management needs

English translation: needs of the housing management service

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English term or phrase:	management needs
Selected answer:	needs of the housing management service
Entered by:	B D Finch

15:16 Jan 3, 2010

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English term or phrase: management needs

I am translating a short guide about the allocation of points to people applying for (re)-housing in the UK. Points are awarded according to housing needs, as determined based on the applicant’s circumstances. There are several priority bands, the higher the band , the more points are awarded. In my document, priority 1 band includes such housing need factors as:
‘Statutory Homeless’, ‘Domestic Abuse’, ‘Serious Harassment’, ‘Management Needs’, and ‘Medical – Danger/No useable house’.

I am not clear about those ‘’management needs’’. I‘ve consulted other documents, and come across the following definitions:

Management Transfer
- Where remaining in the existing home would endanger the life/lives of
members of the household. This relates to cases of violence, abuse,
harassment and hate crimes.

Management grounds
Additional points can be awarded by the Housing
Manager, to people who are experiencing any of
these problems:
■ Severe neighbour disputes involving violence.
■ Targeted violence.
■ Problems of a severe and sensitive nature.
■ Racial harassment.
■ Rehousing to prevent children being taken
into care.

MANAGEMENT REASONS
If you are an existing Council tenant and First Choice Homes would like you to move
e.g. to redevelop your home, you can be allocated 200 management points.

It would seem that the phrase ‘management needs’ is a sort of umbrella term for various special needs/circumstances. I am not sure, though.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Grzegorz Mysiński KudoZ activity Questions: 1925 (none open) (45 closed without grading) Answers: 1782 Poland
Local time: 21:34

needs of the housing management service

Explanation:
My answer is based on my experience of 10 years working in English council housing management and another 10 working for English housing associations.

"Management needs" cover a range of issues relating to the good management, or facilitating the management of social housing. They can overlap with the tenant's needs. E.g. obtaining a transfer for a mentally ill tenant with delusions that the Queen lives next door and is persecuting her could not be justified on the basis of the tenant's needs. However, if that tenant's flat was just what was needed to accommodate a resident warden on an estate where half the flats were designated as sheltered housing, and if there was an available, equally good or better flat on a neighbouring estate that the tenant would like to move to, then "management needs" could be (and were) invoked to obtain a swift transfer. (Unfortunately, as was wholly predictable, Her Majesty moved in next door within 2 - 3 weeks.)

What you think is a definition of "Management Transfer" is not a definition at all, but a list of circumstances in which a housing department would recommend a management transfer. Also, bands are based on points, not the other way around.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-03 17:11:58 GMT)
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As extra clarification: a "management transfer" would be used where the tenant did not qualify for a transfer, at that time, on the basis of points.

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B D Finch
France
Local time: 21:34

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needs of the housing management service

B D Finch

3 +2

The management wants the tenants out of their present council property

Jack Doughty

building management

Alexandra Taggart

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Constantinos Faridis (X)

Discussion entries: 5

B D Finch

France

@Annett

17:04 Jan 3, 2010

I did use the word "rarely". Management may go to considerable trouble to support the victim in their tenancy while taking action against the perpetrator. However, protecting the victim should take priority and if the perpetrators of violence or harrassment can't be identified and dealt with by the police and courts, the victim may have to be moved and "management grounds" may be part of the justification.

Annett Kottek (X)

United Kingdom

@ B D Finch

16:36 Jan 3, 2010

I inferred the points awarded due to anti-social neighbours from the references that Grzegorz's posted above (e.g. 'Severe neighbour disputes involving violence'). Prison and immigration services was a guess - - thank you for clarifying. Annett :-)

B D Finch

France

"Management grounds" and other agencies

16:20 Jan 3, 2010

Anti-social neighbours would rarely be a reason for transferring a tenancy. The policy reasons are obvious: by transferring the victim, the aggressor has won and is encouraged to continue in their anti-social behaviour against other tenants. Eviction or other court action against anti-social neighbours would be on the grounds of breach of tenancy, not "management grounds". Housing officers would certainly liaise with many outside agencies, however these would not include the prison or immigration services.

Annett Kottek (X)

United Kingdom

The needs of the management

15:55 Jan 3, 2010

I would think that this refers to the needs of the landlord rather than those of the tenant; one example would be the one given - - redevelopment of the property.

'Management grounds' would be problems relating to the property, such as anti-social neighbours. A Housing Manager would award points in such cases, as he or she would be the one who (liaising with the police if necessary) deals with those issues. I expect that other agencies, e.g. Social Services, Prison Services, or Immigration Services, are also involved in assessing the needs of an individual. I must stress, however, that I'm no expert in this field.

Jenni Lukac (X)

15:25 Jan 3, 2010

I have never seen this type of programme before but I think your conclusion that "management needs" is an umbrella term is probably correct.

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Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 22:34
Native speaker of: Greek

34 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

The management wants the tenants out of their present council property

Explanation:
I think this probably means, e.g. a couple with one child currently living in a four-bedroom house: the management has need of such a house to allocate it to a larger family, so the current tenants will have priority in being rehoused to a smaller place.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 276

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needs of the housing management service

B D Finch
France
Local time: 21:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

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building management

Explanation:
As:the lighting, the water supply,the heating, the rubbish collection, etc, everything that needs to run the house. I believe, it was mentioned, because no one seems responsible.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-01-03 17:24:25 GMT)
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"the house in a complete disorder", softly- softly, would be "management needs"."Management Needs" -all from a capital...Confuses.

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 22:34
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian

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