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Performance statistics: monitoring guidelines for local authorities LATEST DETAILS

Submitted by admin on 19 May, 2009 - 20:04
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These documents are discussion drafts of a monitoring framework to replace Best Value Performance Indicator 64.  The first draft (May 2009) has now been updated (July/August 2009).  The previous versions are available in the Library.  There is no longer a separate summary document - the structure of the main Guidelines has been revised.  The substance is pretty much the same except that interventions that consist of rent / deposit guarantees or rent-in-advance are segregated out into a separate category (agreed at the Exec meeting in June).

Building Regulations - Guidance

Submitted by admin on 12 March, 2010 - 09:03
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This is a 70-odd page explanatory booklet about Building Regulations aimed at the general public.  Section 5 is particularly relevant in respect of the procedures involved with approvals, compliance etc.

Self-help housing document bank

Submitted by admin on 1 March, 2010 - 07:40
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This document back is provided by self-helpl-housing.org and includes model leases, best-practice guidance and so on.

VAT for self-builders (conversions and long-term empties)

Submitted by admin on 11 February, 2010 - 14:23
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VAT guidelines and claim form for self-builders wanting  to reclaim VAT on conversions or repair of 10+ year empties (Note this supercedes VAT Notice 719).

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VOA Guidance on removal of empty homes from valuation lists

Submitted by admin on 5 February, 2010 - 11:22
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This page includes the practice notes (No. 4 and its appendices) that govern the process and criteria for removing empty dwellings from valuation lists.   The information provided is detailed and challenging.

No need to study it in detail though - the VOA will be coming to do a presentation on this subject at our forthcoming conference on the 25th or 26tth May 2010 in Birmingham

A cure for Empty Homes - Empty Homes Agency guidance

Submitted by admin on 1 December, 2009 - 21:50
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Jointly produced with the IdEA, this 28-page guide is probably the best overview of empty homes work for the local authority practitioner currently available.

EDMOs - Empty Homes Agency EDMOs web-page

Submitted by admin on 1 December, 2009 - 21:45
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EDMOs - Empty Homes Agency step-by-step guide in MS Word format

Submitted by admin on 1 December, 2009 - 21:40
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The EHA's step-by-step guidance, originally only available as a series of web-pages, is here made available as an MS  Word document.

Housing and Planning Delivery Grant - summary of consultation responses and allocation mechanism - 3-year funding

Submitted by admin on 1 December, 2009 - 11:30
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This is the government's position at the beginning of the 3-year HPDG funding programme.  (There was further consultation after this for years 2 and 3 of the programme).

TSHG Funding Guide

Submitted by admin on 11 November, 2009 - 11:15
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Links to the HCA Capital Funding Guide web-page for Temporary Social Housing Grant

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