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Boarded up homes

Work experts target housing estates

Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 11:36 GMT

Employment experts are to be sent into some of the most deprived housing estates in Britain in a £12 million drive to get more people into work.

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Jane Ashcroft

Anchor names new chief executive

Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 08:25 GMT

The board of Anchor Trust has chosen a successor to John Belcher, the most highly paid chief executive in the sector who left in November.

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Pic of dog

Tougher laws to tackle 'weapon' dogs

Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 08:03 GMT

The home secretary has set out plans to toughen laws on dangerous dogs, in response to fears that animals are being used to ‘intimidate communities’.

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Cranbrook eco-town

More eco-towns in green planning reforms

Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 09:01 GMT

The government has announced two new eco-town sites, as it unveiled a series of planning changes to encourage sustainable development.

Ballot paper

Wanted: your views on the general election

Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 07:57 GMT

As part of our general election coverage Inside Housing is looking to recruit a panel of readers to tell us what you think.

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Fire

Youth charged over sheltered housing deaths

Tue, 9 Mar 2010, 14:15 GMT

A 15-year-old boy has appeared in magistrates’ court charged with killing a couple living in sheltered housing in Warwickshire.

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Forums

  • Housing Benefit

    From: Ask the Experts Last post: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:40 GMT

    If a tenant has attempted to get the HA they are housed with to stop charging for services tenants do not receive and are charged for through HB what can they do to stop this theft? Some tenants...

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  • The Use of Data Warehousing in Social Housing

    From: Ask the Experts Last post: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:51 GMT

    Linda My organisation have data warehouses and associated Business Intelligence tools to manage key operational functions/processes/KPIs It can/does work and is a fundamental for really...

    Posts: 3 Topic Views: 237
  • law on trees

    From: Ask the Experts Last post: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:31 GMT

    The law on trees is can be quite complex and I am not entirely certain that there is a right to light. Please ceheck out this website which may be of further assiatnace to your particular problem....

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Resources

  • Time to act

    Justin Sumner gives his thoughts on how the latest economic developments could affect the housing market

  • Sweeping changes

    The regulation of health and social care providers faces an overhaul. Linda Convery explains the implications

Safe as Houses petition

Better safe than sorry

05/03/2010

As Inside Housing’s Safe as Houses campaign reaches its climax, Emily Twinch salutes the manner in which the sector has pledged to follow up its key aims

Stroud revenue and benefits team

Reaping the benefits

Tue, 9 Mar 2010

Ninety per cent of calls to Stroud’s revenues and benefits department were ‘waste’, the council has found. Peter Middleton explains how it came to this conclusion, and what it did about it.

Stock pic of policeman

Calming measures ahead

05/03/2010

Police force speed awareness programmes were the inspiration for a new programme designed to steer tenants away from developing anti-social behaviour. Steve Gough reports

Stuart Macdonald

Step in the right direction

05/03/2010

In last week’s edition we published the latest instalment in our House Proud campaign.

Celine Mauboules

The Canadian way

05/03/2010

Canada’s Winter Olympic Games provided a chance to rethink Vancouver’s housing policy

Blogs

Jules Birch

What goes up

Tue, 9 Mar 2010

It had to happen sooner or later and the latest RICS survey this morning confirms it: supply is finally outstripping demand in the housing market.

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