All Archive Titles articles – Page 1156
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How much is enough?
How much change will the money promised to housing in the comprehensive spending review actually buy? Christine Whitehead crunches the numbers
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Government proposes easing PFI subcontracting rules
Consultation paper published as housebuilder reopens assault on 'illogical' PFI credits
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Glasgow tenants seek help from Scottish Executive in fight to delay transfer
Tenants have demanded the Scottish Executive prevent Glasgow's stock transfer from going ahead as scheduled this November.
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Dame Shirley debt judgment
Westminster council has won a High Court judgment to speed the recovery of £26.5m owed to it by former leader Dame Shirley Porter.
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Lenders predict gradual decline in house prices, not crash
House prices have grown at their fastest rate since the height of the last property boom, in June 1989.
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Housing Corporation launches four-tier grading system
New inspection grades seen as bid for credibility in battle to be single housing inspector
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RDAs under fire from select committee
The different approaches to housing taken by England's nine regional development agencies have been attacked by the influential urban affairs select committee of MPs.
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Comment
ust say no – that's the cry of dissent issued by campaigners resisting stock transfer (page 24). Those championing the "no" vote reject the notion of transfer as a practical way to improve social housing and say the loss of council-run homes is, as one campaigner claims, like "selling off ...
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Confusion over role of RSLs in Elephant & Castle
Southwark Council's latest attempts to kick-start the regeneration of the Elephant & Castle area of south-east London have descended into confusion over the role of registered social landlords.
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Prescott calls in North-east greenbelt deal
Deputy prime minister John Prescott has stepped on the toes of a local authority by calling in a housing development the council had approved.
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Two London councils lock horns over right to buy
two London boroughs are fighting over the controversial policy of allowing council tenants to buy their homes.
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Archive TitlesBirmingham wants housing role split into 'neighbourhoods'
Up to 55 separate neighbourhoods could each choose their own management method
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Northern millennium village is four years behind schedule
A millennium village set up by deputy prime minister John Prescott is four years behind schedule.
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Archive TitlesWellington Beaut
Wellington Beaut: Salih Kurtcan gets ready to move into a home developed and managed by the Peabody Trust in partnership with Tower Hamlets council. The £4.7m, 46-home development is part of a £25m revamp of the Wellington Estate in east London. It was designed by HTA Architects and includes one ...
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Archive TitlesCouncils furious as government allows asylum seekers to be housed in demolition areas
The government's National Asylum Support Service is still housing families in pathfinder areas that councils are trying to clear.
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After the flood
After the flood: A national emergency should be called to help deprived areas recover from last week's flooding, according to Dorothy-Grace Elder, independent MSP for Glasgow. Glasgow council said 1500 families were affected when the flooding was at its worst. Elder said low income families had lost the most in ...