Sentence examples for council assets from inspiring English sources

"The housing bill ensures the sale of empty high value council assets will enable receipts to be reinvested in building new homes that better meet local needs as well as supporting home ownership through right to buy".

To date York council has invited ideas around five main challenges: to better exploit underutilised council assets; to help vulnerable and older people in their own homes; to improve council procurement from small businesses; to use footfall to improve environmental sustainability; and to make York a more friendly city for residents with dementia.

And the leader of Haringey council, Claire Kober, has stepped down over a controversial redevelopment plan that would have involved transferring council assets to a joint public-private development vehicle to help tackle the London borough's crumbling housing stock, chronic shortage of affordable homes and long waiting lists.

It can borrow - using what is called "capital receipts" which is selling council assets - but that is difficult in the current climate because the property market is so flat - or it can use money from revenue budgets.

The authorities said the appointment of the chief executive would be followed by a senior management team, which would rationalise the councils' assets.

During the four-year period on which the audit focused, the district council's assets plummeted, dropping to $3.5 million at the end of 1998 from $20 million in 1995.

From small beginnings in 1999 - housing single asylum seekers for Kent county council - the assets of the Angel Group at the end of 2003 had, according to the last company report, expanded to nearly £40m.

He said the new theatre would be funded by disposal of the council's assets.

BBC correspondent Phil Mackie says the council has assets worth up to £6bn, which includes things it cannot sell because of the potential outcry, like the Town Hall, the council house and parks.

The building is part of the council's "asset management strategy".

The group started a petition, signed by 1,500 people, and the Packhorse Inn was added to the local council's asset of community value list, which gave the community time to develop a proposal and raise the necessary funds to bid for the property.