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Housing/social housing, England, Sectors and project related issues/materials, social housing, housing, accommodation

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NAO-UK-report-decent homes programme-2010

The Decent Homes Programme in the UK aims to improve the condition of homes for social housing tenants and vulnerable households in private sector accommodation in England. The Programme also aims to improve the quality of housing management and increase tenant involvement in local housing decisions. This report looks at some of the issues.

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Europe, England, office, land, estate, building, accommodation

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NAO-UK-report-HMRC estate pfi deal-2009

In 2001 HM Revenue & Customs in the UK signed a 20-year contract with Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited. The Department transferred ownership and management of around 60 per cent of its estate. The remainder of the Department’s estate consisted of private finance initiative deals on specific buildings, properties rented from other departments, and properties at ports. This report looks at the deal.

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Defence, Housing/social housing, England, housing, defence, accomodation

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NAO-UK-report-MOD and defence housing and family housing-2009

The Ministry of Defence in the UK requires  Armed Forces’ personnel to be mobile. They have to be available to be posted to locations within the United Kingdom and overseas such as Germany and Cyprus at short notice. This Report deals with the provision of Service Families Accommodation to some 42,000 Armed Forces personnel and their families in the United Kingdom.

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Australia, Victoria Partnerships, PPPs, Future of PPPs, Australia

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Partnerships Victoria-presentation-Australia-will PPP's survive -R Foster-2009.

This presentation from Australia seeks to examine whether PPPs will survive. It looks at the role and context of PPPs, establishing that PPPs are not broken and that by improving the model they can continue.

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Bond financing, England, Finance and finance related materials/documents, UK, ppp, pfi, Performance Bonds, Managing Risk, HM Treasury

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Performance Bonds for PFI projects-2009.

The presentation looks at performance bonds for PFI projects. It seeks to establish how risk can be managed in the present climate. 

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South Africa, South Africa, local, development

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South African Local Government Association-presentation-local economic development-M Maganlal-2011.

This is a presentation about local economic development in South Africa. Overview: new growth path: implications for municipalities, promoting local economic development, asset management, financing for economic infrastructure and job creation.

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