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Bidding for Housing Grant
- July 17, 2016
- Posted by: Randip S Bahra
- Category: Bid Enabling, CFG and HCA Compliance Audit, Chartered Surveyor, Compliance Audit, Development Advice, Homes & Communities Agency, Housing Association, Housing Consultant, Social Housing
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Lately I’ve been getting a lot of queries on the latest HCA bid round. Questions range from “how do we bid for the HCA money for our scheme?”, to “how much will we get?” to, “are we eligible?”.
My own view is you need to get the basics correct before you do anything so I prepared a quick checklist of things that needs to be in place before any bidding is put in place.
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I’m A Housing Professional – Can I be a Chartered Surveyor?
- July 12, 2016
- Posted by: Randip S Bahra
- Category: Chartered Surveyor, Housing Association, Housing Consultant, RICS, Social Housing
Time and time again I get asked this question.
“Randip, I’ve worked in housing for “X” years. I’ve worked as a housing manager, I’ve done inspections, but I want to be a RICS qualified Chartered Surveyor. Can I be a Chartered Surveyor?”
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The CFG and HCA Compliance Audit – Be Compliant not Complacent !
- July 7, 2016
- Posted by: Randip S Bahra
- Category: CFG and HCA Compliance Audit, Chartered Surveyor, Compliance Audit, Housing Association, Housing Consultant
Yes it’s that time of year – Compliance Audit, and I’m being inundated with phone calls. If you have received a letter from the HCA about attending a training event with your auditor, then you have been selected for a Compliance Audit. As many of you know I worked for the HCA and helped develop many of the HCA processes. In my article I hope to address common queries that I get on Compliance Audit.
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Housing for Vulnerable and Older People – Homes and Communities Agency
- July 5, 2016
- Posted by: Randip S Bahra
- Category: Chartered Surveyor, Housing Association, Housing Consultant, Housing for Vulnerable and Older people, Social Housing
Many of you have are probably aware of the guidance that the HCA have with regards to Housing for Vulnerable and Older people.
The guidance is pretty clear on what you need to do in terms of bidding but many providers still get confused on the standards and quality that these schemes are supposed to achieve.
I’ve picked out several areas that providers need to be aware of when designing these types of accommodation.