After the controversy over the demolitions, Sunderland Housing Group rebranded as Gentoo in 2007. This odd decision to name the organisation after a penguin coincided with a growth in Gentoo’s ambitions. It began to reach for a higher purpose than managing, and sometimes demolishing, council homes.
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What checks do Gentoo do?
15.2 A financial assessment will be completed by Gentoo before any formal offer is made. This assessment will cover income, outgoings and any equity and savings levels. It will take into account the local housing market.
What is Band 3 in Gentoo housing?
Band 3 – Choice
This group is for all applicants without an urgent or priority need to move who would like to move out of choice.
How many properties Gentoo have?
30,000 properties
We have over 30,000 properties across Sunderland, Washington, Houghton and Hetton. Our vision is to provide great homes, strong communities and inspired people.
How do I get a council house in Sunderland?
You can complete a housing application form to apply to the placed on the Council Housing Register. The register is used for nominations to Sunderland Council Housing Service or to other registered providers throughout Sunderland. Find out about the Sunderland City Council Allocations Scheme.
How is Gentoo different?
What makes Gentoo different? Gentoo uses a BSD ports-like system called Portage – a package management system that allows great flexibility installing, maintaining, and updating software.
What are Gentoo stages?
A Stage tarball is an archive of the basic files used for the installation of Gentoo Linux. Stage tarballs can be generated with catalyst using the appropriate specs files. Stage1 and stage2 tarballs are for development purposes only and are not intended for users.
Who gets highest priority for council housing?
You will get more priority for council housing if your home: needs urgent repairs or is in a very bad condition. is unsanitary – for example, has bad drains or sewerage problems. lacks basic washing and cooking facilities.
What makes you priority for housing?
Applicants who will receive higher priority for housing: People whose current housing has a serious negative impact on their health. People who are living in severely overcrowded housing. People who are homeless as a result of domestic abuse.
How can I get council to move me faster?
How to get a council house quicker
- Be as open and flexible as you can.
- Update the council of changes to circumstances.
- Ensure you’re in the right band.
- Use all your bids.
- Ensure you’re bidding for the correct type of property – by this we mean bidding for the type of property you will be given priority for.
Why is Gentoo special?
Gentoo allows users to configure which software features they wish to install, instead of the “one size fits all” approach of many binary-based distributions. Gentoo can run in a wide range of environments, from embedded systems and virtual containers (LXC, OpenVZ, etc.) through to large cluster machines.
Is Gentoo or arch better?
Gentoo/Funtoo Linux
Arch provides a ports-like system for building packages from source, though the Arch base system is designed to be installed as pre-built x86_64 binary. This generally makes Arch quicker to build and update, and allows Gentoo to be more systemically customizable.
What areas does Gentoo cover?
To join our housing register you must be aged 16 years or older.
The local councils we have agreements with are:
- Durham County Council.
- Middlesbrough Council.
- Northumberland County Council.
- Sunderland City Council.
- South Tyneside Council.
How much is housing benefit in Sunderland?
While your claim is being assessed, you will receive the assessment rate for 13 weeks. This will be: up to £57.90 a week if you are aged under 25. up to £73.10 a week if you are aged 25 or over.
How long do you have to be in a council house before you can buy it in Ireland?
10 years
You and/or joint tenant must however be in receipt of some form of social housing support for at least 10 years, and must have a minimum gross annual income of €12,500, as determined by the local authority in accordance with the rules of the scheme.
Can you get a mortgage on a council house?
If you need a mortgage to buy your council home you’ll be subject to the same mortgage affordability criteria as any other mortgage applicant. Your income and expenditure will be assessed and you’ll have to pass the lender’s credit check.
What does the name Gentoo mean?
Gentoo, also spelled Gentue or Jentue, was a term used by Europeans for the native inhabitants of India before the word Hindu, with its religious connotation, was used to distinguish a group from Muslims and members of other religious groups in India.
Is Gentoo still relevant?
Yes, people are still using Gentoo Linux. It is a great distribution if you just enjoy tinkering, require flexibility, or if you are doing lots of cross-compiling for different architectures.
Is Gentoo a beginner?
Gentoo is indeed a good way to learn about Linux but you’ll need to invest some time and patience on it. This is not the easiest distro for a beginner. I strongly recommend learning basic shell / unix commands before (cd, mv, ls, cat , pwd, grep, | , >, >> , vim or nano , cp ,)
Is Gentoo faster than Arch?
Its not a distro itself. those that have never had a hard drive fail. More specifically (in my case only) gentoo runs faster. I could compile archlinux binaries to run faster, but it would take more of my time to maintain them.
Is Gentoo harder than arch?
Gentoo is harder – it involves compilation and early decisions on cross-package features you want to enable with tags – it may take an entire day. If you feel very brave (and have excess time), you may try Linux from Scratch; as the name suggests, it helps you to create your own, custom distro.