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Value for money in responsive and voids repairs: HouseMark’s repairs value for money toolkit
Posted on: 17 May 2012
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HouseMark’s pay-for Repairs Value for Money toolkit contains over 60 cost and performance measures for responsive and void repairs. It is the basis for an annual benchmarking project that has attracted over thirty landlords and provides a valuable insight into the efficiency of the repairs service.
Housing associations and the Big Society: Lessons from Scotland’s community housing sector
Posted on: 17 May 2012
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This qualitative study explored the relevance of the Big Society for housing policy in Scotland, through a focus on community-controlled housing associations and their potential to act as community anchor organisations. The author suggests there is much the rest of the UK can learn from this experience.
HomeWise Campaign
Posted on: 16 May 2012
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have launched the HomeWise campaign because of its concern that new homes being built today aren’t good enough and consumers deserve better. As part of the Campaign, RIBA has issued a report, ‘The way we live now: What people need and expect from their homes’, which provides the only national evidence base setting out how people are using their homes now, what they look for when choosing a home and what they think needs to happen to improve the home-buying experience. The report, described by RIBA as the first of its kind for over 50 years, will be used as evidence by the Future Homes Commission, a national inquiry that is currently developing recommendations for how houses should be designed and delivered in future. It will provide policy makers, house designers and builders much-needed consumer evidence to ensure that new homes are good quality and fit for modern households.
More than bricks and mortar: UK home builders’ progress in creating sustainable communities
Posted on: 16 May 2012
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This report contains the findings of the sixth NextGeneration benchmark, an annual benchmark of the top 25 UK home builders’ sustainability performance. This year’s benchmark examines the home building industry’s success in delivering sustainable communities.
Visions for the future of housing: Mega Cities. Istanbul, 16-19 April 2012
Posted on: 15 May 2012
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The Proceedings of the XXXVIII International Association of Housing Science (IAHS) are available in a 1267-page report with papers arranged under the following headings: Effective management for housing projects; Innovative construction schemes; Innovative design; Innovative financing systems. Some keynote speaker presentations are also available online.
Residential property focus
Posted on: 14 May 2012
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Reviews developments in the UK residential property market for the second quarter of 2012.
Compendium of housing good practice 2006-2011
Posted on: 14 May 2012
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This spreadsheet lists items of positive practice identified during housing inspections which were published by the Audit Commission between April 2006 and August 2011.
Rural housing at a time of economic change
Posted on: 14 May 2012
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This is a report on research which develops a new understanding for rural areas of changing levels of rents, quality and location of available housing, impact of government policy on tenants, and the relocation of people from rural areas.
National Housing Federation Finance Policy Quarterly Update
Posted on: 10 May 2012
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This quarterly update provides a snapshot of a range of finance policy issues being worked on at the National Housing Federation. The Spring 2012 edition n this edition we provide an update on: alternative sources of finance including REITs and M and G’s private placement offer; the new Financial Reporting Standard (FRS); the new consultation on draft guidance to the VAT Cost Sharing Exemption; the Federation’s views of the current Investment Programme and new Right to Buy discounts; and auto-enrolment, tenant cash back scheme.
Alike in dignity? Housing in Bradford
Posted on: 9 May 2012
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Bradford’s housing landscape is a legacy of its industrial past. This report from the Institute for Public Policy Research focuses on the effects of changes in tenure patterns, especially the trend towards housing benefit tenants residing in the private rental sector, and highlights the significance of non-decent and empty homes in shaping the local housing market. The recommendations of this case study report fall into four categories: localising housing benefit; establishing a new ‘something-for-something’ deal with private-sector landlords;secure residential development; and guide development with solid local plans.
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