All Archive Titles articles – Page 1008
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Archive TitlesLet us spray
Let us spray: A drab subway in Southampton has been turned into an underground gallery thanks to a £10,000 council grant. Arts group Beyond Graffiti recruited local graffiti artists to paint murals in the underpass. The grant also funded a second similar project in the city. Council staff, representatives from ...
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Archive TitlesRed, yellow and green
Red, yellow and green: Black Country Housing and Community Services Group have begun work on a £3m development of “lifestyle” apartments aimed at homeowners or tenants over 50 years old. The project is to build 33 flats – both for rent and shared ownership – in West Bromwich, in the ...
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What's going on?
Are landlords taking any advantage of the current legislation on antisocial behaviour? Are they passing on, with police aid, the benefits to the tenant? Are they redressing the wrongs inflicted on tenants in the past? Have they now got into place all that is necessary to ensure tenant safety now ...
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NHF: Supporting People has a place on forums
Supported housing providers fear that their projects will lose out in the race for funding under the regional housing board system.
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Archive TitlesToo posh for dosh
Council homes in Barnet can't get regeneration subsidies because their neighbours are too rich. So the council turned to the open market to find the cash for an ambitious renewal programme
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Tory MP flags up eviction delays
Conservative MP andrew turner is to meet housing minister Lord Rooker to discuss a legal precedent that is delaying the eviction of antisocial tenants with mental health problems.
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EP to launch online database of surplus public land
List aims to encourage public bodies to trade sites rather than selling to private sector
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Archive TitlesKin and country
The government has promised to help people like Nigel Payne-Wilkins, a divorced father living in a Norfolk hostel with his son. But campaigners say its policies won't help rural homeless families. Housing Today finds out why
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Archive TitlesKin and country
The government has promised to help people like Nigel Payne-Wilkins, a divorced father living in a Norfolk hostel with his son. But campaigners say its policies won't help rural homeless families. Ellen Bennett finds out why.
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Housing Finance Corporation seeks credit rating
Social housing lender the Housing Finance Corporation is in talks with three credit agencies about getting a rating.
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Archive TitlesHull chief executive suspended as council descends into chaos
Labour rips up recently reformed council structure as political name-calling erupts
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Regional board plans threaten decency target
Draft strategies focus on local problems rather than helping councils to meet 2010 standard
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ODPM delivers blow to hopes for PFI funding switch
Government rules out recalculation of credits that would have made process more affordable
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ODPM report slates draft bill enforcement plan
A report for the office of the Deputy Prime Minister has slated the draft Housing Bill proposal to update the way private sector housing standards are enforced.
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Overpayments: you can fight back
Until the government abolishes payment of housing benefit direct to landlords, as it has proposed, housing associations will regularly find themselves being asked to repay overpayments, often running into thousands of pounds.When the debt is not due to any mismanagement by the landlord, the landlord is left carrying, administering and ...
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'Astonishingly bad' CIH unveils best-value review of operations
The Chartered Institute of Housing is to launch a best-value review of its operations after housing professionals slammed it as "unprofessional" and "astonishingly bad".
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Archive TitlesCouncils not assessing needs of disabled
charity john grooms has warned that three-quarters of local authorities have not assessed the housing needs of disabled people, despite continuing problems finding suitable accommodation.The comments were made by David Harmer, chief executive of the disability charity, as it unveiled a report on the issue on Tuesday. The study found ...
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Archive TitlesArt house drama
Art house drama: The Guinness Trust is running an “art house” two evenings a week in one of the empty flats on its Naish Court development in Islington, north London. Residents can learn from artist Janey Hagger (pictured) and have their work displayed on the site hoardings.