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Archive TitlesRefuge appeal goes to parliament
Housing Today's Christmas appeal in aid of domestic violence charity Refuge has led to 37 MPs tabling an early day motion for a national awareness campaign on domestic violence. The motion calls for action to help the victims of domestic violence to be a public policy priority and says the ...
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Annington Homes
An article in Housing Today, (28 November 2002) alleged that Annington Homes Limited had entered into negotiations with the Hastoe Housing Association for the sale of former Ministry of Defence homes at Carver Barracks in Saffron Walden but had pulled out of those negotiations when they were all but completed ...
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National union for tenants launched amid concerns over role
A national union of tenants has been launched to press for a bigger say for tenants in housing policy.
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Richard Kemp resigns after hate mail over failed regeneration plan
Liverpool housing executive member Richard Kemp resigned last Friday after he received hate mail over a failed regeneration scheme.
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2nd opinion: Wasted potential
Heather Petch suggests New Year resolutions to help RSLs get the best out of refugees
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£100m bail-out for Glasgow transfer comes under attack
'Contingency fund' takes public transfer for the subsidy to more than £1.6bn
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Think tank
Illness affecting benefitOne of our council's tenants needed a long stay in hospital and, because of her illness, her home was no longer suitable. A more suitable property was found – but required disabled adaptation. In order to qualify for a disabled facilities grant, the 1996 Housing Grants, Construction and ...
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Archive TitlesStirred, not shaken
A level head, a big heart and a sense of responsiblity – the recipe for an ideal chief executive, according to Moat Housing chief John Barker. Stuart Macdonald meets a man living up to his own high standards.
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Tolerance is not indulgence
A well-meaning new policy on drugs runs the risk of tying carers' hands.
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How to … Network your offices
You can provide IT support for all your staff, no matter where they are.
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Here's an idea
Why not let sheltered housing scheme residents have a say in re-designing their home?
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Through the looking glass
The government's attitude to RSLs and stamp duty is bizarre.
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Archive TitlesIn a fix
If you're a painter or a plumber, the skills shortage and wage rises that have rocked the repairs and maintenance sector is good news. But if you're a housing association or a council, you've got a crisis on your hands.
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Early intervention plan to help no-star councils
Three County Durham councils that suffered no-star inspection ratings are to join a pilot "early intervention" project to help them turn services round.
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ODPM considering 'hit squads' to help councils with CPOs
Government explores ways of helping councils to speed up the regeneration process
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The Communities Plan needs new thinking
The Deputy Prime Minister is due to announce his Communities Plan in January. The document will put flesh on the bones of the comprehensive spending review. Understandably, expectations are high. Albert Einstein once said: "You cannot solve problems with the way of thinking that created them." Clearly, we need new ...
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Editor's comment
Goodbye large-scale stock transfer, hello small-scale community-based housing associations. If the days of LSVT didn't already seem numbered, they will now with the publication of a report by Birmingham's independent commission (page 9). The commission concentrated on routes for improving the management of the city's 80,000 council homes and bringing ...