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Archive TitlesPoint taken
Point taken: Liverpool's Preston Point development (right) was highly commended in this year's Housing Design Awards.The scheme, a conversion of two warehouses, was designed by Shed KM for Maritime Housing Association. The mixed commercial and residential sites include 80% shared ownership. The Housing Design Awards are organised by the Royal ...
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Urgent Update: Supporting People
SUMMARYThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister issued a financial package on the 10 June 2002. This Update highlights the main elements of the package for providers of supported housing.
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Tell it like it is
You have a golden opportunity to influence law reform on tenancies – don't waste it
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Greasy pole
Peter Jeffery has six tips on attracting the right people to your organisation
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London won't get the homes it needs until planning is reformed
Ken Livingstone's London plan, the embodiment of his aspirations for the city, has now been published.
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Welsh pair fight fraud
Two welsh councils have been praised by the Department of Work and Pensions inspectorate for improving the way they tackle housing benefit fraud.
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Archive TitlesHot Dragon
Hot Dragon: Soho Housing Association's Green Dragon House in Covent Garden, central London, won a commendation in last week's Camden Design Awards. Monahan Blythen Architects had to work to strict criteria set down by Camden Council – half the £2m development had to cater for families needing three or more ...
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Design service set up
The Architecture Foundation and the National Tenants Resource Centre have joined forces to create a national design service for tenants and residents in deprived areas.The Glass House offers advice and technical help to residents interested in becoming involved in local projects and development schemes. A spokesman said: “We believe design ...
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Archive TitlesFuture dense
High-density housing has a grim reputation, but it doesn't have to mean decaying tower blocks. It can mean leafy squares, private gardens and thriving communities. Laura Hare looked at what works
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Glasgow transfer faces delay as tenants find training tough
Cash plans are late as management training proves a heavy burden for tenants
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Exclusion Unit urges 'going-straight' deal for housing ex-prisoners
prisoners should sign "going-straight" contracts to qualify for tailored support in finding accommodation on release.
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Sandwell rejects stock transfer as two more councils vote yes
Two stock transfers in the north-west of England, totalling more than 21,000 homes, are set to raise more than £250m for repairs and modernisation programmes.
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Midlands unions furious over sale of maintenance contractor
Unions in the midlands are furious that a £50m repairs deal is likely to be transferred because the contractor is up for sale.
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Editor's Comment
In some London boroughs it can take 70 years of waiting before your name comes up for a council home. So the call this week from homelessness charity Shelter to suspend council house sales recognises the fact that many feel the right to buy needs rethinking.The council housing equation is ...
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Changes at the top for Shelter
Robert Silbermann has been appointed interim director of homelessness charity Shelter.Silbermann is a former chair of Shelter’s commercial arm and has also been chief operating officer of Save the Children UK. And consultant Andrew Gray is the new president of the Chartered Institute of Housing. Gray replaces Richard Kitson who ...
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Taskforce to examine high Supporting People cash claims
The government has moved to allay fears that supported housing schemes will have funding cut after a rash of unusually high claims for cash to cover the separation of support costs from rent next year.
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Hit squads to tackle East End car dumping
East Thames Housing Group has started a zero-tolerance policy on car dumping on its estates in London Docklands in a bid to tackle antisocial behaviour and nuisance.