by Administrator | Aug 9, 2017 | General
This is a copy of an article published on the RIBA website on 2nd August 2017 https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/whats-your-view-on-leasehold-practices A clampdown on leasehold abuses has been announced by Communities...
by Administrator | Jun 2, 2017 | General
I have worked almost exclusively in and for HA Development teams since the early 1980s. In my first 15 years I worked in 5 HAs, progressing from Development Assistant to Group Development Director of a regional HA, delivering lots of projects in the custom and...
by Administrator | Nov 6, 2014 | General
[This is our response to the Government’s consultation on a national space standard for dwellings. The Government is consulting on a number of issues including accessibility, security, water usage etc. This response only comments on the proposed national space...
by Administrator | Jun 24, 2013 | General
Maslow’s theory of the hierarchy of needs is a useful tool to help think about people’s needs from the most basic to progressively higher levels of civilised life. The model talks of the most basic needs as being physiological (having food, air, water,...
by Administrator | Feb 28, 2012 | General
Last month the National Housing Federation held a one-day conference on the newly-emerging world of land-use planning. It was very useful to hear from one of the authors of the draft National Planning Policy Framework about the careful thought that had gone into its...
by Administrator | Nov 25, 2011 | General
What do recent events at News International and the banks have in common with affordable rent conversions in 2011, PFI contracts in 2002 and Community Land Trusts? The common factor is trustworthiness – having it or lacking it. All of these matters have tested the...
