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"Logo of the Homes and Communities Agency Homes England is the non-departmental public body that funds new affordable housing in England. It was founded on 1 January 2018 to replace the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). HCA in turn was established by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 as one of the successor bodies to the Housing Corporation, and became operational on 1 December 2008.Inside Housing: New agencies will face 'huge challenges' History On 17 January 2007, Ruth Kelly announced proposals to bring together the investment functions of the Housing Corporation, English Partnerships and parts of the Department for Communities and Local Government to form a new unified housing and regeneration agency. It would also incorporate the functions of the Academy for Sustainable Communities and the government's advisory team for large applications. In the following months, Professor Martin Cave, Director of the Centre for Management under Regulation at University of Warwick, led the most comprehensive review of English housing regulation for 30 years. Reporting in June, the Cave Review recommended that a new regulator be set up, separating the regulation and investment responsibilities of the Housing Corporation. On 15 October 2007, Yvette Cooper announced that the Government accepted the recommendation of the Cave Review to transfer the Corporation's regulatory powers to an independent body, subsequently named as the Tenant Services Authority (TSA). The new investment body was initially announced as "Communities England", and later renamed as the Homes and Communities Agency. The Chief Executive for the body was announced as Sir Bob Kerslake in December 2007. Kerslake had led the regeneration of Sheffield as chief executive of the City Council since 1997.Brown reveals housebuilding tsar, The Observer, 16 December 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2010 On 17 October 2008 the Housing Minister Iain Wright announced the Board members of the HCA including Robert Napier (chair), Kate Barker, Candy Atherton, and Shaukat Moledina (previously Vice-Chair of the Housing Corporation).Tenants to get a stronger voice at national level , CLG, 17 October 2008 Kerslake was appointed as a Permanent Secretary at the agency's parent Department for Communities and Local Government in September 2010. The HCA announced that it would appoint an interim Chief Executive from existing staff.Sir Bob Kerslake appointed as permanent secretary at Communities and Local Government , HCA, 6 September 2010 Housing minister Grant Shapps announced early on that the TSA would be abolished as part of the cull of quangos by the coalition government after the 2010 general election. In June 2010, he said that the HCA would be retained but become "smaller, more strategic - with the HCA's functions being delivered under local leadership."Speech to the Chartered Institute of Housing Conference, 24 June 2010. Transcript on CLG website. In September 2010, the HCA was also included on a list of organisations being considered for closure.Document leak shows HCA is 'under review' , Inside Housing, 24 September 2010 However, Shapps announced in October that the TSA would be merged into the HCA. In November, he confirmed that the HCA would be retained, but reformed to cut running costs. New initiatives The HCA's Kickstart programme provided grants to developers in order to rescue stalled projects during the recession, helping to maintain employment and output of new homes. One of the most groundbreaking Kickstart projects was a £45.6 million investment in Berkeley Homes to provide 555 new homes for rent on the open market, located in London, the south east and south west. However, after a campaign for disclosure by Building Design magazine, the agency revealed that many Kickstart projects failed to meet CABE's standards of good design. Sale of ransom strips The pilot sale of micro plots was compared to driveway ransoms when Homes England wrote to householders in Birmingham warning that Homes England owned microplots between the household and the public road. Homes England said it had written to 90 householders however a freedom of information request found over 500 micro plots for sale in the Redditch and Bromsgrove boroughs. Homes England said that if householders did not purchase microplots they could be sold to third parties. A third party sale was expected by homeowners to result in the micro plot being used as a ransom strip. Social Housing Regulator The Homes and Communities Agency acted as the government's Social Housing Regulator. It provided regular reports on each registered social housing agency in England. In March 2014, it made its first ruling that a housing association had breached its 'serious detriment' threshold for harm to consumers for its home repairs against Circle 33, due to "chronic and long standing difficulties in the delivery of the repairs service".Regulator slams landlord for its London repairs service , Inside Housing, 11 February 2015 In Scotland this function is performed by the Scottish Housing Regulator. In Wales, the function is carried out by the Welsh government.Welsh government: Housing Regulation, gov.wales website ReferencesExternal links * Category:Housing in England Category:Public housing in England Category:Non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government Category:Department for Communities and Local Government Category:Interested parties in planning in England Category:Governance of England Category:2008 establishments in England Category:Regulators of England Category:Government agencies established in 2008 Category:Housing organisations based in London "
"Kainos Steel custom Barndominium located near Houston, TX. Barndominium is a neologistic portmanteau of barn and condominium with multiple meanings. One definition refers to a type of steel building. This usage refers to a non- traditional structure, with a steel frame and sheet metal siding, originally designed as a storage building or barn structure that has been repurposed by the addition of living areas to previously open space. This type of building is typically built on an existing property or multi-acre homesite and the structure often acts as a dual purpose living and shop or work and storage areas large enough for things as large as boats and recreational vehicles. The term has also been used for wood-framed structures, and is often used interchangeably with terms like "barn home" and "barn with living quarters", for newer buildings in the tradition of bastles, housebarns and connected farms. The term was used, once, for a planned subdivision equestrian community where owners share stable space in a centrally-located equestrian facility. The concept is similar to a Golf course community, but geared toward horses and equestrian activity. It wasn't until 2016 when barndominiums were mentioned again, this time on the HGTV show Fixer Upper. References Category:Condominium Category:Barns Category:Housing "
"Antonio de Salazar may refer to: * Antonio de Salazar (composer) (c. 1650–1715), Mexican composer * António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970), Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal "