This area of the site contains Housing Quality Networks' unique, self-help toolkits which enables our members to measure the quality of their service and their performance against set standards and targets.
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18 April 2008
Aids and adaptations toolkit
Network toolkit for aids and adaptations by Joanna Jeffery and Richard Seager
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18 March 2008
The Housing Quality Network revised performance indicator handbook for councils 2008
Part three Housing Benefit performance – based on performance during 2007/8
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14 March 2008
Building for life - a toolkit to promote quality design
Housing Corporation website toolkit, aimed at architects and developers, provides guidance on how to assess a scheme using the Building for Life criteria
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10 March 2008
The Housing Quality Network revised performance indicator handbook for councils 2008
Part 2 Homelessness PI’s – based on performance during 2007/08
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4 March 2008
The Housing Quality Network revised performance indicator handbook for councils 2008
Part 1 Housing PI’s – based on performance during 2007/8
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4 February 2008
Community cohesion impact assessment and community conflict prevention tool
This tool allows local authorities to assess whether the activities they are planning will have a positive impact on cohesion in their neighbourhoods
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29 November 2007
Value for Money toolkit
HQN’s 2nd edition Value for Money workbook, co-authored by Steve Partridge and Dylan Chipp, takes into account recent CSR announcements and the results of numerous mock inspections and organisation healthchecks
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16 November 2007
Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships Value for Money
Audit commission self assessment tool kit
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14 November 2007
Revised performance indicator handbook for housing associations
The handbook has been revised, updated and new material written by HQN Associate John Wheeldon
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14 September 2007
Respect Standard for Housing Management
CLG Performance Improvement Toolkit for Landlords
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30 April 2007
Relet toolkit
Toolkit designed by Gill Stead is intended to help teams to review current approaches to void management, and to identify areas where there are opportunities to improve upon current practice
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Relet toolkitWord version for completion purposes
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20 April 2007
Climbing to the stars toolkit
Toolkit for performance improvement from 2005
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22 November 2006
The Respect Standard: what social landlords should be doing and what inspectors should be looking for
Network Respect Toolkit by Alistair McIntosh and Janis Bright
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The Respect Standard: what social landlords should be doing and what inspectors should be looking forNetwork Respect Toolkit by Alistair McIntosh and Janis Bright - word version for completion purposes
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22 September 2006
Homelessness toolkit
Network toolkit by Sheila Spencer
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DocumentWord version for completion purposes
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14 September 2006
Homelessness statistics September 2006 and introducing Preventing Homelessness: a Strategy Health Check
This DCLG briefing provides a summary of the September 2006 homelessness statistics and introduces Preventing Homelessness: A Strategy Health Check
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14 September 2006
Preventing Homelessness: A Strategy Health Check
DCLG health-check helping local housing authorities review their homelessness strategy and establish how effective their services are in tackling and preventing homelessness, the toolkit also looks at how to tackle some of the wider causes of homelessness which Housing Quality Network (HQN) identified as gaps in their evaluation of the 2003 strategies