All articles by Carl Brown
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NewsPositive reaction to planning reforms but social housing bodies warn wider support for sector also needed
Housebuilders welcome new legislation
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NewsPersimmon increases profit despite £25m write-off for investment in failed modular developer Top Hat
Housebuilder posts stronger than expected underlying profit and increases homes target for next year
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NewsNew representative body for council housing directors expected to fund itself from second year
New Association of Directors of Housing to receive start-up funding from MHCLG
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NewsBarratt Redrow COO and deputy CEO to retire
Steven Boyes is retiring after 47 years at giant housebuilder
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NewsNew representative body for council housing directors due to launch in 2025/26
The Association of Directors of Housing is backed by MHCLG and the LGA
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NewsPlanning approvals fall to decade low as housing output drops
HBF boss warns housing supply is at “crisis” levels
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NewsGreen light for 460-home mixed-use marina scheme in Southampton
Scheme will not include affordable housing following viability assessment
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NewsMcLaren Living gets green light for 314-home mixed-use scheme
Watford development will see police station and magistrates court demolished
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News‘Grip the housing crisis or accept managed decline’ G15 chair tells government
Fiona Fletcher-Smith warns government 1.5m homes target is under threat unless ministers act to restores financial certainty to social housing sector
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News‘We all have a responsibility’ - Elly Hoult issues rallying cry to sector on skills as toolkit launches
Chartered Institute of Housing president addresses Scotland’s Housing Festival in Edinburgh
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NewsNIFHA and CIH welcome Stormont’s ‘clear target’ of 5,850 social homes
Trade body warns joined-up approach will be needed to achieve higher delivery
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NewsCHP and Estuary enter merger talks
Essex housing associations in discussions about creating 16,000-home provider
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NewsGovernment announces 30-month target for local plans
Ministers want to reduce the seven-year average to produce and adopt local plans
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NewsMHCLG pushes ahead with plan to ban leasehold
Shared ownership homes will be able to work within a commonhold says the government as white paper due imminently
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NewsMagenta Living chief executive to join Sydney housing association
Debi Marriott-Lavery to leave 13,000-home Wirral-based provider in the summer
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In FocusRural housing champion: Rethinking local delivery of repairs with Stonewater CEO Nick Harris
Stonewater has grown its housing stock by around 10,000 properties in just 10 years since it was formed through a merger of Raglan and Jephson. Nick Harris talks about the challenge of maintaining customer service across a large number of rural areas
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NewsNHF boss repeats calls for end to 'unfair' building safety funding regime in response to Grenfell announcements
Trade body wants equal access to funding for housing associations and residents
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NewsThe government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry: Key proposals at a glance
Ministers have published their long-awaited plan in response to the inquiry into the Grenfell fire, which claimed 72 lives in 2017. Here is a guide to the key proposals.
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NewsGovernment to review governance of TMOs and ALMOs
Ministers pledge to ensure effective oversight and accountability is in place for social housing management organisations as part of response to Grenfell Inquiry report
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NewsSocial housing tenants to be ‘empowered’ to challenge landlords as part of Grenfell Inquiry response
MHCLG-funded resident engagement training programme to be expanded