All Archive Titles articles – Page 1198
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Three councils get 'two stars and improving'
Three councils each received two stars from the Audit Commission last week, and all were expected to improve still further.
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Archive TitlesSporting conduct
SPORTING CONDUCT: Teenagers Michael Fielding and his Belfast opponent Chris Mervyn took part in a major boxing tournament sponsored by Villages Housing in Merseyside. The 14-year-olds were among a dozen boxers from Knowsley and Belfast to take part. Mervyn lodged at Fielding’s home.Coach Michael Fielding senior said: “It’s all about ...
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'Unscrupulous' loan firms target vulnerable right-to-buy tenants, claims Trafford council
Unscrupulous lenders are adding to a "looming crisis" of affordability in Trafford, the council has warned.
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Archive TitlesReality check
Gremlins struck last week's announcement of a new discussion body for tenants headed by Lord Falconer, our most voluble minister. The email ended up unkindly headed "Sounding boar". He's obviously warming to his tusk, er, task.The wags at Housing Quality Network have come up with a more pithy version of ...
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Archive TitlesStructural change
Dawn Marshall presents a four-step programme to help RSLs cope with the task of rent restructuring
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The challenging world of mixed tenure
I was being driven around a fairly new estate, mostly commuter homes on the edge of town, spending a day there with the vicar, when I asked him about affordable housing on the development.
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Cost of homes up ten per cent
House prices have risen by more than 10 per cent over the past year, according to new Land Registry statistics. But the figures could point to a slowing down of London’s rampant housing market.
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Cash pledge for low demand
The government has given its strongest pledge yet that it plans to put huge new investment into areas of low housing demand.
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Tenants challenge right to buy rules
Angry tenants of the Guinness Trust in north London are calling for the right to buy their homes.They claim it is unfair that former council tenants can buy while they are not allowed to do so. They also say the trust's services are substandard.But the pleas from tenants of ...
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Blair's zone gets a zero-star rating
The housing maintenance division of Sedgefield council – which covers prime minister Tony Blair's constituency – has been awarded a zero-star rating by the Audit Commission in a damning report.
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Birmingham's new priorities
Birmingham council's new cabinet member for housing, Sandra Jenkinson, has vowed to regenerate the city's under-funded social housing and rebuild its communities, following the shock defeat of its stock transfer plan last month.
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North voids land councils with huge bills
The Northern Housing Consortium is researching the costs of managing declining areas, after evidence emerged that some landlords face serious difficulties.
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Better the housing regulator you know
If the Housing Corporation does eventually fall victim to a series of regional assemblies, the sector will have had a fine example of the law of unintended consequences in action.
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Westminster slated for poor B&B policy
Westminster council housed a young mother in unsuitable bed and breakfast accommodation and then failed to deal with her complaints.
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Archive TitlesClear away
CLEAR AWAY: Part of Liverpool’s Kensington district went up in a cloud of dust at the weekend when Controlled Demolition Group blew down a 22-storey block.The tower block in Kenley Close was razed to the ground as part of a £500,000 demolition contract for a regeneration project, backed by Liverpool ...
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Associations should boost private rented sector, says study
Registered social landlords should be encouraged to get into the private letting market, an expert commission has urged.
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Archive TitlesHigh Art
HIGH ART: Liverpool Housing Action Trust and local contemporary artists are set to convert a 22-storey block of flats into a work of art. Following its ‘Up in the air’ art project, the trust is handing over the tower block for three one-month residencies, each culminating in an exhibition. The ...
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Union attacks arm’s-length pioneer as ‘privatisation’
A union branch involved in one of the country’s first arm’s-length housing management organisations is calling for the concept to be scrapped.