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Tuesday 13 February 2018
HA tenants unrest at merger
Peabody and Family Mosaic merged in July last year to create a 55,000-home association. They are now consulting with tenants over whether they should…
Tagged: Goverance Tenant Involvement
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Tuesday 13 February 2018
LGBT inclusive employers in Housing and Councils
Sunderland-based housing association Gentoo was named as the third most LGBT-inclusive employer in the list from Stonewall. The Stonewall list was compiled from 430…
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Tuesday 13 February 2018
LAs and HAs combine to build new homes
In the East, 15 housing associations and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority announce a development partnership to build 40,000 homes. A similar scheme…
Tagged: House Building
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Tuesday 13 February 2018
HACT offer Digital Apprenticeships for the housing sector
As part of a new initiative HACT is offering Digital Apprenticeships tailor made for the Housing sector (a first of its kind!) and we only have 100…
Tagged: Data
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Tuesday 13 February 2018
Round up of tower block safety latest news
As well as this interim report by Dame Hackitt on building regulations and fire safety below, there are a number of other actions/initiatives being…
Tagged: Health and Safety
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Tuesday 13 February 2018
Transport for London to support small builders in London
TfL will run a 10-site pilot of releasing small packages of land to smaller builders and community land trusts in the capital.…
Tagged: House Building
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Tuesday 13 February 2018
HAs consolidating their housing stock
Inside Housing has reported that Housing associations sold more homes to each other in 2017 than any year on record, with estimates from experts…
Tagged: HA Specific Issues Value for Money
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Monday 5 February 2018
HA Regulatory downgrades for fire and financial viability
Islington & Shoreditch Housing Association (ISHA), which owns around 2,500 homes across six London boroughs, has moved from ‘G1’ to ‘G2’ by the Regulator of…
Tagged: Finance Viability Goverance Regulation
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Monday 5 February 2018
Resident Ballots to be required for demolition in London
Sadiq Khan made an announcement that resident ballots will be expected for estate regeneration. He is proposing that councils and housing associations receiving funding from his…
Tagged: Community Tenant Involvement
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Monday 5 February 2018
NHF chief to leave
David Orr will stand down from his role as chief executive of the National Housing Federation (NHF) in September…
Tagged: HA Specific Issues
