All housing associations articles
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Southern chief executive announces overhaul of service charges
78,000-home association will change calculation and ‘hold managing agents to account’ in effort to keep costs down for residents
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Social housing tenant satisfaction drops to five-year low, Housemark analysis reveals
Analysis of tenant satisfaction measures (TSM) reveals overall satisfaction has fallen 15 percentage points in five years
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For-profit RPs to treble housing portfolios to more than 80,000 homes by 2028, Knight Frank estimates
Increase fuelled by by increased institutional capital entering the sector and existing players expanding their portfolios, says consultancy.
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Comment
With support from the next government, HAs can build on their growing confidence in using MMC
Research by Building Better and the NHF suggests the sector is maturing and grappling with the practicalities of MMC delivery, writes Trina Chakravarti
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Home Group hires new director to enhance customer journeys
The 55,000-home housing association has appointed Colette Flattery as its new customer experience director
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Social value in procurement needs assurance process to boost credibility, says HACT
Social housing charity says third-party verification process could help deliver long-term impact
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Loss of social homes cost UK economy £25bn last year, new report finds
Research estimates that social housing tenancies contribute over £70bn per year to the economy. This contribution could be even greater if 1.4 million social homes had not been lost to disposals, conversions, and the Right to Buy scheme.
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Orbit sets target to build and regenerate 5,700 homes by 2030
The Midlands-housing association’s new corporate strategy will focus on continuing to build homes ‘at scale’
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More than half of social landlords missing 100% gas safety compliance target, Housemark survey finds
The housing data specialist’s figures also show that complaint volumes have risen by almost a fifth
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GreenSquareAccord pays tribute to ‘true champion’ former chair following his death
Robin Bailey passed away this morning following a period of illness
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G15 chair writes to Gove to rebut claims of ‘widespread abuse of service charges’ by social landlords in London
Fiona Fletcher-Smith wrote to Gove regarding ‘comments and accusations’ made against housing associations in a letter from Sir George Howarth MP
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South-west housing association appoints former Orbit director as new chair
Ted Pearce will take over from the incumbent chair of Two Rivers’ board once her term ends in October
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In Focus
A labour of love: My work as a housing and employment officer
Not many councils have a housing and employment officer, but Monica Chabria is one. In the first of our Frontline Stories series, she tells Olivia Barber about the role
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Midland Heart appoints new executive director of property services
The 35,000-home housing association has promoted Sayeed Harris to the role
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Peabody appoints developer to deliver its first Passivhaus scheme
The scheme will deliver 189 affordable, low-energy homes in South-east London
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Non-compliant Origin becomes a subsidary of Places for People
7,800-home housing association completes merger after regulatory downgrade
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Birmingham's social housing waiting list ‘continues to grow’ after council's decision to keep it open
There are now almost 23,500 applicants on the list, after the council decided not to close its housing register last month
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Islington and Shoreditch Housing Association picks new development director
Jerome Geoghegan replaces the retiring Janet Mussington
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East Midlands housing association appoints new chief executive
Futures Housing Group has appointed Tim Mulvenna as its new CEO
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North East council leaders sign devolution deal
The deal will give the mayoral combined authority housing powers and will make available £100m in funding, including £37m of flexible funding for brownfield remediation