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Non-mainstream housing guidance: a literature review
Posted on: 9 February 2012
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Given the plethora of design guidance in existence for non mainstream housing client groups, including older and vulnerable people, this publication is the result of a review commissioned by the Homes and Communities to help investment partners, project commissioners, local authorities and designers decide which design advice would be most useful for their project. The purpose of the exercise was to bring together the range of existing guidance and to direct partners to the most relevant design guidance for a specific development type or user group.
The Housing Revenue Account Self-financing Determinations
Posted on: 2 February 2012
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This document lists the final five determinations, which were decided after evaluating the responses to a housing revenue account self-financing determinations consultation.
Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs)
Posted on: 2 February 2012
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This note explains local authorities’ powers to tackle privately owned dwellings that have been empty for a period of time.
Rent setting for social housing tenancies
Posted on: 2 February 2012
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This note explains the Government’s policy of achieving convergence between council and housing association rent levels.
Does size matter – or does culture drive value for money?
Posted on: 2 February 2012
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This research, published by the Chartered Institute of Housing, considers how well equipped the housing association sector is to respond to fundamental changes to the economic climate, increased regulatory emphasis on governance, viability and value for money and new funding models for investment in affordable housing, which are likely to have a profound impact on the operating environment for housing associations in England.
Does size matter – or does culture drive value for money?
Posted on: 2 February 2012
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This research, published by the Chartered Institute of Housing, considers how well equipped the housing association sector is to respond to fundamental changes to the economic climate, increased regulatory emphasis on governance, viability and value for money and new funding models for investment in affordable housing, which are likely to have a profound impact on the operating environment for housing associations in England.
Rough sleeping
Posted on: 1 February 2012
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Background information, published by the House of Commons Library, on rough sleeping and Government policy to tackle this issue.
The impact of welfare reform on housing
Posted on: 1 February 2012
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This report, published by the Consortium of Associations in the South East, argues that the combined impact of the government’s changes will be a ‘mismatch’ between housing demand and stock.
Local authority action for energy efficiency in housing stock: An analysis of energy efficiency data from the Decent Homes Standard Backlog programme bids
Posted on: 1 February 2012
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This paper from the Homes and Communities Agency presents the findings of analysis of energy efficiency data supplied by landlords with bids for funding from the Decent Homes Standard (DHS) Backlog programme administered by the Homes and Communities Agency. Data obtained demonstrates that energy efficiency programmes are integrated with DHS programmes; how work is funded; the scale of works; and attitudes towards the proposed Green Deal mechanism. It reveals landlords’ aspirations, the challenges they face, the drivers for energy efficiency at local authority level, and their achievements.
Energy efficiency improvements in tenements in Bellshill
Posted on: 1 February 2012
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CIC Start Online is to hold a webinar on 9 February 2012 to consider a study carried out in Bellshill near Motherwell to explore the possibilities of improving the energy efficiency of the apartment’s fabric and energy for space and water heating. This feasibility study addressed options and elements in which the apartments can be thermally improved and to also explore the improvement of heating services which at present have become difficult to maintain and are costly for the tenant.
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