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Archive TitlesNational register to keep tabs on troublemakers
Government to gather evidence on antisocial tenants and decide who loses benefit
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Archive TitlesOn its way out
On its way out: This eight-year-old £1m social housing development is to be demolished after vandalism and low demand rendered it uninhabitable.The Agecroft Gardens estate in Middlesbrough was built by English Churches Housing Group in 1994 with a £700,000 Housing Corporation grant. But when demand for its 20 one-bedroom homes ...
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Here’s an idea
Five West Midlands-based landlords are letting their tenants do the inspecting …
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Forget hospitals: housing is the priority
Whatever happened to the balance of payments? In the 1960s and 1970s we heard of little else and the fact that Britain always seemed to have be in the red was a cause of endless handwringing – we still have a deficit today, but nobody seems bothered.
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Archive TitlesWhere will we put everybody?
From Monday, the Homelessness Act will increase the number of people whom councils must house. But, reports Gemma White, many simply can't afford to meet this increased obligation
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Plenty of paperwork, but not enough money
I have a bet with my head of supported housing policy. I bet that the financial regime for supporting vulnerable people, due to begin in April 2003, will be delayed.
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A social duty?
The revival of 19th-century stamp duty legislation means many housing associations face huge bills – and more families will end up living in B&Bs. Bob Wilson reports on the campaign to get this tax administered more sensibly
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Deliver regeneration, says taskforce
The urban taskforce has called on the government to deliver urban regeneration now that the policy foundations have been laid.
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St Edmundsbury in VAT deal
St Edmundsbury Council is to transfer ownership and management of its 6022 tenanted homes to landlord Havebury Housing Partnership this week.
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Archive TitlesHousing Corporation hopes to double its grant funds in spending review
The Housing Corporation is battling with ministers for up to double the £1.2bn it currently hands out in grant funding.
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How to … Survive a new-style Housing Corporation inspection
Charlie Hughes volunteered his housing association to be part of the trials of the revamped inspection regime. He got a thumbs-up report, and so can you
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Archive TitlesHoxton turns a corner
Hoxton turns a corner: A housing scheme for key workers in Hoxton Square, east London, was opened this week by junior housing minister Tony McNulty. Developed by St George for the Notting Hill Housing Group, the scheme offers almost 200 homes for key workers and was funded by private finance.
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Private contractor gears up to run Northern estates
Councils and housing associations ready to outsource estate management, firm says
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Editor's Comment
Good intentions – not enough resources. It's a common gripe in a sector grappling with a constant stream of Whitehall housing policies. Two of those currently falling into this category are the new Supporting People regime, due to come into force next April (see pages 9 and 24) and, a ...
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Developers challenge unreasonable demands of planning tariffs
planning tariffs were challenged this week by housing developers giving evidence at the meeting of the government’s urban affairs subcommittee inquiry into affordable housing.
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Archive TitlesGrass ceiling
GRASS CEILING: This sustainable development for Maidenhead and District Housing Association has been nominated for this year's Housing Design Awards, to be announced today. The prefabricated scheme contains 27 low-rise homes which are timber framed and clad and powered by solar roof panels. Sustainability is an important part of the ...
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Extravagant claims put supported housing cash at risk
Lack of cap on transitional housing benefit threatens Supporting People regime with delay
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