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Asset management England/Wales

   


Decent Homes

  • Decent Homes - the National Audit Office verdict

    25 February 2010

    Network briefing by Neil Merrick

  • Minister launches full assessments of the Decent Homes programme

    10 December 2009

    Housing Minister John Healey has announced a full scale assessment of the government's drive to improve England's social housing stock

  • What does excellence look like? Asset management and major works

    3 November 2009

    Network briefing by John Wheeldon

  • Low Carbon Communities Challenge

    30 September 2009

    Two-year programme, funded by Department of Energy and Climate Change, to provide financial and advisory support to 20 communities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that are seeking to cut carbon emissions. Scheme includes capital infrastructure funding to stimulate community investment, free advice and support, a common framework to share learning. Interested applicants should register by 28 October

  • HCA announces results of SHESP bids

    30 July 2009

    Forty six councils, housing associations and ALMOs have, between them, successfully bid for £84m worth of funding, over two years, from the Social Housing Energy Saving Programme to provide cavity wall insulation in difficult-to-fill homes

  • Decent Homes - the next steps?

    18 June 2009

    Network briefing by Sheila Camp looks at the aims of the report; 'Towards a successor standard to Decent Homes', the key areas for a new standard, areas to be excluded/tackled locally and the next steps

  • Fuel poverty

    24 February 2009

    Network briefing by Maria Wardrobe explores the issues surrounding fuel poverty

  • Social housing watchdog welcomes energy saving proposals to cut bills

    19 February 2009

    The Tenant Services Authority has welcomed the government's proposals to increase energy efficiency and low carbon heat technologies in every home, which would see lower energy bills for social housing tenants

  • Decent Homes in the Social Sector - Statistics Reconciliation Project 2008

    14 January 2009

    This CLG report summarises the results of a project to explore the discrepancies in non-decent social sector dwelling estimates reported in a national survey and local statistical returns

  • National Register of Social Housing Bulletin: Spring 2008

    26 August 2008

    Communities and Local Government newsletter about the National Register of Social Housing (NROSH) which collects social housing data at individual property level directly from the housing management systems of local authorities and housing associations

  • Cracking the Code

    22 May 2008

    The Code for Sustainable Homes is a new tool to assess the environmental performance of new-build homes

 


Procurement

 


Property maintenance

 


Performance measurement, management and improvement

  • Lifetime Neighbourhoods: turning vision into reality

    25 February 2010

    Speech by Lord Bill McKenzie, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

  • What does excellence look like? Asset management and major works

    3 November 2009

    Network briefing by John Wheeldon

  • Risks of infection at work

    14 July 2009

    Complimentary SAFETYnet briefing, by Morag Brown, which covers a very topical issue, taking a look at 'risks from infections' giving you some things to think about, along with links for you to find more information if you require

  • Code for Sustainable Homes: Technical guide - May 2009 Version 2

    3 July 2009

    This technical guidance sets out the requirements for the Code, and the process by which a Code assessment is reached. It aims to make gaining a Code assessment as simple, transparent and rigorous as possible

  • Room for improvement: a review of strategic asset management

    22 June 2009

    This report follows up on the Audit Commission report Hot Property (2000), and reveals that councils have made only modest progress in improving the management of their estate - worth an estimated £250 billion in 2008 - over the last ten years. The report also finds central government partly to blame, by sending local government mixed messages: calling on councils to rationalise assets, to improve buildings and offices, and to share assets with the community

  • Efficiency in asset management

    28 April 2009

    Network briefing by Rob McNaughton looks at how organisations can achieve efficiency when dealing with existing housing stock

  • The National Energy Efficiency and Savings Plan

    16 March 2009

    This plan aims to reduce Wales’ greenhouse gas emissions by making all parts of Welsh society more energy efficient. This means helping people to save energy and cut costs at home, working with communities, and supporting the public sector and business to become more energy efficient

  • TSA calls for housing associations to examine stock to improve services to tenants

    27 February 2009

    Housing associations that streamline the ownership and management arrangements of their homes can improve services to tenants, according to the Tenants Services Authority (TSA)

  • Health and safety journey to excellence

    4 February 2009

    An exclusive narrated PowerPoint presentation by SAFETYnet member Jas Sidhu, Head of Property Services at Mercian Housing Association. Jas sets out Mercian’s five-step journey toward health and safety excellence. Originally presented at the SAFETYnet Stay out of jail event in Solihull on 28 January 2009, Jas recreates this inspirational story of leadership and engagement through his narration of Mercian’s journey. For more information about SAFETYnet contact at safetynet@hqnetwork.co.uk

  • Managing Risks in Asset Transfer: A Guide

    9 July 2008

    CLG guide which has been designed to give practical advice from the experiences of both local government and the third sector in how to manage risk and shows where it has worked well in practice

  • FRS Circular 15/2008 - A Framework for Local Authority Asset Management

    2 May 2008

    Guidance has been produced by CLG to assist in the more effective use of asset base as a foundation for delivering high performing public services. As part of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, each Government department is developing an asset management strategy. As part of that process CLG were asked to produce an asset management strategy for local government

 


Service providers (DLO and contractor information)

 


Sustainable development

 


Fuel poverty

  • “I find TEAMnet an invaluable resource, both as an Assistant Director of Manchester City Council running a Beacon repair and three-star housing service and as Director of Property Services here at three-star Northwards Housing. I have been a member from the very start as I saw the need for such a club - the briefings, the help and information from others has proved time and time again to be useful in driving forward both service and value for money across asset management. It does help you move your service forward. You need to be part of it for it to work for you.”

    Larry Patrick, Director of Property Services, Northwards Housing