All Housing Today articles in May 2024 – Page 4
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Longhurst and Grand Union to launch consultation this week on potential merger
Boards approve business case to create 37,000-home association
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Comment
AI and analytics: why the social housing sector needs a data-first approach
AI can help housing providers more quickly and easily identify suitable sites for development and problem properties, writes Joanna Lee-Mills
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RSH opens investigation into Southwark Council over potential ‘serious failings’
Probe launched after 36,000-home local authority landlord self-referred over missed electrical safety tests
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London council leaders call for ‘use it or lose it’ powers to force developers to build
Authority leaders say they need new powers and investment to fix capital’s housing crisis
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Land supply must increase signficantly to meet government’s 1.5m homes target, says Savills
The real estate giant says land supply remans a “fundamental challenge”
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933-home Salford scheme approved
Crescent Innovation scheme to include 25 development plots with buildings up to 11 storeys in height
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Lloyds proposes extra ‘Social Housing Contract’ payment to boost housing delivery
The extra payment would be funded by generating savings on housing benefit payments
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A2Dominion to cut development team in half
Landlord consults on redundancies as part of pivot to focus on customer service following regulatory downgrade
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Deal signed to deliver 3,000 homes as part of huge Northstowe new town project
Housing minister Pennycook pledges to help as Homes England, Keepmoat and Capital & Centric agree deal to progress next phase of new town
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Clarion reports drop in turnover and surplus as it takes ‘cautious’ approach to development
Housing association giant increases spend on existing stock from £393m to £418m
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A2Dominion focuses on changing repairs systems and patch sizes following Ombudsman ruling
The housing association has changed how it manages third-party contractors and reduced leasehold manager caseloads
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Comment
Why housing associations need to make healthy surpluses
Those who tell stories about the sector ‘raking in’ surpluses fundamentally misunderstand the nature of our strained social housing financial model, writes Fiona Fletcher-Smith
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News
Sector’s leaders welcome Labour government’s ‘clear commitment’ to housing in King’s Speech
Amid positive reactions to the new government’s legislative focus on housing, experts have stressed that planning isn’t the only issue to be fixed and that it’s now time for action
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New government sets out plans for housing and planning in first King’s Speech
Legislation aiming to speed up approvals among 35 new draft bills
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Annual house price growth rises to 2.2%
ONS publishes latest figures on house prices, rents and inflation
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Regulator warns social landlords to learn ‘important lessons’ after nine councils breached consumer standards in 2023/24
The Regulator of Social Housing reveals findings from its annual consumer regulations review
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Planning reform expected to be at the heart of today’s King’s Speech
Labour to outline its policy priorities later today with more than 35 draft bills
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In Focus
The challenge of defining vulnerability: how do social landlords deliver services that are responsive to tenants’ needs?
The Housing Ombudsman has raised concerns about the way social landlords are defining vulnerability. Olivia Barber speaks with housing sector experts about what landlords need to do to make their services agile
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Lloyds Banking Group to convert old office sites into social housing
Bank’s package of housing measures also includes £200m fund for small providers and expansion of Citra Living rental company
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Liverpool City Council set to receive £55m to ‘unlock’ 2,350-home brownfield scheme
Redevelopment of Central Docks “not feasible” without Homes England support, says council