All Archive Titles articles – Page 1038
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Hammersmith & Fulham rebels over 'perverse' stock options
Tenants say council should be allowed to keep control of homes and still get extra funding
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Here's one we made earlier: A local housing strategy takes shape
The Proposal to establish regional housing boards came as little surprise, but the deadline by which they had to be launched did raise eyebrows.
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Councils fear power to use injunctions will be curbed
Loophole in nuisance bill means local authorities may lose ability to penalise non-tenants
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Editor's comment
The Gordon Brown-John Prescott double act rolled into town again this week. The chancellor's Budget was sadly lacking in the VAT reforms the housing sector has long demanded, and much of the heralded reform on housing benefit had already been announced. The reforms to stamp duty for social landlords also ...
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Stamp duty change welcomed as 'step in the right direction'
Landlords no longer obliged to pay stamp duty on tenancies for housing homeless people
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Archive Titles'We have the vision, we have the funding and we have the determination for a step change'
He's the man with the big idea. Now deputy prime minister John Prescott describes in his own words how his sustainable communities will be paid for and created
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Next-generation pathfinders link up to lobby for market renewal cash
Three of the next-generation pathfinders that missed out on the government's £500m housing market renewal funding are to work together to lobby ministers for money from the spending review next year.
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RSLs cannot inherit possession cases, court says
Tenants facing possession proceedings may be granted a stay of execution if stock transfer intervenes before a court has the chance to grant an order.
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Archive TitlesTest case settles controversy over invalid rent increases
A financial catastrophe for housing associations was averted on Tuesday after a court settled the controversial question of invalid rent increases.
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Archive TitlesDesigned with care
When an older person develops dementia, the last thing they want is to move home to get the care they need. But with a little attention to the design of housing for the elderly, they won't have to.
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Archive TitlesBrown gets tough on failing planners
Budget targets local authorities with swingeing new powers to boost housing supply
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Archive TitlesBridgebuilder
David Lunts, regeneration guru and head of the ODPM's urban policy unit, is the man in charge of making the plan work – but he found time to talk to Chloe Stothart.
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Archive TitlesNorth Hertfordshire Homes takes out loan with bond option
North Hertfordshire Homes has completed a ground-breaking £168m deal with Royal Bank of Canada.
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Volunteers do it better
I totally disagree with Derek Gillmore that volunteering does not work (Letters, 28 March, page 22). If volunteers have training and induction it works well. Gillmore states that when the money for his professional board members stopped, the professionals stopped coming – so you can see where their priorities lie. ...
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NHF bangs drum for the South-west
The National Housing Federation has launched a campaign to get more affordable housing for the South-west.
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Garden army
Garden army: Residents of Harlow Foyer, including Keleigh Ashby (pictured), are working with contractor Pinnacle to build a new garden. The £75,000 project will include an ampitheatre and a barbecue made from the front of a VW Beetle car. The work is funded by youth charity the Jack Petchey Foundation, ...
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Housebuilders up in arms over London's affordable homes targets
The plan that will map out the growth of London over the next generation entered its defining phase this week as housebuilders clashed with other groups over affordable housing targets.
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It's time for affordable housing to play catch-up
The procurement structures in the affordable housing sector are starting to resemble a historical curiosity compared with other parts of the public sector. In the NHS, Procure 21 is rolling out a programme of hospitals based on learning through experience.