Section: 2010 Index

Articles and Month of Publishing

Allocations & Transfers

Association Includes Gang Membership Clause in Tenancy Agreement - [Jun]
More Funding for Choice Based Lettings Schemes - [Jan]
Survey Highlights Landlord Commitment to Effective ASB Services - [Jun]

Antisocial Behaviour

Antisocial Behaviour Advisers Take up Posts - [Apr]

Audit & Regulation

Conservatives Will Scrap TSA - [Mar]
Many Housing Organisations Unprepared for TSA - [Feb]
New Standards for All Social Landlords Published - [Mar]
TSA's Days Numbered - [Jun]
TSA Sets Out Its Priorities - [Feb]

Best Practices & Standards

Audit Commission Inspection Reports:
- A2Dominion South - [Jan]
- Arhag Housing Association - [Mar]
- Ascham Homes - [May]
- Bromsgrove District Housing Trust - [Feb]
- Charnwood Neighbourhood Housing - [May]
- Copeland Borough Council - [Mar]
- Crawley Borough Council - [Jun]
- Daventry and District Housing Association - [Mar]
- East North East Homes Leeds (ALMO) - [Jan]
- Forest of Dean Council - [Jun]
- Gateway Housing Association - [Feb]
- Great Places Housing Group - [Feb]
- Herefordshire Council - [Jul]
- Homes in Sedgemoor - [Jun]
- Hyde Housing Association - [Feb]
- Islington and Shoreditch Housing Association (ISHA) - [Feb]
- Kensington Housing Trust (KHT) - [Mar]
- Medway Council - [Feb]
- Mendip District Council - [May]
- Midland Heart Housing Association - [Jan]
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council - [Jan]
- Newham Homes - [May]
- North Lincolnshire Homes - [Jan]
- Northumberland County Council: Benefits Service - [Jul]
- Notting Hill Housing Trust - [Feb]
- Oadby and Wigston Borough Council - [Jul]
- Old Ford Housing Association - [Mar]
- Places for People Housing Group - [Mar]
- Purbeck Housing Trust - [Jun]
- Redbridge Homes - [May]
- Rykneld Homes- [May]
- Servite Houses - [Mar]
- Severn Vale Housing Society - [Jul]
- Sheffield Homes - [Jun]
- Somer Community Housing Trust - [May]
- Stadium Housing Association - [Jan]
- Stafford Borough Council - [Mar]
- Stockport Homes - [May]
- Sutton Housing Partnership (ALMO) - [Jan]
- Swale Borough Council - [Jun]
- Swan (Essex) Housing Association - [Mar]
- Telford and Wrekin Council - [Jul]
- Villages Housing Association - [Feb]
- Wandle Housing Association - [Jan]
- Watford Community Housing Trust - [Mar]
- West North West Homes Leeds - [Jun]
- West Somerset Council - [Mar]
- William Sutton Homes (WSH) - [Mar]
- Wiltshire Council - [May]
Awards Champion Excellence in Place-making - [Feb]
Housing Pathfinders On the Right Track - [Mar]
Scottish Housing Regulator Reports:
- Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) - [Jan]

Building & Regeneration

Building for Life Awards 2010 Launched - [Mar}
CABE Calls for Radical Overhaul of Housing Standards - [Jun]
HCA Appoints Delivery Partner Panel Members - [Jan]
Housing Design Awards for 9 HCA Supported Schemes - [Jul]
Report Identifies Rise in UK Housebuilding in 2010 - [Apr]
Unique Reality Construction Industry Training Centre Opens - [Jun]

Central Government

Eric Pickles Gets Top Job in Communities and Local Government - [May]
Grant Shapps Appointed Housing Minister - [May]
HRA and TSA Are Both Targets for the New Government - [May]
Key Priorities for Housing and Local Government Published - [May]
Welsh Assembly's Bid for Extra Housing Powers Fails - [Apr]

Community Involvement

Community Contracts Aim to Improve Local Services - [Jan]

Community Regeneration

Action Plan for Social Housing Spaces - [Jul]
Boost for Rural Communities - [Feb]

