Sector optimistic about Spending Review opportunities for business innovation
Factors of concern include need for higher borrowings and banks' risk-based margins read more
Spending Review's radical measures set to trigger major social housing shake-up
In the wake of the Spending Review it would appear that the affordable housing sector is facing a major shake-up, by funding development through intermediate rents and an end ... read more
Letters
Spire data affected Rutland stock decency read more
KPMG's sale of Connaught social housing contracts via novation poses legal problems
Administrator's actions could be open to legal challenge from Lovell's disappointed competitors, due to EU procurement regulations read more
Tariff payments for photovoltaic panels prompt rush to develop funding models
The affordable housing world is being inundated by approaches to use their roofs for photovoltaic panels read more
Care home operators should heed questions over Charity Commission benefit guidance
Independent Schools Council brings legal challenge to guidelines, but care home operators' boards should be ready to demonstrate benefits read more
Landlords must contemplate risk implied by pension schemes' recent valuations
The recent SFHA and SHPS announcements raise a number of questions for any organisation involved in either scheme read more
Nation faces key economic questions over balance between public and private sectors
Some areas' dependence on public sector spending poses danger of regional disparities read more
Public sector pension review could revolutionise format of LGPS schemes
Public sector pension changes being contemplated by the coalition government could mean significant alterations in pension arrangements for social landlords read more
Sector must deliver new development model before private firms eat into social market
Comprehensive Spending Reviews are an established feature of the British political system read more
Providers should look to wider world to learn more about unsecured issuance
HARPs should challenge their traditional reliance on secured issuance; unsecured programmes offer greater speed and flexibility read more
Back to the 1980s: new mood of austerity reminds sector of its most innovative decade
Combination of recession and public spending cuts helped shape the sector we know today, through creation of stock transfer market and more read more
Caution needed over landlords' participation in group framework agreements · 02-11-2011 · Bill Bullivant, Clarke WillmottSale & leaseback offers new funding route, but involves index-linked pricing risk · 02-11-2011 · Jonathan Cox, Anthony Collins solicitorsStrong financial year could trigger political pressure to document community benefits · 02-11-2011 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazineAffordable rent hit to housing benefit bill threatens tension between Shapps and DWP · 06-10-2011 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazineCouncils' asset management consultation offers scope to liberate capital receipts · 06-10-2011 · Catherine Hand, Trowers & HamlinsREIT reform consultation could offer new funding route for housing association RPs · 06-10-2011 · Andrew Crawford, Devonshires solicitorsRevolving credit facilities compare well with cost of funding through bond issuance · 06-10-2011 · Barry Greyling, Evolution SecuritiesHistory of affordable housing development shows that public funding is essential · 06-10-2011 · Andrew Heywood, independent consultantLand shortage and its inflated cost act as fundamental constraint on housing supply · 01-09-2011 · Kate Allen, Social Housing magazineHousing association insolvency: legal options in the absence of bail-out or rescue · 01-09-2011 · Natalie Elphicke, Addleshaw Goddard solicitors