All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1172
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The cheques files
The fraud is out there. Housing benefit cheats cost the UK more than £95m a year. But don't worry: agents are on the case. Mahua Chatterjee meets Newcastle's team of fraud officers and finds that although it's not glamorous, it works
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Government plays down housing team change
The government has moved to dampen speculation that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister could face a further ministerial reshuffle in the summer.
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How to … Carry out an effective consultation
Nigel Brooke on making a resident consultation work for everyone involved
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Archive TitlesHarrogate in brief
What happened at last week's Chartered Institute of Housing annual conference
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Frank Field's bill might not work, but rain does
Thank heavens it has been raining. Not that I wouldn't rather be basking in a heatwave, preferably against a background of waterfalls and a gently heaving ocean, but heatwaves don't seem to bring out the best on our streets and estates.
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Archive TitlesHomelessness and B&B living keep on rising
Government gives local authorities £25m to help vulnerably housed
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London & Quadrant to start community bank
Housing Trust London & Quadrant is to set up a community bank with initial funding from lenders Barclays and Lloyds TSB.
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Archive TitlesWhole new ball game
Whole new ball game: Residents of a new £5m sheltered housing scheme in the London borough of Barking try out its astroturf bowling green. Harp House, the results of a partnership between Hanover Housing Association and Barking and Dagenham council, comprises 26 one-bedroom bungalows built to Lifetime Homes standards and ...
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Archive TitlesFlatpack's back
Prefabricated houses are dark, gloomy shacks that went out of fashion at the same time as ration books, right? Wrong. Modern materials and design mean today's factory-built homes are a practical and attractive answer to social housing shortages.
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Toxic avengers
Better ways of cleaning up brownfield land mean such sites are increasingly viable. But, says Mitchell Brown, make sure you can prove the site has been properly treated
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Auguste to replace Dalvi as Ujima boss
Redbridge council chief housing officer Hassett Auguste is to succeed Aman Dalvi as chief executive of Ujima Housing Association.
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Old stamp duty law could cost associations millions
Housing associations in high-rent regions face paying six-figure sums to move homeless families out of temporary accommodation into permanent housing.
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Assembly boost for rural Wales
A new cabinet committee to coordinate the development and regeneration of rural Wales is being formed by new deputy first minister Mike German. German will chair the committee.The assembly government has also given greater priority to their responsibility for ensuring safer communities, which will be coordinated by local government and ...
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Archive TitlesLeeds at full speed with ALMO ballots
Council tenants in Leeds this week started voting on whether or not they want their homes to go into arm’s-length management – but activists cried foul over the timing of the ballot.The council proposes to set up six arms-length management organisations to run its stock. The government has said it ...
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Archive TitlesNew bill brings no aid for underperformers
Birmingham council reacted with dismay to the draft Local Government Bill's failure to extend the borrowing rules to underperforming councils.
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Affordable housing tariff plans face the axe
Senior ODPM official says controversial proposals will be dropped if they aren't popular
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Archive TitlesHousing sector achievers recognised in Queen's birthday honours list
A wide range of people from the housing sector were included in the Queen's birthday honours list last weekend.
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Shelter boss donates £25k
Outgoing Shelter director Chris Holmes has given £25,000 of his own money to Homeless International. The charity will use the money on its project helping slum pavement dwellers in India.Homeless International director Ruth McLeod said while the charity’s funds were helping communities to help themselves, more money was needed.