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Sunday 17 May 2015
HACT to support another round of business start up
HACT and the Community Development Finance Association (CDFA) are still recruiting housing associations for the second wave of the Start up micro enterprise programme aimed to start in September 2015. …
Tagged: Finance Social Capital Social Enterprise
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Sunday 10 May 2015
Service management, performance management and data
Do we know the usefulness of data to manage our services? This is a useful analysis from Aberdeen from oneserve which you might find…
Tagged: Data
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Sunday 10 May 2015
London HA fined for gas safety
A London housing association has been fined £2,500 for carrying out unsafe gas work. Inside Housing say: The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted Shepherd’s…
Tagged: Health and Safety
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Sunday 10 May 2015
Changes to protocols for court possessions on arrears
A new pre-action protocol for possession claims came into force on 6 April 2015 and replaces the previous pre-action protocol for possession claims based…
Tagged: Arrears
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Sunday 10 May 2015
High court rejects appeal due to mental incapacity
The High Court has rejected an attempt by the Defendant in possession proceedings to appeal against a decision that he has capacity to conduct…
Tagged: Arrears Care and Support Customer Care
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Sunday 10 May 2015
Conservatives policies pre election on housing
In summary, this is what they were: CONSERVATIVE HOUSING POLICIES AT A GLANCE Extend the Right to Buy policy to 1.3m housing association tenants…
Tagged: Government Initiatives
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Sunday 26 April 2015
HA Right to buy – can we replace the homes sold?
Housing associations are only able to replace one in every five homes sold under the preserved Right to Buy, according to an exclusive snap…
Tagged: Right to Buy
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Tuesday 21 April 2015
Gas safety campaign news
The Tenants’ and Residents’ Organisations of England (TAROE), which initially opposed the Gas Access campaign, confirmed this week that is now supporting calls for…
Tagged: Health and Safety Repairs
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Sunday 19 April 2015
Increase in government blocking the developmnent of new homes
Eric Pickles blocked the development of 9,200 homes in the run up to the general election, refusing all applications he considered in Conservative-controlled councils.…
Tagged: House Building
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Sunday 19 April 2015
HAs can only replace 1 in 5 homes under preserved RTB
Housing associations can only replace 1 in 5 homes sold under the preserved Right to Buy, according to an exclusive snap poll by Inside Housing. Inside…
Tagged: Right to Buy
