ARCH in the press
Nothing tops democratic accountability
ARCH executive member Paul Price puts the case for stock retention in an Inside Housing article.
Council gets national award for work with tenants
The housing department at Croydon Council has won a national award for the way that it works with the tenants in its 16,000 homes.
Fears over funding freeze for new-build council housing
Members of the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH) have expressed disappointment that promised funding for new council homes has been put on hold.
Tenants turn out for council housing conference
ARCH was set up to fight for a better deal for tenants who have chosen for their council to be their landlord. Some 110 member authorities’ tenants and residents got together at the Banqueting Suite at Birmingham Council House. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Michael Wilkes, officially opened the event.
Council tenants and residents from across England in Birmingham for ARCH conference
More than 100 tenants who have chosen to stick with their council as their landlord gathered in Birmingham on 13th May for their annual conference. Birmingham City Council, the largest stock retained authority in England, hosted the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH) tenants’ and residents’ conference 2010.
Under One Roof
John Bibby, secretary of ARCH and director of housing and community services at Lincoln City Council, outlines the findings of ARCH's research on 'the holistic benefits of retaine council housing'
Council housing at the heart of communities
Guardian coverage of new ARCH and APSE research report Under One Roof: The holistic benefits of retained council housing
In-house homes
Article by ARCH executive member Steve Warran explaining how an in-house team at Exeter City Council is among those delivering the first batch of local authority properties in decades.
APSE and ARCH welcome funding towards 'new generation' of council housing
Luck of the draw
ARCH members comment in Inside Housing article on Decent Homes
Ministers need to give ground
ARCH comments on HRA reform in Local Government Chronicle.
HRA deal moves closer
ARCH said it would be willing to negotiate a settlement with the government to ensure councils’ business plans remained viable.
The price of freedom
ARCH executive member Brian Reilly comments on HRA reform in Inside Housing
The comeback of the council
Local Government Chronicle article on newbuild featuring ARCH and West Lancashire District Council by deputy editor David Blackman
Show homes
As work gets under way on 2,000 new homes, Ted Czerniak hopes it is just the start of a wide-scale council building programme demonstrating local government’s community leadership role. ARCH article in The MJ
Building hope, building a future
New opportunities for councils to build will not only help meet accommodation shortages and boost the economy – this is also a chance to build communities fit for the future, says John Bibby
Unlocking the potential
CIH Housing magazine article on house-building by councils quoting ARCH spokesperon Brian Reilly.
A fairer footing for council housing
ARCH secretary John Bibby outlines initial views on the HRA consultation in The MJ
Hungry to build
£100 million will whet councils’ appetite to develop new homes, but a fairer finance system and more resources are needed to satisfy their craving… Comment piece on council building in this week’s Inside Housing by John Bibby, secretary of ARCH and director of housing and community services at Lincoln City Council
Council tenants reveal top concerns' at 2009 ARCH Conference
News report on ARCH annual tenants and residents conference on 24dash.com
Pot of gold
Brian Reilly, ARCH executive board member and deputy director of housing at the London Borough of Wandsworth comments on the review of the Housing Revenue Account in Inside Housing magazine
Private pain
Cllr Milan Radulovic, national chair of ARCH and portfolio holder for housing at Broxtowe Borough Council, comments on the Government’s Budget announcement on housing in Inside Housing magazine article
Making plans to build new homes
Ted Czerniak, ARCH executive board member and director of housing and leisure at Broxtowe Borough Council, discusses his authority’s development in the May issue of Housebuilder magazine
Darling bows to pressure for housing cash
News item in The MJ citing ARCH event
House Calls
Report on Association for Public Service Excellence and ARCH joint panel discussion event at the House of Commons organised in conjunction in APSE Direct News
Councils call on Government to make house-building a reality
24dash.com, April 2009
Affordable homes strategy unveiled
Municipal Journal, April 2009
Ministers agree to halve council home rent increases
Public Finance, March 2009
Council housing revival?
BBC Poltics Show, January 2009
HRA subsidy system
Local Authoriy Building and Maintenance, December 2008
Reproduced with kind permission of LABM magazine
A sustainable future for council housing?
APSE Direct News, December 2008
Worth the wait?
Inside Housing, August 2008
Building up hope
The Gaurdian, August 2008
Poll shows dissatisfaction with HRA
Inside Housing, August 2008
Whitehall urged to tear up subsidy rules
Inside Housing, July 2008
Rip it up and start again
Municipal Journal, July 2008
Just say go
Roof, July/August 2008
Fighting for a fairer deal
Local Government News May 2008
Straight talk
Inside Housing May 2008
Home Economics - Does council housing have a role in providing affordable homes for future generations?
Public Servant May 2008
Missed opportunities - Role of stock retaining authorities goes unnoticed.
Inside Housing 18 January 2008
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