All Archive Titles articles – Page 1184
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London plan will ask for £150m more a year
London needs £150m a year from the government if 50% affordable housing is to be included on new developments.
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Archive TitlesUrban therapist
Policy pioneer, partnership broker, champion of academia, government adviser … No wonder Brendan Nevin, the driving force behind the Housing Market Renewal fund, is so busy. Elaine Knutt managed to catch up with him
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Think Tank
How can we handle this domestic violence case?I have been approached by a woman, who is not a tenant, to say that her boyfriend who lives with her is beating her up. She is scared to do anything because she has nowhere else to live and he will keep their ...
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Transfer notes
In my last column I promised thoughts on the transfer process. The current position is unsatisfactory all round. For opponents of transfer it's the "done deal" culmination of a selling exercise; for supporters it's a demand for an answer when voters aren't ready to make a decision to leave the ...
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Archive TitlesNorthern star
Northern star: The Northern Ireland Executive is poised to bring the independent Northern Ireland Housing Executive back under its control, first minister David Trimble said in his conference opening speech. The move will coincide with a £200m investment in the province's social housing. The cash will come from the Treasury ...
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How to win at stock transfer
Birmingham's resounding rejection made stock transfer about as popular as the Argentinian football team. But in Glasgow, it was a big hit – so what did they do wrong? Chris Wheal reports on transfer tactics
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Here's an idea
Houses are made safer in Greenwich by a local charity's free security service
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Renewal funding to be linked to performance
Neighbourhood renewal pilots that fail to deliver could have cash withdrawn
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Glasgow HA on the lookout for fresh talent
Glasgow Housing Association has begun its recruitment drive by advertising for three housing directors.
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Sector scrambles to escape lending law
Increased bureaucracy would make banks unwilling to lend money
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Equity stakes must be tailored to local needs, says think tank
Report concludes shared ownership would only be practical in regeneration areas
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Archive TitlesSquare deals
One housing association's creative urban strategy is ensuring that even the less well off share in Liverpool's revival.
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Archive TitlesWhat's the deal?
What's the deal? The London Arena stadium on the Isle of Dogs in east London is to be demolished and replaced by more than 1000 homes as part of a £300m redevelopment. Developer Ballymore Properties is in the process of selecting a housing association to manage the scheme's 265 ...
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Archive TitlesVision for rented sectorfires conference debate
The Law Commission was set to outline its controversial vision for the future of the rented sector at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference in Harrogate as Housing Today went to press.Law Commissioner professor Martin Partington was expected to call for tenancy agreements to include all the information a tenant ...
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Editor's Comment
When four of the sector's leading organisations say it's wrong, surely any government seriously interested in social housing would listen? This time, apparently not.There are no grounds for optimism whatsoever for the social housing sector leaders who have penned a desperate plea to minister for work and pensions Malcolm Wicks, ...
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Problem children get the talking cure
In the first of a regular series, George Tzilivakis looks at how mediation cured one estate's rampant kids
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Sweet charity?
The tax benefits may be huge but there are pitfalls in charitable status, says Catherine Hand
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Elephant & Castle plan hit by funding wrangle
Southwark council has dealt another blow to the beleaguered £1.5bn Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme in south London by deciding to withhold single regeneration budget funding from the local community forum.