All Housing Today articles in February 2025 – Page 2
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NewsHUB gets green light for office-to-residential conversion scheme in the City
Co-living development to deliver 277 units as well as public amenities
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SponsoredZen Housing sets ambitious goal to grow to 5,000 affordable homes by mid-2026
Zen Housing, a regulated provider of affordable housing, today announces its 18-month mission to help tackle the growing housing affordability crisis. According to one estimate commissioned by the National Housing Federation (NHF) and Crisis from Heriot-Watt University, around 340,000 new homes need to be supplied in England ...
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NewsGovernment announces extra £21.1m for alarm systems and extends Waking Watch Replacement Fund
Use of costly waking watch schemes has been widespread since Grenfell
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NewsClarion renews £3bn debt instrument to fund sustainable investments
£993m-turnover housing association launches Euro Medium Term Note Programme
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CommentHow housing associations can tackle the skills shortage
Social landlords are finding it difficult to recruit as skills shortages inflate wages and restrict the pool of available workers. The solution is inspiring people to join the social housing sector, writes Helen White
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NewsMuse and Oldham Council lodge plan for 2,000 homes in town centre
Six key areas will undergo regeneration over 15 years
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NewsHomes England buys 34ha to create its largest housing site in the North
Up to 4,200 homes could be built in extension to Warrington
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NewsGrenfell refurbishment companies sued for more than £360m by council
RBKC says firms involved in cladding the tower with dangerous materials should pay a share of its losses
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NewsHeylo boosts turnover as it restructures in bid to regain regulatory compliance
Non-compliant provider backed by Blackrock makes changes and identifies measures to protect social housing assets
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CommentHow do we make Biodiversity Net Gain work for housing developers?
As we enter the second year of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements for new housing developments, Andrew Swift reflects on the ongoing confusion and ambiguity surrounding this regulation within the sector.
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CommentHeat networks: The low-carbon solution for social housing
The UK’s social housing sector is undergoing a significant transformation as it works to decarbonise its heat and hot water systems. Not only is there a need to support the country’s net zero targets by 2050, but improving energy efficiency is essential to address growing concerns about fuel poverty and ...
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NewsLondon mayor calls in another student accommodation-led scheme
Archway Campus had been recommended for rejection
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NewsHousing minister rejects Oldham council request to withdraw from controversial 11,500-home scheme
Councillors and residents previously raised concerns over loss of greenbelt land
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NewsRegulator issues warning over risks of lease-based provision of specialised supported housing
Providers in sub-sector engaged in financially risky practices, says RSH
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NewsOmbudsman criticises Housing for Women after incorrect £10,000 charge to resident
Landlord for vulnerable women overhauls policies after being branded ’unsympathetic’ by watchdog
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NewsFinancing affordable housing ‘impossible’ in London, says CEO of homelessness non-profit forced to close
Capital Letters, owned by a group of London councils, was set up to tackle homelessness but is set to shut down at the end of the year
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CIH UK Housing Review SeriesDigging behind the homelessness data
As part of a series curated by the Chartered Institute of Housing and written by sponsors of the UK Housing Review, Catherine Barham, Lucy Spurling and Stephen Aldridge from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government look behind the homelessness figures
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CommentThe 18-metre effect: housing delivery at risk from regulatory gridlock
Félicie Krikler points to a growing move towards mid-rise housing, as developers grapple with the compounded risks of high-rise delivery under the current building safety regulatory regime
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NewsSome councils could take century to clear waiting list for family-sized social homes, warns NHF
National Housing Federation, Shelter and Crisis call on government to increase social housebuilding ten-fold ahead of spending review
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NewsWates chief says sector ‘only in foothills’ of decarbonisation market opportunity
Firm now provides services for roughly one in seven social homes in England after acquisition last year