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by Nigel Perryman and Ebele Akojie
You don’t normally get the word “provocative” associated with the NHF Finance Conference. However this year’s closing plenary on “regenerating communities – a roadmap for success” certainly stirred things up.
by Catherine Hunt
There has been much talk on THFC Space and the various housing journals about the opportunities which the slump in developers new build sales may give to Housing Associations. There have also been timely reminders about Housing Associations getting left with properties which are difficult to maintain and which were taken in the “housing package” from developers in 1991. Is this likely to happen again when most developers seem to have a surplus of two bedroom flats when associations want family homes? Malcolm Levy in “Challenging times but good opportunities for Housing Associations” (see feature of 14 December 2007) urged associations to keep a cool head. Can I urge development directors to ensure their team keep a full suite of development papers on their files and make them easily available to their treasury colleagues?
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