All Archive Titles articles – Page 1202
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Contracts risk for Supporting People
More than half the people working for councils on implementing the government’s Supporting People programme are on fixed term or temporary contracts, alarming research has found.
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Equality code puts onus on landlords
Housing associations must incorporate race equality issues in their business plans, but individual landlords will decide how it is to be done.
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Reality check
Last week's Mayday shenanigans were a threat not only to global capitalism but the bastions of quangocracy too, it seems.Corporation staff trudging to the Kremlin on Tottenham Court Road were given sound advice on how to avoid being mistaken for a fatcat and assaulted: "Dress down," an urgent message told ...
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Archive TitlesBurnley will regroup following far right gains
Officials in Burnley have vowed that the election of three far right councillors last week will not derail the town's regeneration plans or efforts to resolve its housing problems.The shock success of the British National Party in the town that was the centre of rioting last summer led to calls ...
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Archive TitlesHomes shortage is blamed for price boom
Skyrocketing house prices can probably be blamed on a shortage of homes coming onto the market, according to the National Association of Estate Agents.
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New bill benefits leaseholders
Leaseholders are set to be given the right to manage their flats after the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill received royal assent last week.
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West Belfast bursts at seams
Housing demand in west Belfast has outstripped supply, according to figures released by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive this week.
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Landlords could be bankers for tenants
Housing associations and lenders must work together to reduce financial exclusion among tenants, says a new report. And their partnership must be seen as part of neighbourhood regeneration.
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Drum bangs on with repairs
Drum Housing Group has announced plans to invest a further £8m in improving homes in Hampshire.
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Regulator bails out Clays Lane in bizarre twist to legal case
The Housing Corporation last week saved the Clays Lane co-operative from being wound up by intervening in the courts over an unpaid bill.
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Troubled Ashram Group seeking a partner
Birmingham-based Ashram Group is seeking partners to take it over and form a group structure.
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Charities set against withholding of benefit
Homelessness charities have reacted angrily to government proposals to dock housing benefit from 'nuisance' neighbours.
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Parties in housing squabble after Norwich changes hands
The new Liberal Democrat council in Norwich has accused the defeated Labour group of running a “dirty tricks campaign” in the run up to last week’s local government elections.
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£21m boost 'not enough' for Edinburgh
The leader of Edinburgh council has expressed her disappointment with the amount of cash the city received for the development of new housing.
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London key worker plans need £20bn
The government must provide an extra £20bn if it is to resolve London's key-worker housing shortage through initiatives such as shared ownership.
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Archive TitlesA trip through time
When HBG converted the old tramshed in Bath, imperial Rome came back to life
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Can you tell me...
If you're not sure, you're not alone. Here are just some of the questions received this month
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Archive TitlesVibration salvation
We discuss the growing pressures on building service managers to provide problem-free utilities, and looks at the ways vibration monitoring systems can help.
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Archive TitlesPractising what he preaches
Brian Moonedirector, Construction Best Practice Programme
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Passing the safety test
There's an easy way for even the most unprepared to pass with flying colours when the inspector pays a call