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Trial Drones
Two housing associations have become the first to purchase drones – flying camera-installed devices – to try to reduce the costs of managing their…
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Home group campaign for forced entry for gas safety
Home Group and the Association of Gas Safety Managers (AGSM) are launching a campaign calling for housing associations to be allowed to force entry…
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Big Tenant Survey 2014
Most social housing tenants do not believe their landlords listen to them or care about them, a survey has found. According to CIH: Responses…
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Governance, finance and serious detriment – HA downgrades
Here is some useful insight from Phil Morgan who has done a ” reckie” of the recent downgrading of Housing Associations which i am…
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Latest AWSIS briefing papers
I always find these useful – so i thought i would share them with members: ABOUT AWICS ‘AWICS’ is an ethical management consultancy and training…
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Repairs and maintenance conference 2014
Check out the events and summaries on this summary form the CIH Repairs & maintenance storify …
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Regeneration move on – useful experiences learn from
Invaluable fieldwork on real-life experiences of tenants compulsorily moved as part of regeneration. An ‘essential read’ for any professional or practitioner involved in any…
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Waltham Forest ALMO expose council to risk
Arm’s-length management organisation was unable to monitor repairs spend According to Inside Housing: An arm’s-length management organisation exposed a council to ‘serious financial risk’…
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Growing localities – award winners
Our good friends Lemos and Crane sponsored these awards in London, but this good practice is transferable across the country: This is what they…
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Joint procurement of repairs
Three north east social landlords have joined up to procure maintenance repairs worth more than £13 million over a four-year partnership. According to Inside…