Conferences & Seminars

ConferenceEye:
- CIH Harrogate Set to Influence Government: 22 - 24 June 2010 - [Mar]
- INMOTION2010 to Repeat Success Formula: 27 April 2010 - [Mar]
Grant Shapps to Address CIH Harrogate Conference - [Jun]

Gypsy & Traveller Sites

Bids Invited for Gypsy and Traveller Sites Funding - [Feb]

Health & Safety

ALMO Offers Tenants Free Servicing of Fires - [May]
Inspection Aid to Reduce Carbon Monoxide Deaths - [Feb]
Scunthorpe's House of Hazards Proves a Hit - [Feb]
TSA to Keep Register of Tower Blocks - [Jan]

Heating & Energy Efficiency

Boiler Scrappage Scheme Launched - [Jan]
Boiler Scrappage Scheme Update - [Feb]
Cash Rewards for Low Carbon Electricity and Heating - [Feb]
Cold Spell Rockets Heating Costs - [Jan]
Fuel Poverty Fund Open to Applicants - [May]
Conference Debate Airs Ideas on Energy Efficiency - [Jun]
Go Ahead for Rural Passivhaus Housing Scheme - [Apr]
New Green Strategy for Britain's Homes - [Mar]
New Homes Energy Bills Just �2 Per Week - [Mar]
New Report on Positioning Wind Turbines on High Rise Buildings - [May]
Retrofit for the Future Programme Funding for Social Housing Projects - [Feb]
Scotland Gets Boiler Scrappage Scheme - [Apr]
Study Finds Record High Household Energy Bills - [Apr]
Sun and Wind Power Street Lights - [May]
Super Efficient Canadian Homes Opened in Aberdeen - [Jun]

Homelessness & Rough Sleeping

Business Leaders Focus on Breaking Barriers that Block Work for the Homeless - [May]
Drop in the Number of Recorded Rough Sleepers - [Jul]
Grant Shapps at Homeless Link's Conference - [Jul]
FEANTSA Focuses on Homelessness Among Migrants - [Jul]
Homelessness Action Team Closes - [Apr]
More Help for Homeless Teenage Parents - [Apr]
New European Campaign to End Homelessness Launched - [Apr]
Online Resource Library Revamped - [May]
Progress Report on Ending London's Rough Sleeping - [Feb]
Report Calls for Debate on Homelessnes Services - [Jan]
Rough Sleeping Count Questioned - [Jun]
St Mungo's Opens New Centre in Brent - [Jul]

Home Ownership

New Government Waves Goodbye to HIPs - [May]
Welsh Assembly Suspends Mortgage Rescue Scheme - [May]

Hostels & Foyers

Homeless Hostel Benefits from Free Refurbish - [Apr]

Housing Benefit & Council Tax

June Budget Update - [Jun]
NHF Argues HB Cuts Will Put 200,000 At Risk of Homelessness - [Jul]
Think Tank Report Raises Concerns Over Budget's HB Measures - [Jul]

Housing Finance

Association Offers 100% Mortgages - [Mar]
Chancellor Announces Cuts But Some Good News for Social Housing - [May]
Council House Building Funding Doubled - [Jan]
Council Housing Finance to be Radically Reformed - [Jan]
Council Tenants to Get Lower Rent Increases - [Feb]
Details of effects on Housing Budgets - [May]
Equity Release Pilot Launched to Help Older People Stay in their Homes - [Jan]
Government Will Overhaul Council Housing Finance System - [Jun]
HCA Funding for 2010/2011 Clarified - [Jul]
Innovative Funding Options for Associations Explored - [May]
Lobbying Secures Exemption from Community Infrastructure Levy - [Feb]
Radical New Funding Deal for Council Housing - [Mar]
Social Housing Sector Retains Confidence of Lenders - [Jun]

