All Archive Titles articles – Page 1022
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Here's an idea
Employ young resident representatives to support your 16- to 25-year-old tenants
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Archive TitlesThe view from here
Scotland has had its fair share of woe trying to bring its stock up to date. But it's not all bad news. Elaine Knutt takes a look at the housing situation in the country's three biggest cities
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Rural housebuilding programme halves output
The number of homes built through the Housing Corporation's rural programme has halved over the past five years due to lack of funding.
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Group structure pays off for Network
The six Small associations that formed Network Housing Group are now borrowing on more favourable terms than they did as lone entities.
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Archive TitlesGreen and pleasant
green and pleasant: Young residents of Testway Housing in Hampshire collected 30 bin bags of rubbish from a local nature reserve on the morning of 25 April. Luke Balcer, aged 8 (left) and Karl Leicester, aged 9 (right) are members of the Green Team – an initiative organised by the ...
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RSLs invited to join Home Office focus group on role of voluntary sector
The Home Office is looking for up to 500 housing associations to join a panel exploring the needs of voluntary and community groups.
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PFI model proposed to fill gap left by social housing grant
Consultant to suggest private finance to ODPM as a route to meet decent homes standard
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Archive TitlesHiggins shakes up EP to deliver Prescott's plan
New structure will focus on regions, with special executive to oversee Thames Gateway
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Corporation to ditch two-thirds of development partners
Assistant chief executive says number of associations funded could drop to 150
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Editor's comment
Housing associations are getting worse at collecting rent, or so the Audit Commission says in a report this week (pages 13 and 28). To be fair, the commission clearly points to the complicated and inefficient process of paying housing benefit as the main reason why registered social landlords are only ...
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Get what's coming to you
Rent arrears are a problem for everyone, but a few changes to working practices can dramatically increase the amount you collect. The Audit Commission's Rita Patel reports on what RSLs are doing to get what they deserve
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Archive TitlesSteinberg to be chief executive of East Lancashire pathfinder
Max Steinberg is leaving the Housing Corporation after 25 years to be chief executive of East Lancashire's market renewal pathfinder.
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Corporation: more Challenge Fund cash is on the way
The Housing Corporation is to launch a further £59m Challenge Fund bidding round, writes Joey Gardiner.
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MPs call for more sympathetic deportations
Enforced removals of asylum seekers whose applications have been refused must be carried out more rapidly and humanely, a Commons inquiry has said.
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Lukewarm response to call for power to set pay
Councils' calls to be given greater powers to set pay levels for their staff have received a mixed welcome from the sector.
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Doctors call for taskforce to link health and housing
Doctors have urged the government to link housing policy with children's health policy by creating a dedicated taskforce.
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More calls for limits on right to buy
Housing bodies in the south-east have once again called on the government to give councils and post-transfer housing associations the power to limit the right to buy.
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Archive TitlesEnglish Nature calls for caution on brownfield development
Move to block building on ex-industrial site that harbours rare species could be first of many
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Audit Commission may test rent-collecting prowess
Housing associations' collection rates could be part of inspection criteria
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Stroud plans to set up housing association
Stroud District Council plans to establish a housing association if its tenants vote for stock transfer later this year.