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1851 SITO/City & Guilds masterclass [part 20] - Access: and the single door
Our popular series on the 1851 SITO/City & Guilds qualification, which we ran from December 96 to December 97, was a commentary on the first two modules in this off-the-job learning programme. It covered Module 1 (Electrical & System Principles) and Module 2 (Intruder Alarm Systems). In this continuation of ...
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It's over to you
The largest council landlord in England is considering transfering all of its stock, we revealed last week. Housing Today visits Birmingham to find out why
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When a house is not a home
Mortgage repossession means more than losing the family home. How do families cope when forced to move into social rented accommodation and faced with vast debts? Housing Today looks at the effects of a widespread problem and asks what, if anything, housing providers and policy makers should do
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Double trouble for stock transfer programme
The record-breaking transfer programme is in danger of derailing because of 'no' votes from tenants and financial problems
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Dispersal necessary to relieve pressure on south
The dispersal of asylum seekers from the south east to the rest of the country is to be stepped up following recent violent clashes in Dover
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Dealing with exclusion will require more resources
More resources are needed if the recommendations of a key government report into housing management are to be carried out, councils and associations have urged
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'Poorer' councils to gain from new transfer policy
A new transfer policy of taxing rich councils to help poorer ones has been set out by the government this week
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Shelter makes major shift in stance on homelessness
The government is unlikely to return to a policy of councils providing permanent accommodation for homeless people, after a major player in the homelessness lobby changed its stance on the issue
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Raynsford signals freeze on grant rate
The new housing minister has signalled a continuity of policy by sticking to the same housing association grant rate
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Timetable may be relaxed to prevent end-of-year rush
Fears that lenders have exploited the tight transfer timetable by charging higher rates have prompted government to put forward plans to relax the deadline
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Councils defy Straw over crime-fighting strategies
Councils are facing clashes with Home Secretary Jack Straw over their lack of enthusiasm for tough new powers aimed at tackling nuisance neighbours, it emerged this week
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A tale of two cities
They are only 25 miles apart, but two councils' tactics on anti-social behaviour are light years apart
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Largest council plans transfer of all its stock
Move would dwarf last year's entire programme
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Sink or Swim
Many councils are struggling to cope with Best Value, according to a new report. Housing Today asks whether they are out of their depth
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Delay on debt consultation hits transfers programme
Test case schemes in this year's watershed transfer programme may have to be put off because of government delays on how to deal with the obstacle of overhanging debt
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New chief housing inspector will not run a regime of fear
Council housing departments will breathe a sigh of relief this week after the newly-appointed chief inspector of housing pledged not to run a regime based on fear
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LAs must show greater flexibility on allocations
Excluding people from social housing for life is undermining efforts to tackle social exclusion, it was claimed this week
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It's all change at the top
Raynsford is new minister of state - Chief inspector named