All Archive Titles articles – Page 1086
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Whitehall agrees to change PFI rules
Clarification in line with sector's demands means schemes could get under way in four months
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Shaftesbury hopes for more funding after second credit rating
Shaftesbury Housing Association got a second credit rating last week as part of its drive to access more funding sources.
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Sector divided over ADP partnering changes
Housing associations are sharply divided over alterations to the Approved Development Programme to promote partnering.
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Liverpool agrees Boot estate action plan
Liverpool council has agreed measures to help the residents of its Boot estate in Norris Green.
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Living above the shop
Living above the shop: A row of Georgian shops and offices in Newcastle have been restored and their upper floors have been converted into maisonettes as part of a £6.6m project. The Grainger Town Partnership, which consists of of Home Group, Newcastle council, English Partnerships, English Heritage, regeneration agency One ...
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Claim checks cut benefit arrears 75%
A housing benefit pilot study has helped a group of registered social landlords cut benefit arrears as much as 75%.
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Archive TitlesGovernment appoints 12 experts to oversee Hull recovery
A dozen government-approved experts are to help steer Hull council out of its housing and governance difficulties.
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Ombudsman rules on 10,000th case
The Housing Ombudsman has marked its 10,000th case by asking a housing association to investigate the cramped conditions in which a couple and their three children are living.
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Editor's comment
Whatever John Prescott announces next week to curb the right to buy is welcome and long overdue (see page 7). The damaging effect of 23 years of Margaret Thatcher's first privatisation policy are now only too apparent to those at the sharp end of housing provision as they struggle to ...
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Transfer notes
I am often asked about the factors that determine the outcome of stock transfer consultation with tenants. Analysing tenant ballot results over the years has been both invigorating and unsettling. It's been invigorating because tenants frequently show a breezy disregard for PR and over-packaged offers, are extremely realistic about ...
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The new wave
More and more employees are abandoning the private sector to work in social housing. Elaine Knutt finds out what's in it for them – and what they can bring to the sector
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Tenant satisfaction plunges to new low
SOCIAL HOUSING tenants are much less happy with their landlords than they were nine years ago.
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KENDER surprise
KENDER surprise: The Kender Triangle regeneration project in New Cross Gate, south-east London, has entered its second phase following the appointment of landscape architect Broadway Malyan. The project, managed by Hyde Housing Association, will create a mix of affordable and shared-ownership homes and private homes for sale. In total 434 ...
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Here's an idea
Literacy and numeracy courses mean staff perform better – but tenants benefit too
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Archive TitlesThe hell of high water
The hell of high water: Social housing tenants in Chertsey, Surrey, were among those forced to leave their homes on Friday after massive floods. More than 50 homes in Chertsey had to be evacuated. The floods have forced registered social landlords across the country to take action – among them, ...
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Gateway to revolution
There's a quiet revolution going on in Preston. A new housing management model is about to give tenants a real chance to run their own neighbourhoods – and the skills to do it properly.
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Fudge on the menu
Government planning policy looks like it’s been overcome by timidity. No change there.