Sir – Councils in England were warned recently that there was a danger they could run out of money. This is tough news; councils are faced with an increasing need to find savings, but this often leads to a reduction in front-line services. Perhaps there is another way? I would suggest that councils should explore…
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Universal credit and channel shifting
Sir – The potential impact of welfare reform is the most significant risk faced by housing providers in recent history. However, it is also seen by forward-thinking boards as an opportunity for positive change. The exact degree to which cash flows and revenues will be affected by universal credit is uncertain. With many housing providers…
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Curo Housing wins gold for its staff
Curo Housing has been awarded the Investors in People gold standard, joining the top seven per cent of accredited organisations across the UK. Paul Devoy, head of Investors in People, said, “We’d like to congratulate Curo on its gold standard. Such a high level of accreditation is the sign of great people management practices and…
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Are housing providers losing their appetite to develop?
Sir – At the time of writing (early August 2014), the Homes and Communities Agency had just allocated more than half of its £1.7 billion grant funding for the 2015-2018 affordable homes programme and it’s clear that some of the biggest landlords are shrinking their bids by between a half and two-thirds of their previous…
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North, South, East & West – Quartering the UK housing sector
Two recent surveys have shown that there is a North-South divide over the effects of welfare reform and an East-West divide over tenants’ satisfaction with their housing provider. Big Tenant Survey shows East-West divide in landlord satisfaction Housing Partners’ ‘Big Tenant Survey’ has shown that there is an East-West divide in UK tenant satisfaction. Using…
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Magenta Living’s apprentices ‘get in and go far’
As regular readers will know, Housing Technology is a big fan of housing providers’ apprenticeship schemes, so we’re delighted to report that Magenta Living has taken on nine new apprentices, from a field of over 400 applicants. All of Magenta’s apprentices started in time to join the government’s ‘get in. go far’ apprenticeship campaign, which…
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