Housing Management

Associations Improve in Tackling Arrears - [Mar]
Bright Ideas:
- Callpay Rent System Introduced at Severnside - [Apr]
- Trust Improves Services for Deaf Customers - [Apr]
Cash for Crackdown on Empty Homes and ASB - [Feb]
Judgement Gives Social Landlords Effective Way of Dealing with Domestic Violence - [Jul]
New Contracts Awarded:
- Apollo Secures Further Term for Decent Homes Contract - [Apr]
- Black Country Awards Repairs Contract to Wrekin Housing Trust - [Apr]
- Property Care Contract in Birmingham Goes Live - [Apr]

Housing Provision

Councils Fail to Deliver Enough Affordable Homes - [Mar]
First Three Public Land Initiative Sites Named - [Feb]
Funding Boost for Affordable Homes - [Feb]
Help for Working Social Tenants - [Mar]
Kickstart Round Two Update - [Mar]
Minister's Letter Caused Councils to Axe 85,000 New Homes - [Jul]
Parish Councils to Get Powers to Build More Affordable Housing - [Apr]
Up and Coming Schemes:
- A2Dominion Group - [Jan]
- Accord Group - [Jan]
- Almond Housing Association - [May]
- Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association (bpha) - [Feb]
- Berkeley Homes (Urban Renaissance) Ltd - [Mar]
- Birmingham City Council - [Apr]
- Circle Anglia - [Feb]
- Dunedin Canmore Housing Association - [Apr]
- East Kilbride Consortium - [Apr]
- Festival Housing Group - [Jul]
- Gloucestershire Land for People - [Jul]
- Guinness Hermitage - [Jul]
- Hastoe Housing Association - [Jul]
- Link Housing Association - [Apr]
- Lyng Community Association - [May]
- Swindon Borough Council - [Mar]

Information Technology

Co-operative Launches New Website

Local Authorities

First Estate Based TV Station Launched - [Feb]
LA News:
- Derby Homes Supports Children's Holiday Centre - [Apr]
- Youngsters Brighton up Estate with Mural - [Apr]

Party Manifesto

Tories Target Benefit Cheats - [Apr]

People in Housing

CIH and Habinteg Housing Champion Disabled Professionals - [Jun]
HAs Failing to Recruit Graduates - [Jan]
Housing Associations Take a Lead in Creating Jobs for Youth - [Jun]
New Opportunity to Develop Young Housing Officers - [Feb]
Recession Hits Social Housing Training Budgets - [Mar]

Planning

Axe Falls Swiftly on Regional Strategies - [Jul]
Government Move to Stop Garden Grabbing - [Jun]
New HMO Planning Laws Unlikely to be Overturned - [Jun]

Private Sector

Consultation on the Private Rented Sector - [Feb]
Extra Help and Protection for Private Tenants - [Feb]

Registered Social Landlords

Circle Anglia Offer New Services to Social Landlords - [Jun]
RSL Update:
- Cosmopolitan Housing Group - [Feb]
- Habinteg and Livability Housing - [Mar]
- Link Group - [Jun]
- London & Quadrant - [Feb]
- Sanctuary Carr-Gomm - [Jul]
- St Leger Homes of Doncaster - [Feb]
- Three Valleys Housing - [Feb]
- Trent & Dove Housing - [May]
- Tristar Homes - [Jun]
- Waterloo Housing Group - [Feb]

Repairs & Improvements

Further Shocks for Connaught as Chiefs Step Down - [Jul]

Research & Surveys

Credit Cards Used to Meet Housing Costs - [Jan]
London Tenants Least Happy with their Landlords - [Jan]
Research Highlights Increasing Role of Private Rented Sector - [Jun]

Resident Involvement

National Tenant Voice Funding Axed - [Jul]
One Vision Housing Recognised for Involving Tenants - [Apr]
Report Heralds 'Resident-led Self-regulation' - [Mar]
Seminar Advises Tenants on Dangers of Loan Sharks - [Apr]

Sheltered Housing & Care Homes

Investment to Extend Internet Access for Sheltered Residents - [Jan]

Stock Transfers

Hillingdon to Take Stock Back from ALMO - [Feb]
Homes Transfer to Former ALMO - [Apr]

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