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Archive TitlesHow I plan to tackle London's housing crisis
London mayor Ken Livingstone explains his strategy to tackle the capital's chronic housing shortage, especially of affordable homes, and assesses its progress so far
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Share crash
Shared ownership is supposed to be a cheap way to become an owner-occupier. But in these times of low interest rates, is it still a good deal?
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North Tyneside council set to slash costs
North Tyneside council is to slash management costs after finding its housing revenue account will go into the red in two years' time.
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Preston residents to take control in pioneering stock transfer
Preston council is to become the first council to introduce a form of transfer that puts tenants in charge.
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Comment
In this issue of Housing Today I set out the strategy in the draft London plan to meet the scale of the housing challenges facing London – where the population is set to rise by 700,000 over the next fifteen years – and the progress we are already making.
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Archive TitlesCountryside comes to Peckham
Countryside comes to Peckham: Developer Countryside Properties has won three regeneration contracts in London which include the provision of 379 affordable homes. 141 homes for rent and shared ownership, costing £15.9m, will be built as part of the Peckham Partnership project (pictured). Southern Housing Group will work with Countryside to ...
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Council housing chiefs call for change
Housing heads in two areas where stock transfer schemes recently stalled have thrown their weight behind calls for the Scottish Executive to rethink its housing investment policy.
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How to … Help tenants start businesses
Social housing residents are full of ideas. Nadeem Malik helps to bring them to fruition
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Bury consults on transfer
Tenants in Bury, Lancashire, are being consulted over the future of the housing stock there. A month-long consultation is under way.
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Public sector employers ‘should pay to build homes for workers’
Employers should help build homes for their employees to ease the housing crisis, according to a report from property consultant ATIS REAL Weatheralls.
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Housing Corporation staff cull begins
The Housing Corporation is understood to have begun the planned cull on the investment side of its business.
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Councils told to do more to keep right-to-buy sharks at bay
Local authorities should do more to prevent private companies taking advantage of the right to buy, the government has said.
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Archive TitlesBeautiful Battersea
Beautiful Battersea: These two tower blocks in Battersea, south London, were the subject of artist Nicholas Byrne's award-winning entry to the annual Singer & Friedlander watercolour competition. The work, with the bizarre title Under the Paving Stones: The Beach, won Byrne the Young Artist prize. Byrne explained: "On the face ...
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Council officers back best value
Three-quarters of senior local authority officers think best value plays an essential role in improving local services, according to a survey commissioned by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Archive TitlesBME housing bosses fear Audit Commission takeover
Racial equality could be set back 10 years if the Audit Commission takes over the role of inspections, leading black and minority ethnic housing chiefs have warned.
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Care home guidelines finally arrive
Supported housing providers have welcomed long-awaited government guidelines that clarify which institutions should register as care homes.
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Inspectors will work together after single body is chosen
Government tells candidates for single inspectorate to get systems in line with each other
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NHF calls for 5% VAT rate
The use of tax incentives to encourage the creation of more affordable homes will be part of the National Housing Federation’s submission for next year’s Budget statement.The NHF called for the reduction in VAT to 5% to form part of the announcement in March. It welcomed recent work done by ...