to lead embattled Aldwyck

    03/12/2009

    Aldwyck Housing Group has appointed Harj Singh as its new chief executive, following a turbulent month for the association.

  • HCA panel to help councils

    27/11/2009

    The Homes and Communities Agency is to set up a panel to help councils with stalled private finance initiative schemes for housing developments.

  • High Court to rule on Hossack warden cases

    03/12/2009

    The first two court cases against social landlords that have removed live-in wardens in sheltered housing schemes began yesterday.

  • House price slump expected despite latest rise

    01/12/2009

    House prices have risen for the seventh month in a row but are beginning to slow down, the latest Nationwide house price index has revealed.

  • House price surge expected to falter

    30/11/2009

    The surge in house prices in recent months has only been felt across 37 per cent of the country.

  • Land Registry records 0.6% price rise

    27/11/2009

    House prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in October, by 0.6 per cent, according to the Land Registry.

  • Landowners to be given right to allocate homes

    30/11/2009

    Rural landowners could be put in charge of allocating affordable housing built on their land, under government proposals.

  • Liverpool Mutual Homes backs safety campaign

    03/12/2009

    The entire executive and senior management team of Liverpool Mutual Homes have signed up to Inside Housing’s Safe as Houses Campaign.

  • Luck of the draw

    27/11/2009

    In the final part of our series on the decent homes standard, Neil Merrick examines how councils whose tenants voted to stick with them as landlords are rising to the challenge of meeting the standard by the 2010 deadline.

  • Mansion tax to aid lowest earners

    30/11/2009

    The Liberal Democrats would help the low paid by imposing a tax on homes worth over £2 million.

  • Mayor admits homes goal will be missed

    02/12/2009

    Boris Johnson’s target to get 50,000 affordable homes built in London has been put back a year because of economic conditions.

  • Mutual respect

    27/11/2009

    Policies must be established if we are to reap the benefits of co-operative and mutual housing

  • New horizons

    27/11/2009

    The Commission on the Future for Housing in Northern Ireland has set out its suggestions for the provision of social housing in the country. Emily Twinch finds out what people on the ground make of the key proposals

  • NI executive finds £6m for delayed maintenance

    03/12/2009

    Thousands of homes across Northern Ireland will receive delayed maintenance works to their homes after a £6 million funding boost.

  • NI minister reverses plans on Travellers

    27/11/2009

    Councils in Northern Ireland will not take responsibility for Travellers’ sites as originally planned, the minister for social development has announced.

  • Nine areas backed for second wave of eco-towns

    01/12/2009

    Nine local authorities are in the running to be included in the second wave of eco-towns.

  • One down, two to go

    27/11/2009

    Residents of England’s thousands of high-rise blocks will soon be able to sleep easier in their beds. The Tenant Services Authority this week moved to meet one of the demands of Inside Housing’s Safe as houses campaign.

  • Patel to retire from LHA-ASRA

    02/12/2009

    Atul Patel is to step down as group chief executive of LHA-ASRA at the end of the year.

  • Peckham blaze triggers timber frame safety talks

    27/11/2009

    Fire chiefs are meeting with the government and manufacturers of timber frame homes to discuss new measures to improve building site safety after a major fire in Peckham.

  • PfP wins US investment

    27/11/2009

    Places for People Homes has concluded a $200 million deal with US-based private investors, secured against the housing association’s property portfolio.

  • Plotting the future

    27/11/2009

    The starting point for our announcement last week that we were selling plots of land to housing associations for £1 each was the dire need for affordable housing in Leicester.

  • Police given dog warning before fatal attack

    01/12/2009

    A housing officer had warned police he suspected illicit dog breeding at a Liverpool house where a four-year-old was fatally injured in an attack.

  • Rational moves

    27/11/2009

    Everyone in housing has heard the tale of the urban council which apparently has dozens of housing associations working within a square mile.

  • Regional cuts to hit renewal work

    14/12/2009

    A 20 per cent in funding to improve private homes will seriously hamper housing plans, regional agencies have warned.

  • Regulator launches landlord comparison site

    01/12/2009

    The social housing regulator has created a website that allows tenants to compare housing associations in their area.

  • Spire wraps up £46 million stock transfer

    27/11/2009

    Spire Homes has successfully completed the transfer of Rutland Council’s housing stock after securing £46 million of funding from Lloyds Banking Group.

  • Tenants flee their homes in Cumbria

    27/11/2009

    More than 200 social housing tenants have been forced to flee their homes after severe flooding in Cumbria.

  • Tenants offered £500 to shop subletting neighbours

    30/11/2009

    Neighbours will receive £500 to turn in social tenancy fraudsters, housing minister John Healey announced today.

  • Transfer of stock is no certainty for NI

    27/11/2009

    Inside Housing speculated (13 November) that recommendations from the Commission on the Future of Housing in Northern Ireland were likely to focus on the transfer of the stock of the well-respected Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

  • TSA grants high-rise demand

    27/11/2009

    Housing regulator the Tenant Services Authority has backed one of the key demands of Inside Housing’s Safe as Houses campaign.

  • TVH told to launch governance review

    27/11/2009

    Regulator acts after former board members complain about high staff turnover at Three Valleys Housing

  • Video: A year of the TSA

    03/12/2009

    A year on from the launch of the Tenant Services Authority, chief executive Peter Marsh discusses the social housing regulator’s key achievements, and the challenges that lie ahead

  • Walk the line

    27/11/2009

    Social landlords at last have guidance on when EU rules apply, says Andrew Harbourne

  • Welsh associations increase spending

    09/12/2009

    Housing associations in Wales have increased their spending by 20 per cent this year, according to Community Housing Cymru.

  • Welsh seek power to legislate on social housing

    01/12/2009

    The Welsh Assembly Government is to ask Westminster for powers which will allow it to legislate on housing for the first time.

  • Welsh support scheme faces review

    02/12/2009

    The Welsh Assembly Government has ordered a review of its £140 million a year Supporting People scheme to ensure money is being spent efficiently.