mrkfm

• Comment on: Taxing questions

  mrkfm's comment | 24/05/2012 3:14 pm

  To quote Baroness Hollis:
  
  "Until recently, when we introduced a bill like this it would not have been a welfare reform bill, it would have been a social security bill.
  
  ..the gap between social security and welfare is precisely the gap between entitlement and stigma."

• Comment on: MP to continue fight against ‘legal loan sharks’

  mrkfm's comment | 24/05/2012 11:03 am

  Thanks very much Rick

• Comment on: MP to continue fight against ‘legal loan sharks’

  mrkfm's comment | 24/05/2012 10:48 am

  how do we find out which way our MPs voted?

• Comment on: Shapps: housing supply will not meet demand

  mrkfm's comment | 24/05/2012 10:00 am

  "If you couldn’t do it then, it’s even harder now.’
  
  i.e - what we promised to do we now can't do. In fact things are worse than before, which is a problem as we have reduced the money to help people paying rent which is through the roof so more people will be in crisis and will become homeless and get into debt and ill health.
  

• Comment on: Airtight promise

  mrkfm's comment | 22/05/2012 10:03 am

  We have environmentally housing near us called Bedzed which has been up for about 20 years. In all that time it has been upheld as a great example of new housing and I couldn't work out why people keep talking about it but not building more of these houses.
  
  BedZED homes are kept at comfortable temperatures with fresh air
  using simple passive architectural techniques rather than high tech
  solutions according to their website.
  
  However - I've been to meetings there in the summer and it was very hot and humid which appears to suggest that there may be a problem wiht the technology. Much as it pains me to say this, perhaps the "passive architectural techniques" they use do not conform to the standards that Dr Feist expects.

• logging in

  Posts: 2

  In Website feedback | 01/05/2012 12:58 pm

  I'm not sure whether its just me but if I keep needing to log in to the website to read articles.  is this a problem?  I'm hoping so otherwise it will make me reluctant to use this site

• HB - what is attendance?

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  In Legal debate | 12/03/2012 4:38 pm

  stupid question probably but what does "attendance" include in regards to housing benefit.  its a question the benefits department ask in relation to claims but they won't actually explain ex

• National Planning Policy Framework

  Posts: 5

  In Policy forum | 28/02/2012 9:05 am

  I’ve been reading the thoughts of one of the Inside Housing regulars about the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This document appears to be a complete disaster and yet there

• S21 notice given in advance of any problems

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  In Policy forum | 19/02/2012 9:19 pm

  Hi All
  Is it appropriate for a housing association to issue S21 notices the minute tenants move in purely to make it easier for them in the event of any problems arising and eviction proce

• Housing Benefit cap

  Posts: 8

  In Policy forum | 27/04/2012 11:56 am

  Hi All
  I'm a bit slow when it comes to figuers so was wondering if someone could explain a couple of details about the cap.
  Firstly, thousands of families will be made homeless by

• Posted in: logging in

  mrkfm's post | 30/04/2012 4:41 pm

  I'm not sure whether its just me but if I keep needing to log in to the website to read articles.  is this a problem?  I'm hoping so otherwise it will make me reluctant to use this site regularly otherwise as I have little time to read stories so check in and out for a few minutes at different parts of the day.

• Posted in: Rent free way of beating greedy HA's

  mrkfm's post | 01/03/2012 9:11 am

  I'm not a professional but I understand that these sort of companies do exist and the government is trying to regulate them as it appears they have been exploiting people in financial difficulties and getting them to sign agreements that proved to be dodgy to say the least.

  I must admit, maybe its just because I live in London but £400 for a 2 bed bungalow seems reasonable?!  Sorry!

• Posted in: National Planning Policy Framework

  mrkfm's post | 28/02/2012 9:05 am

  Thanks John.

  I'll revisit this in March because like everything else as these things need to be challenged in advance.

  The coalition appear to be rushing through policies with little thought that appear to cause more problems than they solve whilst conveniently making a small percentage of people richer, whether it's corporations, private landlords etc

  As noted above, there are already widespread concerns and it seems to me that if this is the case then I would have thought that Inside Housing would want to provide some critical analysis of this.

  The article by George Monbiot succinctly highlights the underlying agenda of these NPPF in reality, and as this is where it is headed, it needs to be highlighted because this is precisely where all arguments come back to on the forums and any articles about housing whether here or in other media - more affordable, and sustainable housing.

• Posted in: National Planning Policy Framework

  mrkfm's post | 27/02/2012 12:28 pm

  I'm surprised no one is commenting on this.

  Everyone is always complaining that we need to build more housing and yet a planning document comes along which appears to be a mess and might result in less properties being built and yet no one is discussing this! 

• Posted in: National Planning Policy Framework

  mrkfm's post | 21/02/2012 12:24 pm

  I continually struggle to get stuff on this forum due to problems this site has with formatting but hopefully you will see below the two main links to the evidence: www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/05/george-osborne-motorway-sustainable-development www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmcomloc/1526/152606.htm

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