All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1181
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Where the money is
Matthew Richards analyses the results of Inbucon's definitive survey of who earns what in housing associations
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… But united in indifference to the jubilee
Social landlords are leaving it to their tenants to organise celebrations of the Queen's Golden Jubilee next week.
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How to … Survive a transfer
Anne Elliott explains why it is essential to apply the TUPE regulations to those involved
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Survey reveals growing salary inequalities
Location and seniority have key impact on housing association pay
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Archive TitlesGetting their kicks
As World Cup players square up to each other in Japan, their young followers on a south London estate have to contend with injuries and angry residents.
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Archive TitlesThe future's orange
The future's orange: Kensington Housing Trust has completed a 12-flat development on behalf of Look Ahead Housing and Care. The £1.1 million scheme at 320 Ladbroke Grove is intended to house former rough sleepers and was funded by the Housing Corporation.The project, designed by PRP Architects, was required by planners ...
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Race riot towns unite to lobby for housing renewal fund
More cohesive communities depend on solving housing problems, council leaders warn
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Regeneration millions must be spent – or EU could reclaim it
Millions of pounds of regeneration cash could be clawed back by the European Union unless social housing providers get involved.
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Woolf at the door
Civil court reform has made justice more expensive, especially for those who need it most
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Archive TitlesDemolition gran
Demolition gran: Collins Memorial Trust tenant Sybil Holt, 91, last week turned the turf to mark the demolition of 1970s tower block Collins House at Eastleigh in Hampshire. Sybil has been a trust tenant for 25 years. Collins House will be replaced by a £1.8m development of 24 one- and ...
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Archive TitlesNewcastle survey spells doom for decency targets
Huge funding gap revealed as council plans for housing stock are sent back to drawing board
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London key-worker homes deal signed
London-based housing association Threshold has signed a £27m contract with housebuilder Berkeley Homes to provide 166 homes for key workers through a shared ownership scheme.The one- and two-bedroom apartments in the Chelsea Bridge Wharf scheme in Battersea, west London, will be of a similar specification to the neighbouring private units, ...
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Councils and housebuilders must rethink their roles
In the first monthly focus, Ben Denton examines the shortfall in housing completions
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Divided communities will never be free from racial tension
A few days ago, a BBC online survey provided a mildly reassuring glimpse of a liberal Britain. The picture was perhaps not yet one of the 'nation at ease with itself' as promised by John Major more than a decade ago. But at least it portrayed a society where racism ...
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Comment
The resignation of Stephen Byers this week opens the way for a fresh look at government's bankrupt housing policy. As our interview with David Thompson, Birmingham's director of housing, poignantly reflects, he was put in an impossible position by the mixed messages Byers continually sent out.Although Byers had paid the ...
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Older people services come under fire
Landlords providing services for older people must develop clearer and more challenging aims, the Audit Commission's new Supporting People inspection coordinator has said.
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Clays Lane fights takeover as Ridgehill welcomes new owner
Two of England’s most troubled housing associations were the subject of a takeover and a legal fightback against takeover this week.
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Archive Titles'I just want to get it off my chest'
In the week that Birmingham council announced how it was going to bounce back from that vote, Elaine Knutt asked director of housing David Thompson: what went wrong?
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Archive TitlesChalk it down
CHALK IT DOWN: The final chapter in the history of the notorious Chalkhill estate in Brent has begun with the demolition of the last six blocks.New homes have been found for more than 1200 people while the work is carried out. Complete redevelopment of the area is due to finish ...