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RKdia shortlisted for 'Team of The Year'

Congratulations to RKdia who have been short-listed in the 2012 News Business Excellence Awards under "Team of The Year".

The News is a local Portsmouth newspaper and collects nominations for the awards from the businesses themselves. RKdia and the others short-listed will be invited to a glittering ceremony at Portsmouth's Guildhall on 10 February 2012.

Each of the winners in the 12 categories will go head to head for the chance to be crowned overall Business of the Year. Not only that, but each of the category winners will be automatically entered into the Southern Business Awards, held in Brighton in the summer by The News' parent company Johnston Press.

Good luck to Chris Adams and his team.

Radian raises lack of home ownership options at Westminster

Radian and other members of the National Housing Federation's (NHF) South West Home Ownership Group met with MPs and leading delegates in Westminster this week, to raise awareness of the desperate shortage of affordable home ownership options available, and to lobby for further government investment.

CASE for review of welfare reforms

The Consortium of Associations in the South East (CASE) is a research group of nine major housing associations providing affordable homes in the South East of England. The objective of the group is to share thinking on best practice, as well as to prepare and commission research on matters of common interest. With plans to lobby MPs and influence opinion-makers, today CASE launches a paper entitled ‘The impact of welfare reform on housing’.

The CASE paper finds a number of policy areas where perceived short-term savings are likely to be overshadowed by a set of complex problems in the longer-term. Most critically, it finds a direct link between proposed reforms and a reduction in future build capacity. The danger is that as the Department for Communities and Local Government embarks on a programme to increase housing supply, the Department for Work and Pensions is preparing to implement policies that are certain to do the opposite.

Lindsay Todd, Radian’s Chief Executive, says; “In principle, CASE understands the need for welfare reform. The true aim of the system should always be to help people back to work and stability; we all agree that in order to achieve this, aspects of the system require modification. It is also reasonable to seek to contain public expenditure under the current economic climate. The challenge for the housing sector is how best to manage these choices in a way that does not worsen existing problems.”

CASE comprises The Guinness Partnership, The Hyde Group, L&Q, Moat, Paradigm, Radian, Sovereign, Thames Valley Housing and West Kent.

"I have confidence in ME"

Although only 27, Joanna Faithfull has experienced years of health problems throughout her young life having been diagnosed with ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) at eight years of age. Having stayed with various different family members she began to consider how she might be able to achieve a more settled home life. After contacting the East Hampshire District Council (EHDC) Housing Needs Team, Joanna was referred to Radian, who found her a vacancy at Leslie Nation Court (LNC), a supported housing scheme in Petersfield, Hampshire, for single people aged 16-65.