Friday, 25 May 2012

Olympics special

29/07/2011

Featuring an interview with Newham’s mayor Sir Robin Wales, and a look at how the housing sector is preparing to contribute to the games

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    From fielding competitors to providing accommodation, social housing will be making a highly eclectic contribution to next year’s Olympic Games. Nick Duxbury finds out how the sector is limbering up to the challenge

  • Man on a mission

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    With just 12 months to go until the Olympic Games begin, mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales tells Nick Duxbury why the host borough’s legacy is under threat and how he hopes to save it with an audacious new housing policy.

  • Team spirit

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    An east London local authority is considering buying up swathes of private rented sector accommodation in an attack on ‘unscrupulous landlords’ as part of its Olympic legacy plans.

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    1 May 2012

    As voters across England, Scotland and Wales prepare to go to the polls, we assess the key battlegrounds for housing

  • Wind of change

    05/08/2011

    A host of new laws are set to change the landscape for Welsh social landlords. Michael Northcott reports

  • The legal aid lifeline

    02/12/2011

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  • Foreign intervention

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    The threat of climate change may not be a big enough priority in most countries, but going green can help to tackle other, more pressing, socio-economic problems, as demonstrated by a retrofit project in South Africa, says Jane Henley

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