All Archive Titles articles – Page 1187
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Community test
Last year's race riots in the north of England blew the lid off some long-festering housing tensions. After the affected towns set out their social cohesion strategy last week, we ask what role can housing play to bring communities together?
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Editor's comments
Dogs bark, housebuilders gripe. It is therefore no surprise that housebuilders are less than happy with demands for more affordable homes in return for planning permission. More surprising, though, is that these complaints are finding increasingly sympathetic ears among social landlords concerned by what seems to be over-reliance on an ...
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CIH cuts fees
The Chartered Institute of Housing is to half student membership fees next year but denied the move was a bid to reverse falling membership.As of 2003, annual student membership fees will be slashed from £58 to £25 with entrance fees abolished. But fees for senior members are set to increase.Members ...
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Cornwall's Kerrier Homes Trust suspends its chief executive
Cornwall based Kerrier Homes Trust has suspended its chief executive Stuart Dry.
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Archive TitlesRinging the changes
They may not have banking sector slickness, but call centres for housing associations make a lot of sense. Josephine Smit reports from East Thames
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How indecision and a bust builder cost a landlord dear
Lack of direct liaison with residents exacerbated a troubled improvement programme, says Dr Mike Biles
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Government to demand more brownfield schemes
Regeneration cash will depend on Northern councils meeting stringent land re-use targets
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Archive TitlesSchemes in brief
Solar heating firstThe Metropolitan Housing Trust has opened what it claims is the country’s first housing development to extract the sun’s warmth from the earth surrounding it to provide energy-efficient heating.The 17 homes in Ashfield, Kent, contain “ground-source heat pumps” that provide heat and hot water at 50% of the ...
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Birmingham defeat fails to dent transfer progress
Nearly 9000 council homes will transfer to housing association management this month, with a further 90,000 expected to change hands by the end of September.
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Shelter hails Scottish rights bill for homeless
Shelter Scotland has welcomed the confirmation that a homelessness bill will be introduced in next year's programme for the Scottish Parliament.
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Top marks for Newcastle benefit fraud hit squad
Newcastle council has been hailed as a top performer after detecting £800,000 of benefit fraud.
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Archive TitlesThe butcher, the baker and the idealists
There's more to making places than just shoving in as many affordable homes as possible.
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British RSLs back global charity
The Department for International Development has agreed to contribute £7m to a global housing charity fund that is the brainchild of the British housing association sector.
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ALMOs to sound their voice in national body
The eight existing arm's-length management organisations have responded to last week's funding allocations to all 13 second-round applicants by outlining plans for a national trade body.
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2nd opinion: Homes and gardens
Barry Munday looks east for inspiration on urban living
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Can you tell me...
If you're not sure, you're not alone. Here are just some of the questions Saleem Akram received this month
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Archive TitlesWhat a shower!
Grimy workers reinforce the image construction is so keen to shed, but without proper facilities just what are they supposed to do?.