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Press ArchiveSteve Henigan comments to Inside Housing regarding care home spending
February 23 2010Watchdog tells councils to reduce care home spending
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/story.aspx?storycode=6508600
"I read Chloë Stothart’s recent article (‘Watchdog tells councils to reduce care home spending’, Inside Housing, 18 February) with great interest and also want to share my support for providing older people with independent living provisions. However, the Audit Commission’s proposal to spend less than 40 per cent of their older people’s care budget on care homes has the disastrous potential of putting cost cutting ahead of the safety and welfare of older people.
Although there are many be...
Paul Crossley writes for Inside Housing - Are housing’s quangos doing enough for the environment?
19 February 2010Are they up to the task? Are housing’s quangos doing enough for the environment?
Paul Crossley, Sustainability Manager, Robinson Low Francis does not think they are...
While I applaud the Tenant Services Authority and HCA’s commitment to delivering sustainable communities, their efforts are too focused on zero carbon and lack clarity and flexibility.
Legislation can drive improvement in social housing, but must be used carefully. Attaining levels five and six of the code for sustainable homes is disproportionately expensive, largely unworkable and of questionable environmental benefit. In my view targeting level four provides a more realistic balance between a sustainable and maintainable life...
Steve Barker responds to Building regarding article "Construction will be in recession till 2011
04 February 2010I found this report from the Construction Skills Network (CSN) that the construction industry will not emerge from recession until 2011 a depressing read. Sitting back and accepting the current state of affairs is not the solution to pull ourselves out of recession our industry needs to sit up, and with support from the Government, tackle the problem head on.
The current economic climate has triggered a necessary streamlining, both within firms and throughout the industry's disciplines. In my view it is the smarter and leaner businesses practices who will survive the downturn and be in a good position to take advantage of the upswing when it comes. Furthermore, the more forward thinking firms who have taken a proactive approach and consid...
Paul Crossley writes to Inside Housing in response to its article "Green homes will constrain afford
12 January 2010The point made by King Sturge that financial cuts and tight regulations on green housing will restrict the Government’s ability to deliver affordable housing (Inside Housing Online, 11 January) is absolutely on the mark. Everyone is aware that the initial cost of building sustainable housing is high, which has become an even greater financial challenge following Government funding cuts.
However, I believe we must consider the financial implications of doing nothing. As Lord Stern said, the costs of inaction and its future consequences far outweigh the costs of doing something about it now. If we do not tackle this issue it will only result in an increase in costs for the future. For example, Fuel Poverty – households that spend ...
Helenburgh and Clydebank Regeneration Wins
11 January 2010Property and construction consultancy Robinson Low Francis has won prestigious contracts to provide quantity surveying services for two of Scotland’s largest town centre and waterfront regeneration projects – Helensburgh CHORD and the upgrading of the south bank of the Forth & Clyde Canal in Clydebank town centre.
The Helensburgh CHORD project (Campbeltown, Helensburgh, Oban, Rothesay and Dunoon) is being undertaken by Argyll and Bute Council and aims to assist the regeneration and economic development of five of Argyll and Bute’s key waterfront towns. The Forth and Clyde Canal upgrading project is being undertaken by Clydebank re-built on behalf of West Dunbartonshire Council.
The appointments seal a su...