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Housing Corporation pushes for Clay's Lane takeover
The Housing Corporation has asked deputy prime minister John Prescott to order a takeover of the troubled Clay's Lane Housing Cooperative.
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Whitefriars and Coventry clash over demolition plans
Councillors accuse stock transfer organisation of risking housing crisis
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Changes proposed for overcrowding law
Up to Half a million families will need re-housing if a new bill on overcrowding is approved.
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Change to discount rate throws stock
The government is under pressure to review stock transfer valuations after a Treasury ruling on how they are calculated.
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How to… Make cavity walls energy-efficient
The fourth in a series on getting the best out of your buildings.
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Archive TitlesSouthwark reveals latest plan for Elephant & Castle
The beleaguered £1bn regeneration of the Elephant & Castle has taken tentative steps back on track with Southwark council's launch of the first stage of its latest redevelopment plan.
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Care in the business community
The private finance initiative has had a chequered history in housing, but could it be the answer for underfunded care homes? Chloe Stothart looks at one success story.
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Trial run for scheme to boost regeneration
Extra funds could be raised for regeneration through a tax scheme proposed to the government.
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Bond scheme used to revamp homes
The Places for People Group has used an innovative bond scheme to raise more than £5m for regeneration and employment projects.
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Birmingham forced to sell care homes
Birmingham council has admitted it cannot afford to bring its 29 care homes up to national standards and will have to sell them as a result.
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Durham care homes closure faces legal battle
Durham County Council's plan to close and replace 17 care homes is under threat from a human rights court case.
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Archive TitlesRefugee charities slam NASS over asylum chaos
Pressure mounts as two leading groups join criticism of asylum-seeker service
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Housing association loans under threat from law change
Lenders fear Housing Bill proposals to double moratorium period would threaten security
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London & Quadrant launches key-worker housebuilding arm
London & Quadrant Group will launch a subsidiary to build more key-worker homes next month.
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Archive TitlesIt's twins: priority areas to get ODPM champions
Ministers to take personal control of progress in key high- and low-demand areas
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Insecurity and ambition
The dreaded word "privatisation" is not so much a myth but a tormenting demon that has to be continually rationalised in the hope that it will be expunged from the housing professional's pyche (Stephen Duckworth, 16 January, page 23). I suspect the torment does not lie in the organisational sense ...
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'Build prefab factories in South-east,' urges development agency
Off-site manufacturing got a massive shot in the arm this week, with the news that a regional development agency is pressing housebuilders to set up enough factories to produce "tens of thousands" of prefab homes.Sir Anthony Dunnett, chief executive of the South-east England Development Agency, has held talks over the ...
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Yorkshire council forced to pay £5000 to evicted tenant
Richmondshire District Council has been ordered to pay £5000 to a female tenant it evicted.In granting the order, the local government ombudsman found the Yorkshire council had failed to consider whether the woman and her daughter, both of whom were not named, should have been given exceptional leave to remain ...