SOCIAL LANDLORDS
December 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking the UK to the European Court of Justice because the relationship between "registered social landlords" - such as housing associations - and the Housing Corporation is not governed by European Union (EU) public procurement rules. Brussels thinks that agreements struck between the two should be subject to international open tenders.
THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking the UK to the European Court of Justice because the relationship between "registered social landlords" - such as housing associations - and the Housing Corporation is not governed by European Union (EU) public procurement rules. Brussels thinks that agreements struck between the two should be subject to international open tenders.
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