All Archive Titles articles – Page 1167
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How to … Stand out from the crowd
Charlotte Desorgher on how to get the press and the public to notice your organisation
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Council smartcard scheme starts in North-east
Council tenants in north-east England can now pay their rent and access services using the country’s first regional “smartcard”.
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Decent homes concept extended to vulnerable owner-occupiers
The government has bowed to pressure from MPs and extended the principle of decent homes to the private sector.
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Editor's Comment
So Monday wasn't a bad day for housing, even though it didn't get the largesse that health and education enjoyed. The chancellor didn't give the sector all the money it asked for, but it got more than it might have feared. There was an extra £1bn or so to spend ...
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Brussels questions legality of Glasgow stock transfer
Formal probe follows complaint that Scottish Executive loan breaches European law
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RSLs and tenant groups brought into Elephant & Castle talks
Southwark council has met with nine housing associations to discuss ways to revive the flagging regeneration of Elephant & Castle in south-east London.
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Schemes in brief
Jephson revamp finishedThe £2.5m remodelling of 10 Jephson Homes sheltered schemes for the elderly has been completed. The Housing Corporation supplied half of the project's funding, with the remainder raised by Jephson. The works at each scheme were tailored to the particular requirements of its tenants and included converting outdated ...
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Branding is a matter of tailoring, not tinkering
The results of recent opinion surveys, suggesting that only a small percentage of the general population would actively seek a social housing tenancy, have reinforced what must be a major concern about the perception of our product.
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No big changes foreseen for planning green paper
Planners anticipate "no surprises" in the planning green paper announcement today from deputy prime minister John Prescott.
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Carers beware
RSLs providing care homes should be aware of how the Human Rights Act affects them
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Equity stake schemes must be backed by extra cash, experts warn
EXPERTS are warning that schemes to give social housing tenants a financial stake in their home must get additional funding.
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Pimlico co-op hits back at Westminster council 'money mismanagement' claims
london's Pimlico Village Housing Cooperative has accused Westminster council of creating the crisis that led to the the co-op being taken over by the council.
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Spending review boosts South and renewal areas
Brown also announces streamlining of planning and a new inspectorate for housing
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Dilys Fletcher appointed to sounding board
Oldham council tenant Dilys Fletcher has been recruited to the government's new sounding board just three months after being rejected by her council's arm's-length management organisation. In a further vote of confidence, the government has asked her to be the national voice of ALMO tenants.Fletcher was told in April that ...
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ALMOs shelve plans for national trade body
The 19 arm's-length management organisations that won funding from the government have split into unofficial regional groups.
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Slash in major repairs allowance expected to allow extra cash for transfers
Deputy prime minister John Prescott is set to announce cash for estate transfers and more help for low-value full transfers in his speech today.