All Archive Titles articles – Page 1048
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Archive TitlesTo 2010 and beyond
How should the m&e sector meet the challenges of the future? Karen Fletcher reports from Think 2010.
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Finding out about prefabrication
Where can I get information relating to the effect prefabrication is having on building services?
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The future has landed
The future has landed: Irwell Valley Housing Association has commissioned Ian Simpson Architects to turn a1960s slab block in Manchester into these 52 flats for sale. The £5.3m redevelopment of Ossington Court will cross-subsidise the development of 20 homes and 16 flats for shared ownership on surrounding land. Irwell Valley ...
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Archive TitlesMoney isn't everything
The 2003 Inbucon salary survey shows housing enjoying above-inflation wage rises. But associations aren't complacent. Now they're finding other ways to boost recruitment – employee-friendly working practices, job satisfaction and final-salary pensions.
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Archive TitlesThree-year wait ends as PFI starts in Manchester
Sector's first private finance initiative is finalised at £90m Plymouth Grove project
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Archive TitlesEdinburgh plans Gold Service-style incentive scheme
Edinburgh City Council is to consult tenants about introducing an incentive scheme based closely on Irwell Valley’s Gold Service scheme.
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Scotland gets decency standard and guidance on transfers
The Scottish Executive was expected to unveil a decency standard for social housing this week.
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Stalled homelessness project leaves council in urgent search for new sites
A project to tackle homelessness among vulnerable groups in Winchester is facing a race against time to retain a six-figure government grant.
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Archive TitlesDiversification could hit core services, say housing managers
Housing providers are embracing diversification but worry that it could adversely affect the delivery of core services.
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Pay rising faster as sector competes with private firms
The gap between the pay rises enjoyed by housing association chief executives and those of their staff is narrowing, according to the sector’s biggest salary survey.
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Editor's comment
In a sector known for its compassion, the tough language being used by David Blunkett about antisocial behaviour still goes against the grain (page 16). But much of what he proposes in the white paper and the bill has struck a chord with housing professionals. Antisocial behaviour is the biggest ...
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Archive Titles'If people see clear penalties and swift enforcement, they'll start to comply'
The home secretary tells Niall Dickson why he's getting tough on nuisance neighbours and rogue landlords.
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The Cinderella service
A new Audit Commission report describes homelessness assessment as the poor relation of housing services. But it offers scant help for those trying to improve, says Margaret O'Brien
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Three choices is not enough
The National Audit Office's finding that taxpayers pay £1300 more for each council house renovated through stock transfer than they would if councils were given the funds to do the repairs raises questions about value for money – even though the report also finds that transfer schemes have "brought about ...
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Twynham seeks partner and chief executive
Twynham Housing Association is looking for a partner to enter into a group structure, and a new chief executive to lead the troubled landlord out of Housing Corporation supervision.
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Don't get caught in a draft
Be careful how you word your section 106 agreements if you want to get what you hope for
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Archive TitlesBreak out
Prisoners have little hope of breaking the cycle of re-offending on release if they have nowhere decent to live. That's where a project in Doncaster is helping.
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Who was the trail brazier?
Re: "A real brazier burner" (Social Animal, 14 March, page 21). In 1981 my dear friend Sandra Leventon resigned from her position as general secretary of what is now known as the Community and Youth Workers Union. She had held this role since 1965, pipping Baroness Brenda Dean to the ...
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Archive TitlesDTI research project to boost use of prefab
Off-site construction is set for a boost from a Department of Trade and Industry research initiative.