All Archive Titles articles – Page 1003
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25 inside M25
Reading "35 under 35" (13 June, page 30), it was most gratifying to note the number of excellent young housing professionals in the London area, but I fear for the future outside of the M25.There appears to be no mention of colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and a ...
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Archive TitlesThe bench test 2: Making life easier
The Galaxy KeyProx from Ademco MicrotechNo need for a separate card reader
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2nd opinion: Change and the euro
If we can't join the single currency because of the homes market, how do we change it?, asks Christian Wolmar
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Conference calls 2
As someone who has attended and enjoyed every CIH conference for 15 years, I did not recognise the event from your facetious account. Like me, the many Housing Today readers who give up valuable time away from their desks and families for the serious debate and discussion that characterise the ...
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Places for People gets go-ahead for 1350 Newcastle homes
Council approves association's £184m proposal to build homes and infrastructure
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Archive TitlesThe bench test 1: Excellent image quality
2130R network camera from Axis CommunicationsA prime example of the Internet Protocol 'revolution'
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Archive TitlesVerint Systems (Loronix)
Founded in 1987, Loronix Video Solutions (supplied by Verint Systems) is a leading provider of networked digital video management systems, delivering to multiple industries in over 36 countries worldwide.
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Is it a winner?
Is it a winner? This design by PCKO Architects has been shortlisted in the Royal Institute for British Architects’ Housing Design Awards. It has been developed for Focus/Castle Vale Housing Action Trust in Birmingham, for the site previously occupied by Ternhill House tower block. It would comprise 11 homes, all ...
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Think tank
Warden's husband is abusing sheltered housing tenantsThe husband of one of our residential wardens is proving a problem. He has a drink problem, which results in antisocial behaviour and verbal abuse towards our elderly tenants. We have spoken to him but he has also been abusive to our housing officer, ...
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Ombudsman was unfair
The article "Complaints and complications" (30 May, page 34) was extremely unhelpful.My association was most perturbed by the distorted picture painted of Paddington Churches Housing Association. All publicly funded organisations must expect scrutiny and constructive criticism – and, when appropriate, accept bad publicity. However, to have it presented as a ...
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Loft in space
LOFT IN SPACE: Developer Urban Splash has unveiled designs for the refurbishment of a Victorian terrace in Langworthy, Salford. Urban Splash will work with architect Shed KM to give a modern feel to the existing buildings. Salford First Housing Association is in negotiations to join the project, which will be ...
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It was never meant to be like this
The New Deal for Communities was the government's attempt to do the right thing – invest £2bn in community renewal and give residents a say in how the cash was spent. It didn't quite work out that way. Elaine Knutt finds out how lack of experience, budget wrangling and in-fighting ...
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New but not improved
Is the New Deal for Communities a poor deal? A quarter of the projects in the government's flagship regeneration initiative are floundering, so it's a fair question.The government says it is still early days and that it is closely monitoring the 39 neighbourhoods sharing the £2bn pot. Plus, the New ...
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Archive TitlesTreasury to overhaul housing PFI
'Finance trusts', pioneered by the NHS, may make PFI quicker and cheaper for housing
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Here's an idea
Helping residents with their gas bills could stop them leaving expensive-to-heat homes
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Jobseekers' guide
The first of a series on places to work looks at what it's like to live in Lincolnshire
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Archive TitlesWho got that job?
Housing 21 advertised for a housing policy and performance manager on 9 January. James Hughes meets the woman who got the job