All Housing Today articles in November 2024
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CEO and COO of Notting Hill Genesis write to residents to apologise for failings
Patrick Franco and Katie Bond have sent emails to tenants after the RSH found governance failings which led to ‘poor’ health and safety outcomes
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Camden Council has ‘defensive complaints culture’, says Ombudsman
The landlord had a maladministration rate of 83% between 2023 and 2024
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Housing supply falls 6% year-on-year
13,220 fewer net additional dwellings in 2023/24 compared to previous year, official figures show
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Green light for £1.3bn coastal regeneration in Edinburgh
Granton Waterfront’s first redevelopment phase will deliver 847 new homes
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Orbit hires new interim director of supported housing from A2Dominion
Jude Cross joins 47,000-home housing association
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Scheme to turn 1980s Southwark office block into student homes gets green light
Job also includes building new community kitchen
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In Focus
The big social media question: should housing associations leave X (Twitter)?
Some social landlords describe X as “toxic” but for others it is still a “shop window” and remains an effective route to communicate with residents. As the platform sheds users, Alex Funk looks at how individual landlords are responding
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Pennycook sets out details of guarantees scheme to help SME and BTR developers
Existing schemes will be topped up with £3bn of guarantee support for lenders promised in budget
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NHG found non-compliant after governance failings lead to ‘poor’ health and safety outcomes for tenants
67,000-home landlord also given a low ‘C3’ consumer grade along with three councils
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In Focus
‘Because the spaces work for children, they work for everyone’ - how Camden’s Whittington estate fosters a community for all ages
Mary Richardson talks to two architects who have made a film about the child-friendly estate where they live, to find out what’s so special about its design
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Community Housing Cymru appoints Platform executive as chair
Welsh membership body hires Gerraint Oakley
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RSH data reveals half of tenants unhappy with landlord complaint handling
Regulator strengthens consumer standards through introduction of new tenant satisfaction survey
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Taskforce calls for cross-departmental unit to lead national older people’s housing strategy
Wide-ranging paper also calls for planning presumption in favour of later living housing and requirements on Homes England to support its expansion
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MTVH warns build capacity ‘limited’ without government support as completions drop
G15 landlord to invest record amount in development this year
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Sadiq Khan consults on plans for new intermediate rental tenure for key workers
Mayor London proposes rents based on 40 per cent of key workers’ incomes
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Comment
What next after the Office for Place?
With the closure of the Office for Place, questions arise about how to maintain focus on design quality, placemaking, and sustainability in the built environment, writes Ben Derbyshire
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Guinness boosts completions and starts by more than 60%
70,000-home provider increases delivery year-on-year following delays to last year’s programme
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Housing Today wins major publishing award
Year of growth and new launches sees title land Media Brand of the Year award
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Grainger acquires Cardiff site for 400-home build-to-rent scheme
John Street scheme would follow recent Copper Works scheme in Welsh capital
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For-profit RP ReSI Homes records £16m loss in third year of reporting
Drop stemmed from revaluation of investment property