Introducing…the Migration Foundation
Posted by MHP on July 26, 2010 | No Comments
The Migration Foundation is a new MHP initiative that seeks to understand migration and make life better for new migrants and whole communities.
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Housing association challenges violence behind closed doors
Posted by MHP on July 5, 2010 | No Comments
A social landlord has taken its fight to evict a tenant with a history of domestic violence to the Court of Appeal. MHT London has successfully appealed against an earlier ruling in Croydon County Court that it could not evict Mr Hadjazi because he had not been living in the family home when his violent behaviour caused his wife and children to flee.
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Metropolitan Housing Trust London awarded for pioneering approach to retrofit
Posted by MHP on June 30, 2010 | No Comments
Metropolitan Housing Trust London (MHT London) is celebrating winning the 24housing Retrofit Best Practice Award 2010. MHT London’s Neighbourhood Investment Unit (NIU) won the award for greatly improving energy efficiency in its existing properties and ensuring residents were part of the process.
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Metropolitan Housing Partnership gets gold for being green
Posted by MHP on June 30, 2010 | No Comments
Metropolitan Housing Partnership (MHP) is celebrating achieving a Gold rating from the Mayor’s office. The Green500 carbon management scheme, run by the Greater London Authority, awarded MHP the gold rating for its contribution to sustainability and carbon management.
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Metropolitan Housing Trust London gets green thumbs up from Mayor’s office
Posted by MHP on June 29, 2010 | No Comments
Metropolitan Housing Trust London (MHT London) has been praised by Mayor of London, Boris Johnson for being the first housing association to join his Capital Growth initiative. MHT London were acknowledged for their contribution to the scheme at a launch event that took place on Tuesday 29th June at the Mayor’s office. The Capital Growth scheme aims to provide an alternative to allotments, boost the amount of locally grown food and improve access to low cost, nutritious food in urban areas.
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Metropolitan Housing Trust London receive Royal Institute of British Architects Awards award for South London development
Posted by MHP on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
Metropolitan Housing Trust London (MHT London) is celebrating winning The Royal Institute of British Architects Awards (RIBA) 2010 London Award for its development Bateman Mews in Clapham, South London.
A partnership between MHT London (part of Metropolitan Housing Partnership), London Borough of Lambeth and architects Anne Thorne Architects, the scheme is made up of five large and affordable family homes which have been built on what used to be a neglected car park. The south London scheme was given the award for its architectural standards and contribution to the local community; it cost £900,000 and was constructed between June 2008 – June 2009.
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Metropolitan Housing Partnership appoint new Group Customer Services Director
Posted by MHP on June 18, 2010 | No Comments
Metropolitan Housing Partnership (MHP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Aniekan Umoren as the new Customer Services Director. She will oversee the group’s customer service and officially join the organisation on Monday 16th August. Aniekan joins MHP from her current role as Managing Director, South, at Places for People.
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Metropolitan Housing Partnership appoint two new Directors
Posted by MHP on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
Metropolitan Housing Partnership (MHP) is please to announce the internal appointments of Bernie Conroy as Managing Director of Metropolitan Home Ownership (MHO) and Angela Epps as MHP’s Director of Development and Strategic Asset Management.
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Residents help in fight against debt
Posted by MHP on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
Residents from across London have celebrated their graduation as trained Money Advisers – in a new initiative designed to help communities tackle indebtedness.
More than 20 residents underwent training as part of a partnership of three housing associations to address high levels of indebtedness and financial exclusion within communities. The ceremony took place on Wednesday 9 June at the National Housing Federation office in Central London, and was chaired by Bernie Morgan, Chief Executive of Community Development Finance Association (cdfa). The residents received their certificates from DWP Strategic financial inclusion champion Yasin Ahmed
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MHO wins Affordable Housing Provider of the Year
Posted by MHP on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
Metropolitan Home Ownership (MHO), part of the Metropolitan Housing Partnership (MHP), won the Affordable Housing Provider of the Year award at the First Time Buyer Magazine Readers awards.
The awards used industry experts, a panel of readers and a public online vote to determine the best affordable housing projects in the UK. As well as being highly commended in four categories, MHO won the top prize and was awarded Affordable Housing Provider of the Year at the ceremony in London yesterday, Thursday 22nd April.
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