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National Housing Bank agrees series of multimillion deals to boost housing and regeneration
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (309+ words) Homes England's National Housing Bank has announced three new deals totalling "35m to unlock housing and regeneration across England. The schemes, in Salford, Bromley and Ludlow, will provide a total of 2, 500 new homes. Homes England said the new deals underline the…...
We can't fulfil our retrofit ambitions until we fix the "spark gap'
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (770+ words) The price imbalance between electricity and gas is creating major barriers for housing providers looking to decarbonise their homes, writes Trevor Wilkins, managing director at PAH Building & Construction Trevor Wilkins is managing director at PAH Building & Construction The UK's retrofit…...
London deputy mayor Tom Copley on council housebuilding, Help to Buy and emergency measures
1+ day, 30+ min ago (1814+ words) Tom Copley'is in charge of'tackling homelessness and building new homes in one of the world's most expensive cities. London is facing criticism for some of its development policies, but should the rest of the UK follow its lead?'Jess Mc…...
After 125 years of Southern Housing, here's what we want to do next
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (695+ words) We are ready to tackle the challenges ahead to deliver for our residents and build more homes, writes Trudi Elliott, chair of the board at Southern Housing, chair of the Planning Inspectorate and former chief executive of the Royal Town…...
It's unrealistic to demand 50% affordable housing on grey belt sites
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (915+ words) The simplest fix for a complex viability problem is now a three-way split between market sale, affordable housing and build-to-rent, writes'Tim Foreman, managing director of land and new homes at LRG Tim Foreman is managing director of land and new…...
How Scotland's housing associations grew from nothing over 50 years
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (251+ words) Mary Taylor and Lynn Mc Culloch's new book, Homes by Association: 50 Years of Housing Associations in Scotland, tracks the emergence of a new entity called a housing association in Scotland. Today we publish an extract from Chapter 11, "Bringing it together…...
How Vivid is keeping up with the sector's big players on developing new homes
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1805+ words) As chief investment officer at Vivid, Mike Shepherd is delivering a pipeline of new homes that larger players might envy. Jess Mc Cabe reports For a housing association with fewer than 40, 000 homes, Vivid plays an outsized role in development. This…...
Inside Housing - Insight - The Week in Housing: New out-of-area placements research, overseas building liability case and fresh call for rent controls
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (1046+ words) This week Inside Housing published a new wide-reaching investigation, which offers the most detailed picture of out-of-area temporary accommodation placements yet. This came after one London council'approved a new temporary accommodation charging policy in a bid to tackle rising costs…...
Groups urge action as wastewater capacity holds back 55, 000 homes in Northern Ireland
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (826+ words) Wastewater capacity problems are holding back an estimated 55, 000 homes in Northern Ireland, a report has revealed. Developers were briefed by Northern Ireland Water in February that a third of these homes cannot connect to the country's water system at all…...
Welsh landlord's financial viability revised over decarbonisation plans
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (417+ words) A Welsh housing association's financial viability grading has been downgraded from green to yellow, while it retained its top governance grade." Ateb Group's plans to decarbonise its homes over the next five years led to the yellow grade from the…...