All articles by Alex Funk
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NewsFormer Homes England and Greater Manchester boss Eamonn Boylan dies
Tributes paid to ‘giant of English devolution’ who served as Greater Manchester chief executive for eight years
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NewsGovernment backs rail station to accelerate housebuilding at 4,000-home east London regeneration scheme
Move aims to ‘maintain momentum’ at Countryside and L&Q’s Beam Park development
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NewsOrigin Housing completes integration into Places for People
Merger comes after Origin experienced regulatory trouble in 2023
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NewsSocial housing starts in Scotland hit record-low
Scottish government’s latest housing statistics show ‘worrying’ decline in private and social housebuilding in 2025
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NewsAbri appoints new chief investment officer
Rose Bean will lead landlord’s first investment strategy
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NewsNorth East council and shopping centre agree partnership for 4,500-home riverside development
Gateshead Council and Metrocentre propose 20-minute ‘city within a city’
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NewsUK house prices increase in March but Middle East conflict clouds outlook, says Nationwide
Housing activity ‘likely to soften’ in coming months despite uplift in Q1 2026
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NewsPlatform Housing Group chair retires
John Weguelin will continue in his role as chair of a fintech bank and is considering further opportunities within the housing sector
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NewsHigher mortgage rates linked to Middle East conflict starting to impact buyer demand, says Zoopla
But UK house price growth and sales agreed remain steady
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NewsDepartment for Transport to unblock stalled housing sites with new £165m fund
Road infrastructure and transport improvements near motorways and major A-roads could accelerate building work across England
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NewsAI will not take housebuilders’ jobs, says HBF
New report by the Home Builders Federation insists construction remains ‘difficult to fully automate’
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NewsThrive Homes and Watford Community Housing confirm merger
Pair currently manage around 13,500 across Hertfordshire and surrounding areas
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NewsNorth East Housing Partnership appoints new chair
Bernicia Homes’ boss John Johnston will head the board of the North East Housing Partnership
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In Focus‘I’m a local lad’: FCHO CEO Mark Gifford on Greater Manchester pride and building family homes
Social housing sector newcomer Mark Gifford is the fourth person to hold the permanent chief executive role at First Choice Homes Oldham since 2020. The OBE-holder discusses development strategy, his business background and all things Manchester in his first interview since taking the job
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NewsAPPG calls on government to include intergenerational communities in long term planning strategies
New inquiry report lays out several recommendations to address later living housing shortage
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NewsCouncils report improved confidence in social housing finances in latest LGA survey
But 99% say they are likely to raise rents in 2026/27
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NewsMTVH acquires neighbourhood at 4,700-home Berkeley regeneration scheme
Housing association to deliver 426 affordable homes at TwelveTrees Park in East London
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NewsBristol City Council overhauls tenancy processes after ombudsman found it made vulnerable resident homeless
Watchdog said landlord disposed of tenant’s possessions and changed the locks without his knowledge or consent
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NewsTrident CEO to retire after decades in the housing sector
Former Gentoo and Wythenshawe Community Housing boss wants to ’step on to the next life pathway’
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In Focus‘I feel a bit like a therapist’: My work as a resident liaison officer for Durkan Regen
In the latest in our Frontline Stories series, Yogesh Mata-Badul talks about engaging with residents, his passion for tenant vulnerability training and his personal shopping side gig