All Archive Titles articles – Page 1054
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Think tank
Roof space and the right to buyWhen dealing with the sale of upstairs flats through the right to buy, I am being asked to sell the roof space as well, as prospective purchasers hope to convert it to living space. Historically, we have not included the roof space when selling ...
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Vat and stock transfers
Denis Holly is wrong to draw a link between the VAT avoidance cases taken to courts by HM Customs & Excise recently and the agreement formulated last year that enables stock transfer registered social landlords to recover VAT on "catch-up" repairs ("Public & Private", 21 February, page 15). Such a ...
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Sales pitch
SALES PITCH: This development of 201 homes next to Arsenal football club's new stadium is one of the projects set to benefit from a fresh wave of Housing Corporation investment. In all, the corporation will spend £581m over the next year to provide over 10,000 affordable homes, including 3400 homes ...
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Making a kiln
Making a kiln: An estate of 1920s concrete houses in Surrey is to be redeveloped into these homes for shared ownership, rent and sale. The shared ownership homes will be provided by Thames Valley Housing Association. Waverley council and developer Lovell will rebuild the Kiln Fields estate in Haslemere in ...
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Islington outsourcing
With regard to Islington council’s decision to terminate its contract with ITnet (“Islington pays £2m to scrap outsourcing deal”, 28 February, page 10), the council has signed a contract with the ITnet to provide backroom IT support, but no money has changed hands for the contract termination.Addressing poor performance in ...
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Scotland passes progressive homelessness law
The Scottish Executive has passed its new Homelessness Bill, a law hailed by campaigners as one of the most progressive in Europe.
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A marriage made in heaven
The PPC2000 contract brings landlord and builder together in mutually beneficial harmony
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How do you legislate for good neighbourhoods?
Launching the Communities Plan, deputy prime minister John Prescott acknowledged that "anyone looking at the record over past decades will recognise that all governments have failed to meet the housing needs of our people".
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Archive TitlesJoin the gang
In a sector dominated by large housing associations, life can be tough for smaller RSLs. Katie Puckett looks at how the little guys are banding together to build their strengths and compete with bigger players.
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Scotland set to get first URC
A £180m regeneration scheme on the edge of Stirling may result in the formation of Scotland's first urban regeneration company.
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Festival welcomes foyer project into its family
Festival Housing Group has expanded its range of services by bringing a local foyer project into the group.
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EASYLET TAKES OFF
EASYLET TAKES OFF: Key workers in Hertfordshire will benefit from new "rent-easy" apartments being developed by Metropolitan Housing Trust. In total, 13 flats will be offered at sub-market rents in Hemel Hempstead, after the trust secured £422,500 in Challenge funding for the project. The trust has also got similar funding ...
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ODPM split from DfT was a 'lost opportunity'
The split between the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Department for Transport has been called as "a lost opportunity" to merge transport and housing policy by a House of Commons committee.
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Designers are your friends
CABE would like to congratulate the Housing Corporation on its promotion of the role of design champions to housing association boards and senior management ("'Design champions' to be a condition of development grants", 28 February, page 13).Far from being seen as a threat and the imposition of onerous conditions, it ...
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Archive Titles'I would reconsider Crisis merger,' says new Shelter director
The biggest homelessness charity in Britain is set for a new strategy – which could involve a resurrection of merger plans with Crisis.
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Corporation to rate RSLs with 'traffic light' system
Sector bemused by plan to grade their performance red, amber or green
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Quarter of Housing Corporation spend to go to prefab housing projects
From next year, a quarter of the Housing Corporation's estimated £1.4bn investment budget will be directed to off-site manufactured homes.
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Editor's comment
Ever since the government decided to bring the inspection of housing associations under the remit of the Audit Commission, the sector has been bracing itself. With just a little over two weeks to go before Roy Irwin and his team take up the role of chief watchdog, change is in ...
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Guidance to come on new employment laws
A user’s guide is to be published to help housing associations with new employment laws that will take effect from April.