Decent Homes definition

Decent Homes means homes that meet the current statutory minimum standard for housing, homes that are in a reasonable state of repair and homes that have reasonably modern facilities and services
Decent Homes means the national standard applied to housing

Examples of Decent Homes in a sentence

  • Lewisham completed its stock options appraisal in June 2005, and a comprehensive Decent Homes Strategy was developed that was endorsed by Mayor and Cabinet on 8 June 2005.

  • Implementation of the Plan has begun with an extensive Decent Homes programme for tenants which has been underway since March 2010.

  • The Decent Homes Strategy required all local authorities to carry out a stock options appraisal by July 2005 to determine how Decent Homes will be achieved for all Council housing stock.

  • The Council has four corporate priorities which are: • Decent Homes for All; • Strong Economy, Rich Environment; • Thriving Communities; and • Quality Council.

  • The Government's Decent Homes strategy required all local authorities to carry out a stock options appraisal by July 2005 to determine how Decent Homes will be achieved for all Council housing stock.

  • Phase 2 consultation commenced with the development of the Briar Improvements Action Plan, a combination of housing refurbishment through the Decent Homes programme, new homes, environmental improvements and a refurbished and extended Betty Strathern Community Centre.

  • The Council has four corporate priorities which are:  Decent Homes for All;  Strong Economy, Rich Environment;  Thriving Communities; and  Quality Council.

  • The requirement for all local authority homes to meet the Decent Homes Standard was set out by The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) now known as Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in February 2003.

  • The objective of the Decent Homes Standard is that every tenanted home should be decent in accordance with the guidelines of the ODPM (now DCLG) by December 2010.

  • The Decent Homes Programme is a long term programme of major investment to bring all tenanted homes up to a decent standard.

Related to Decent Homes

  • Retirement home means a building used for living quarters for more than seven persons who are 65 years or older;

  • Family home or "family residence" means the location or portion of a location where the applicant and his or her family reside, and may include basements and attics. It does not include other structures that are separate from the home but are considered part of the overall premises, such as adjacent apartments, unattached basements in multi-unit buildings, unattached garages, and other unattached buildings.

  • Foster family home means a private home in which children are placed for foster family care under supervision of the cabinet or a licensed child-placing agency;

  • Family farm corporation means a corporation founded for the purpose of farming agricultural land in which the majority of the voting stock is held by and the majority of the stockholders are persons or the spouse of persons related to each other within the fourth degree of kinship, according to the rules of the civil law, and at least one of the related persons is residing on or actively operating the farm, and none of whose stockholders are a corporation. A family farm corporation does not cease to qualify under this division where, by reason of any devise, bequest, or the operation of the laws of descent or distribution, the ownership of shares of voting stock is transferred to another person, as long as that person is within the degree of kinship stipulated in this division.

  • Apartment house OR "MULTIPLE DWELLING" means any building, not being a lodging-house or hotel, or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which is occupied, as the home or residence of three or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking within their apartment, suite or dwelling unit.

  • Family day home means a child day program offered in the residence of the provider or the home of any of the children in care for one through 12 children under the age of 13, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home, when at least one child receives care for compensation. The provider of a licensed or registered family day home shall disclose to the parents or guardians of children in their care the percentage of time per week that persons other than the provider will care for the children. Family day homes serving five through 12 children, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home, shall be licensed. However, no family day home shall care for more than four children under the age of two, including the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home, unless the family day home is licensed or voluntarily registered. However, a family day home where the children in care are all related to the provider by blood or marriage shall not be required to be licensed.

  • Motor home means every private motor vehicle with a normal seating capacity of not more than 10

  • Five Percent Owner means an Employee who, with respect to a Participating Company, is described in section 423(b)(3) of the Code.

  • Deficient housing unit means a housing unit with health and safety code violations that require the repair or replacement of a major system. A major system includes weatherization, roofing, plumbing (including wells), heating, electricity, sanitary plumbing (including septic systems), lead paint abatement and/or load bearing structural systems.

  • Foster home means the place of residence of any natural person in which any child, other than a

  • Abbeyfield Home means an establishment run by the Abbeyfield Society including all bodies corporate or unincorporated which are affiliated to that society;

  • Family child care home means a private home in which 1 but fewer than 7 minor children are received for care and supervision for compensation for periods of less than 24 hours a day, unattended by a parent or legal guardian, except children related to an adult member of the household by blood, marriage, or adoption. Family child care home includes a home in which care is given to an unrelated minor child for more than 4 weeks during a calendar year. A family child care home does not include an individual providing babysitting services for another individual. As used in this subparagraph, "providing babysitting services" means caring for a child on behalf of the child's parent or guardian if the annual compensation for providing those services does not equal or exceed $600.00 or an amount that would according to the internal revenue code of 1986 obligate the child's parent or guardian to provide a form 1099-MISC to the individual for compensation paid during the calendar year for those services.

  • Family day care home means a unit registered under Title 5, Subtitle 5 of the Family Law Article.

  • Residential Lot means a lot, the use of which is limited by law, covenant,

  • care home means a residential complex that is occupied or intended to be occupied by persons for the purpose of receiving care services, whether or not receiving the services is the primary purpose of the occupancy; (“maison de soins”)

  • Company IT Assets means computers, Software, firmware, middleware, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines, and all other information technology equipment, and all associated documentation, in each case, used or held for use by a member of the Company Group.

  • Residential property means improved property that:-

  • Adult family home means a home licensed under chapter 70.128

  • Family Company means a company that is owned directly or indirectly by or for two or more natural persons who are related as siblings or spouse (including former spouses), or direct lineal descendants by birth or adoption, spouses of such persons, the estates of such persons, or foundations, charitable organizations or trusts established for the benefit of such persons. For purposes of determining the amount of investments owned by a company, there may be included investments owned by majority-owned subsidiaries of the company and investments owned by a company (“Parent Company”) of which the company is a majority-owned subsidiary, or by a majority-owned subsidiary of the company and other majority-owned subsidiaries of the Parent Company. In determining whether a natural person is a qualified purchaser, there may be included in the amount of such person’s investments any investment held jointly with such person’s spouse, or investments in which such person shares with such person’s spouse a community property or similar shared ownership interest. In determining whether spouses who are making a joint investment in the Partnership are qualified purchasers, there may be included in the amount of each spouse’s investments any investments owned by the other spouse (whether or not such investments are held jointly). There shall be deducted from the amount of any such investments any amounts specified by paragraph 2(a) of Annex 2 incurred by such spouse. In determining whether a natural person is a qualified purchaser, there may be included in the amount of such person’s investments any investments held in an individual retirement account or similar account the investments of which are directed by and held for the benefit of such person. Annex 2

  • Real Estate Business means homebuilding, housing construction, real estate development or construction and related real estate activities, including the provision of mortgage financing or title insurance.

  • Qualified high-technology business means a business that is either of the following:

  • Family Unit means the Employee and his or her Dependents covered under the Plan.

  • Family Member means spouse, father, mother, child, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law or son-in-law.

  • residential land means land used or capable of being used for residential purposes (but does not include land on which there is no residential dwelling).

  • Family abuse means any act involving violence, force, or threat that results in bodily injury or

  • funeral home means a building or structure with facilities for the preparation of dead persons for burial or cremation, for the viewing of the body and for funeral services;