All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 898
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A case of mistaken ASBO
The "Case of the week" in the 28 November issue was a mistake from start to finish: everyone involved needs their heads banging together.Under current legislation, a county court antisocial behaviour order can only be given to the person against whom the principal proceedings are being taken out. Home Office ...
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Archive TitlesAllies in the war on crack
Home secretary David Blunkett wants closer cooperation between police and the housing sector on antisocial behaviour. In part two of Housing Today's look at the subject, Saba Salman visits Hackney, where council officers and police are reclaiming estates from crack dealers.
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One for all … and all for one
Working together is working out for four self-employed women who've set up an umbrella organisation
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Derby ALMO bids for £8m to build council homes
Derby Homes has made a bold bid for £8m of government cash to fund the construction of new council homes.
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Four Northern landlords join forces to build 500 homes
Four of the largest Northern registered social landlords plan to build 500 homes a year in an ambitious joint venture.
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Association business plans face tax bombshells of up to £49m
One housing association stands to pay an extra £49m in tax if plans to claw back money from organisations with VAT shelters go ahead.
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… as Family forms £4.5m repairs partnership
Family Housing Association has slashed its responsive repairs contractor pool from more than 80 to just three in a £4.5m, five-year partnering deal.
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Birmingham diverts £7.3m of decent homes cash to repairs …
Birmingham council is to take £7.3m from its decent homes and clearance budgets in an effort to clear its huge repairs backlog.
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2nd opinion: Tax to house the homeless
Labour's 'Big Conversation'? Let's talk about a capital gains levy to tackle homelessness.
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132 councils set to share £20m windfall for new building work
Sudden ODPM handout seen as concession to those hit by end of social housing grant
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Extra £60m for homelessness as numbers top 200,000
Homelessness is at its highest level since 1997 and the government is to give councils an extra £60m to spend on the problem.
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On the tiles
On the tiles: Paddington resident Rico Greenaway (pictured), 11, helped design this mosaic as part of a three-month community project funded by Peabody Children’s Fund and Walterton & Elgin Community Homes. The design brightens the Prince of Wales Junction, which marks the beginning of the Walterton Estate in west ...
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Think tank
How can we help this woman?We have a 72-year-old sole tenant on an assured periodic tenancy, who has her 40-year-old son living with her. We have become aware that the son has been hitting and shouting at his mother; neighbours have complained about the noise. Social services is unable to ...
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Archive TitlesSwap shop
'The Only Certainty is Change' was how SITO branded its National Conference for 2003. How apt, given the transformation that's taking place in the industry with respect to licensing and regulation and, indeed, the very nature of training provision. We report from The Quadrangle.
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Tees Valley teams up with Three Rivers
Tees Valley Housing Group is to join forces with Three Rivers Housing Association to bid to join the Housing Corporation's elite "development partners".
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Secret scanner "could revolutionise UK policing"
British and American scientists are apparently helping detectives at New Scotland Yard to develop a revolutionary mobile scanner which is able to detect weapons such as hidden guns, bombs and knives being carried in the street.
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Personal and political
I would like to commend the "women's issue" (21 November) as well as Housing Today's interest in personal development.I work part-time as a regional basic skills coordinator for Stonham Housing Association and came into this role because my employer recognised my transferable skills from my diverse background. The whole organisation ...
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Observer report reinforced prejudices
If ever we wanted evidence to support the need for the In Business for Neighbourhoods campaign, Amelia Hill's recent article in The Observer is it."It's grim up north" stereotypes and misrepresentations made for a fascinating two-page spread reinforcing age-old prejudices, presenting associations as a "bad thing" without question and local ...