Lunchtime news May 9
Commenting in the Evening Standard, Shelter chief executive Adam Sampson warns that homes in London costing less than £100,000 could soon be a thing of the past. An increasingly detached…
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Grants for social landlords
The Tenant Services Authority is offering social landlords small grants to help them develop ‘local deals’ with their tenants. Grants up to £9,000 will be made available to housing associations,…
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ALMOs discuss decent homes delivery
The UK’s leading arms length management organisations (ALMOs) are meeting to discuss the most effective way of progressing towards the 2012 deadline for all homes to meet the decent homes…
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Housing Corporation and ALMO join forces
The Housing Corporation has signed a social housing funding agreement with an arms length management organisation (ALMO) for the first time. Stockport Homes is to receive £1.02 million from the…
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Lunchtime news June 21
The government will amend the law so that people leaving the armed services do not fail to get priority for social housing because they lack a local connection, housing minister…
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Lunchtime news May 21
Government housing policy is still failing on sustainability, according to a major report from the Sustainable Development Commission this morning. The report says it has made progress with its pledge…
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Breakfast boost
NEW POWERS for tenant management organisations to take out anti-social behaviour orders and new funding [customary caveats about whether it really is] for arm’s length management organisations were served up…
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Federation of ALMOs looks at its future role
Gwyneth Taylor from the National Federation of ALMOs (arms length management organisations) argues that if government funding dries up for ALMOs, which manage council housing on behalf of local authorities,…
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Lunchtime news Friday 17 October 2025
The Tenant Services Authority, the new social housing regulator will consult with councils and arms-length management organisation (ALMO) tenants and landlords, bringing them under its remit, alongside housing associations and…
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Council tenants face continuing decline in services
Services for council tenants could deteriorate as the recession continues, a Housing Quality Network study into housing management has warned. The report found that disrepair was the main reason for…