All Archive Titles articles – Page 1107
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Transfer ballot abandoned amid opposition from tenants
Stock transfer plans have been dropped in an area of south-east London after tenants opposed the process.
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Anchor to close six offices and shed 400 staff in shake-up
Headquarters to move to London as care provider focuses on cost-effective services
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Eaton Williams solving problems
Eaton-Williams has always been a 'solutions' led company, quick to adapt to the latest advances in technology to meet customers' demands and has been at the forefront of air conditioning development.
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TURF'S UP
TURF'S UP: Peddars Way Housing Association has unveiled plans to build four homes using the latest environmentally friendly methods. The houses, to be built in Honingham, Norfolk, will be the first "earth sheltered" social housing in the country, meaning they are insulated by turf on their roofs. Extensive use of ...
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Archive TitlesTroubleshooter
When he's not saving housing associations from bankruptcy and infighting, he's saving the world from aliens. Elaine Knutt meets Julian Ashby, managing director of Hacas Chapman Hendy.
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Think tank
Which type of tenancy is right for my refuge?I am part of a team building a refuge which, unusually for such a facility, will provide self-contained accommodation for women and their families. Each flat will have a kitchen, living room, bathroom and one bedroom; plus the design of the project ...
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Public & Private
Blaming the affordable housing crisis on housebuilders is illogical.
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Transfer notes
We all know that there is a need, at least in the more challenging metropolitan contexts, to find different ways of "doing" stock transfers. If it were easy it would have been done a long time ago; but there is pressure from all quarters to rack brains and find solutions.
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Archive Titlesa london thing
A london thing: London mayor Ken Livingstone opened the second London Conference last weekend with a pledge to stick firm on his demand for 50% affordable housing on new developments. Later in the day Neale Coleman, Livingstone's housing adviser, faced cat calls from the conference floor at a session on ...
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ladies’ might
Ladies’ might: Castle Vale Community Housing Association has appointed a female-dominated team of neighbourhood wardens to one of Birmingham’s largest estates as part of a three-year, £200,000 programme. They will launch car crime and burglary initiatives with the Castle Vale Housing Action Trust this winter. Pictured are (front, left to ...
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Same-sex joint tenancies legally recognised
The legal ruling last week to allow same-sex couples to inherit social housing tenancies was already being applied by a large proportion of housing providers.
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Here's an idea
Bath council has found a way to refurbish and make the most of historic buildings
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Could try harder
The affordable housing inquiry asked Robin Tetlow what he thought of section 106. Here's what he told them
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Archive TitlesHAPPY HOMES
HAPPY HOMES: It was smiles all round at Carr-Gomm Housing Association’s second annual tenants’ conference in Birmingham. Two hundred tenants took part in workshops on creative writing, IT and the implications of Supporting People, the regime that will begin in April next year. London tenant Robert Coleman is pictured attending ...
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When nasty things happen to nasty people
hy don't we do something nasty to antisocial tenants? Hold on now – before you run out of the office, attack your least favourite tenant and then blame me for inciting you to violence, read on for a while.
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How to … Refurbish empty properties with the private sector
Getting the private sector involved is tricky but worth it.
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South-west urged to use planning powers to fight housing crisis
The south-west must make better use of planning powers to build affordable homes on greenfield sites if its housing crisis is to be addressed, according to the region’s new housing strategy.