All Housing Delivery articles – Page 4
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NewsThirteen Group ploughs additional £57m into developing new homes and increases surplus
The 36,000-home housing association invested almost £250m in new and existing homes over the year
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NewsEMH Group latest to undershoot development target
East midlands provider increases shared ownership and sales income
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NewsStonewater increases development 23% as it boosts spend on new build
Surplus doubles due to one-off merger gain but repair costs rise
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NewsOxford City Council set to approve 184-home deal with Vistry
The local authority will also transfer 168 homes owned by its housing company OX Place to its Housing Revenue Account
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NewsScottish government allocates £22m in affordable housing bonds to Link and Cairn Housing Association
The Conservative shadow housing secretary says the investment is not new, and “a drop in the ocean” compared to cuts made to affordable housing in Scotland
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NewsHousing 21 acquires more than 1,500 homes from Midland Heart
Later living provider increases extra care portfolio to 10,000 homes
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NewsPlaces for People launches new training programme to tackle sector skills shortages
PfP Thrive will deliver training programmes for the UK housing and construction sector
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NewsMetropolitan Thames Valley Housing increases development spend by 40%
Accounts also confirm £80m deficit after building safety costs and write-downs
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NewsBuilding costs higher than house prices in one in five areas, Housing Forum finds
A report from the cross-sector network estimates that building a new home costs more than £250,000, which is higher than local house prices in some areas
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NewsSocial landlords ‘may be more effective at resolving complaints from shared owners than from renters’, Ombudsman says
Watchdog highlights mismatch between high dissatisfaction of shared owners and level of complaints
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NewsJigsaw Homes delivers ‘record’ 929 new homes and increases surplus
The housing association’s surplus increased by £8.5m during the year
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NewsNew survey finds attitude to urban brownfield regeneration ‘overwhelmingly positive’
A survey commissioned by Landsec, British Land and Berkeley found that almost 80% of people felt urban regeneration would have a positive impact on their area
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NewsHousing associations will need £54bn to deliver social housing targets in the London Plan, G15 says
The G15 has urged the government to help it leverage more private finance through a 10-year rent settlement and access to the Building Safety Fund
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NewsSlough Borough Council considers future of its troubled wholly-owned housing company
The council will consider the case for continuing with James Elliman Homes (JEH) which has made a loss since 2020
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NewsStonebond’s ex-chief executive joins Surrey housebuilder
Andrew Cornelius is the new chief financial and operating officer at Macar Homes
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In FocusA tale of two mergers: What do the completion of Barratt-Redrow and the collapse of Bellway-Crest Nicholson mean for Labour’s housebuilding plans?
Is the ground-breaking merger likely to help or hinder the government’s chances of hitting its sky-high 1.5 million housebuilding target?
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NewsGovernment needs to build 450,000 new homes a year by 2029 to meet target, says Housing Forum
Membership group sets out roadmap for how the new government can achieve the highest rate of housebuilding in 50 years
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NewsContracting giant in £7.7m payment dispute with Home Group set to go into administration
A contractor that took Home Group to court over a £7.7m payment dispute is set to enter administration. ISG, a £2bn-turnover construction, fit-out and engineering firm, has announced it will file for administration after attempts to find a buyer for the business failed. The company earlier this ...
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CommentAre Starmer’s housebuilding targets achievable or unrealistic?
The new government’s 1.5m-home target means we need to ramp up house building to a level not seen since the 1960s. Alan Boddy explains what needs to happen to ensure housing providers can match ministers’ ambitions
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NewsOrbit’s development drops by 30% as it ramps up spend on existing homes
The Midlands housing association’s surplus falls by 39%