All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1392
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Major council to end allocations by need
Fundamental changes to the way housing is allocated are to be introduced by a major inner-city landlord for the first time
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'End subsidy to all but high-cost areas'
Radical proposals which would effectively end housing subsidy in almost everywhere bar the south east are to be published by a government-backed inquiry into the future of social housing
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Long-awaited plan to cost £69 a home
The government looks set to spend around £300,000 a year on each of the new neighbourhood managers who will be expected to turn poor estates around
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Ready for a fresh perspective
After all the debate about the new funding arrangements for supported housing, we still don't know whether they will work. As the process of implementing the proposals gets underway, Housing Today spells out the challenges ahead
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Huge transfer explosion
300,000 homes sell-off next year matches total for the last 6 years
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Dispersal plans suffer from poor response
The high-profile programme to disperse asylum seekers across the country has got off to such a slow start that councils have accommodated less than a quarter of the anticipated number
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Structures designed to last
Jeff Zitron says new structures may be needed if housing associations are to stand the test of time
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Bad governance could destroy HAs' credibility
Housing associations are to be ranked on quality, to highlight "star performers" but also name and shame those in decline, under new plans from the Housing Corporation
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Legal fears prompt ASBOs rethink
Failed government plans to cut back on anti-social behaviour on estates are to be relaunched in the spring in a bid to allay fears they breach human rights, it emerged this week
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Agency co-ordinator role given to private company
The not-for-profit organisation responsible for co-ordinating home improvement agencies is to go it alone after the government announced it was awarding the new contract to a private company
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Small print on debt puts transfers in jeopardy
The small print on government rules on overhanging housing debt could scupper many inner city councils' plans to transfer their stock, including Birmingham's groundbreaking scheme
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Buying a new lease of life
Demand is sky-high but the homes are crumbling. Will transfer solve the problems?
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New regime for HAs will include Best Value
Associations face criticism as standards slide
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Pressure on Right to Buy grows as project is axed
Ministers in Scotland have come under mounting pressure to scrap the proposed extension of the Right to Buy after a council blamed it for the collapse of a £7.2m development programme
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HAs increase grant bids after 'use it or lose it' plea
Housing associations have responded to a plea to use public subsidy or lose it by bidding within two per cent of the maximum grant available
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Councils should not fear £200,000 stress payout
Councils have been advised to overhaul staff protection policies after an officer won record compensation for being subject to violent and abusive behaviour from tenants
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Fraudsters are 'making monkeys of Parliament'
One in five benefit fiddlers not prosecuted
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HA workers took corrupt payments, court hears
Housing association employees corruptly took payments from a property dealer, it was claimed in court this week
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Law on tackling drug use 'must be made clearer'
Campaigners are calling for the release of two housing workers who were jailed for a total of nine years for allowing a hostel to be used for drug dealing