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NHF buys stake in HouseMark
The National Housing Federation has bought a stake in HouseMark, the internet-based benchmarking service for social landlords, after four months of negotiations.
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Suspend the right to buy, demands Shelter
Charity calls for council home sales to be suspended to stem housing 'haemorrhage'
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Archive TitlesWrong to buy?
As homelessness charity Shelter calls for drastic reforms to the system under which council tenants can buy their homes, Mahua Chatterjee looks at how the dream of home ownership for all is becoming a nightmare
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Calls for Brown to spend more
The Construction Products Association has called for chancellor Gordon Brown to double the capital spending budget of the Housing Corporation in the comprehensive spending review.
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Elephant & Castle forum claims council broke contract
A legal dispute is the latest setback to hit the regeneration of the Elephant & Castle area of south-east London.
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Archive TitlesMinisters put brakes on benefit reform
Complexities of overhauling rent and benefits systems will delay roll-out until at least 2006
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Put rates up, Bank told
The Bank of England is under increased pressure to raise interest rates to counter soaring house prices. Prices are now a fifth higher than this time last year.
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Institute backs decency plans
The National Home Improvement Council has backed the Chartered Institute of Housing’s call for a decent homes target for private sector housing.The institute pointed out last month that about 520,000 private homes are in areas blighted by low demand (HT 20 June, page 10). Initiatives are needed to tackle this, ...
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Tenants’ federations win back cash and recognition in Hull and Liverpool
Federations in Hull and Liverpool have won deals to secure their place as the independent voice of tenants after years of wrangling with their respective councils.
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Co-ops up in arms over tenancy proposals
Law commission proposals to change tenancies have been branded "outrageous" by housing cooperatives. They argue the move would destroy the nature of cooperative housing.
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South Derbyshire has 'culture of apathy'
Report slams management and uncovers history of missed targets
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How to… Set up acceptable behaviour contracts
Alison Blackburn and Jyoti Vaja share lessons from Islington's pioneering ABC scheme
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Archive TitlesMan about the house
Nick Raynsford's getting tough on housing and tough on the providers of housing. The local government minister tells Saba Salman why it's time for councils to shape up – or suffer the consequences
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Planning experts expect green paper to abandon tariff idea
Prominent planning experts expect proposals to replace section 106 agreements with a tariff system to be dropped from the planning green paper later this month.
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Tax U-turn to save up to £24m on refurbishment
Housing associations can now offset the cost of fitting double glazing against tax
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Team picked to plan £100m Runcorn scheme
Regeneration body English Partnerships has appointed a consortium to plan a £100m regeneration project in Cheshire.
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Trouble at the top
With increasing numbers of directors being disqualified, how can you avoid the drop? John Davies some of the top traps.
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Working together
Pre-planning, partnering and supply chain integration were promoted in the Rethinking construction report. A recent conference investigated how effectively these processes are being applied.