All Archive Titles articles – Page 1106
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London landlords gear up for court fight over stamp duty
Housing associations consider legal challenge to Inland Revenue with NHF support
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Editor's comment
The latest big idea for creating more affordable homes is to cut out the middlemen. Rules being proposed by the Housing Corporation will make it easier for registered social landlords to build and sell homes themselves on the open market, and understandably this is being seen as a key plank ...
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Oldham under fire for poor race cohesion work
The Audit Commission has slammed Oldham council for not doing enough to promote good race relations and stable communities in the wake of the devastating race riots in the town last year.
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Claims to fame
Amid the frustratingly slow world of housing benefit administration, one London borough is getting it right. Mahua Chatterjee went to Camden to get some tips
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Join forces to get more cash, councils told
Councils must "hunt together in packs" to share resources and gain extra cash, experts told the Chartered Institute of Housing's North-east conference on Thursday.
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Supporting People will lead to unfair charges, say care home providers
Care providers fear new sheltered housing tenants will see a hike in their service charges under the Supporting People proposals.
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Whitehall row breaks out over plans for stock transfer
A row has broken out in Whitehall between civil servants concerned that crucial elements in the deputy prime minister's housing statement next January are at odds with one another.
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Three-star councils claim right to prudential borrowing power
Leicester and Camden want prudential borrowing without arm's-length management
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Archive TitlesRegional bill excludes London
A leading London Assembly member has criticised the government for excluding London from plans to extend housing investment powers to elected regional assemblies.
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Big names lose out on Challenge Fund cash
Fund will create 4400 homes and benefit 34 associations but Peabody or Guinness miss out
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RSLs must grab a share of housebuilding, says Lord Best
Housing associations need to break the monopoly that private companies have over housebuilding, according to Lord Best, director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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Archive TitlesGovernment enthusiasm wanes for Frank Field's benefit-docking bill
The absence of proposals to withhold housing benefit from antisocial tenants from last week's Queen's Speech has boosted speculation that the government is to put the idea on the back burner.
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Second-home law changes will benefit local authorities
English Councils are in line for an extra £65m to spend on local services and the provision of affordable housing.
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Edinburgh seeks to become right-to-buy 'hot spot' area
Edinburgh council is seeking recognition as a property "hot spot" to allow it to opt out of the right-to-buy scheme.
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Archive TitlesAnglia to rebrand with 'family identity'
Anglia Housing Group is planning a £15,000 rebranding exercise for next year.
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Capital receipt set-aside rules to be scrapped so councils can invest in affordable homes
Councils are to get more freedom to spend in a government attempt to boost affordable housebuilding.
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Hyde consolidates housebuilding in bid for affordable market
Hyde Housing Association HAS brought its housebuilding operations under one roof on Monday with the launch of Inplace.