All articles by Carl Brown
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NewsCIH Northern Ireland welcomes doubling of communities department’s capital funding budget
£100m earmarked for social housing in draft budget
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NewsMiller Homes agrees deal to buy St Modwen as it eyes 6,000 homes a year
£371m-turnover business set to be snapped up by Scottish housebuilder
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NewsHomes England’s section 106 database welcome but ‘won’t fix fundamental problem’, warn HBF and NHF
MHCLG points to new Homes England database but sector bodies say lack of financial capacity is main factor holding housing associations back from bidding for affordable homes
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NewsMidland Heart ‘on track’ to hit 4,000-home target as it boosts turnover and surplus
Housing association doubles operating surplus
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NewsAbri and Octavia complete merger
Troubled 5,000-home Octavia is now a subsidiary of 55,000-home provider
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NewsGovernance rating downgrades for Moat and Plus Dane in latest batch of regulatory judgements
Regulator of Social Housing issues 59 regulatory judgements
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NewsL&Q appoints new group finance director
Ed Farnsworth will succeed long-serving Waqar Ahmed in January
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NewsHomes England launches section 106 ‘clearing service’ to help tackle affordable housing slowdown
Database aims to connect buyers and sellers of homes as concerns grow over stalled schemes
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News‘It’s not a surprise’: housebuilding starts and completions plummet in Scotland
CIH Scotland says fall is due to rising build costs and an underfunded affordable housing programme
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NewsClarion boosts build figures in first six months of the year
Trading update also shows near doubling of net surplus following increased income from stock disposals
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NewsExperienced CFO Ken Youngman appointed to interim role at Greensquare Accord
Former Family Mosaic executive joins 26,000-home landlord on an interim basis
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NewsPersimmon boss says tax rises and building safety levy will cost housebuilder up to £40m a year
Dean Finch warns government’s efforts to build 1.5m homes hampered by cost burden on sector running into “billions”
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NewsRayner to set out ‘devolution by default’ plan to give mayors more powers over development
MHCLG white paper to propose local government shakeup and more strategic powers for mayors to guide housing, transport and skills projects
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NewsEssex council downgraded to lowest C4 consumer grade over ‘extremely concerning’ failings
Castle Point Borough Council receives damning judgment from the Regulator of Social Housing over failures including management of fire safety and tenant satisfaction data collection
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NewsHill Group secures deal with Lloyds for first forward-funded build-to-rent scheme
Housebuilder eyes further expansion into build-to-rent market
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NewsHousebuilding profit tumbles by 36%
Building’s Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders list published tomorrow will show extent of profit and revenue fall among largest housebuilders
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NewsOmbudsman warns social landlords to overcome ‘complacency’ towards dealing with hazards
Watchdog says providers often fail to ‘triage’ cases effectively
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NewsVivid acquires 371 homes from L&Q
Fast-growing Hampshire-based provider acquires stock from housing association giant L&Q
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NewsOrbit appoints new chair as it aims for ‘best customer experience’ in housing association sector
Governance shake-up will see two tenant board members join board of 47,000-home organisation early next year