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Accent HG pursues ambitious spending on development despite TSA viability warning
Group used £16.7 million surplus from PFI scheme sale to shore up £25 million interest payments in 2008/09 read more
NAHP allocations 2008/09
Details of the Homes & Communities Agency's new-build allocations read more
Whitehall 'must get its chequebook out' to counteract threat of long-term global deflation
Whitehall must embark on a massive, immediate expansion of public spending to counteract the threat of long-term deflation, according to a leading economist read more
Asset sales reliance
Falls in RSLs' sales programmes could drive several into deficit according to a modelling exercise undertaken by Social Housing magazine read more
HCA's tailored packages of support offer significant action to enhance sector's health
Real threat of loan covenant breach has been averted by HCA action, shielding RSLs' credit ratings while boosting social housing delivery read more
HCA uses grant funding for development bail-outs
The Homes & Communities Agency spent £463m bailing out housing associations' troubled developments in 2008/09, according to an exclusive analysis by Social Housing magazine read more
Council gives RSL cheap funding boost by passing on prudential borrowing draw-downs
A Scottish housing association has secured development funding through a pioneering borrowing deal with its parent local authority which could be replicated by RSLs across ... read more
Complexities of defining 'golden brick' stage of development must not scupper schemes
Every house developer and member of a housing association development team will have heard of the term 'golden brick' in the context of removing the VAT cost on land. However ... read more
HCA spends big but falters on delivery
The Homes & Communities Agency delivered just half of its allocated programme in 2008/09 read more
HCA spending spree raises questions over future grant rates and execs' moral hazard
Whether it is through lower average grant rates or greatly-reduced delivery, the sector will be paying for the HCA's spending spree for the foreseeable future read more
Olympic joint venture lands £165 million
A new joint venture company has won £165 million in private finance to develop and run more than 1,000 affordable housing units for the 2012 Olympic Games in London read more
In Brief
Audit Commission praises councils' property portfolio management; ALMO Rochdale Boroughwide Housing wins HCA development funding; Northern Irish Charity Commission launched read more
