All articles by Olivia Barber – Page 11
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NewsConsultation on new draft shared ownership code launches
The Shared Ownership Council has described the code as “a step on the reform journey”
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NewsBritish Property Federation publishes new governance code for for-profit registered providers
The new code is tailored to the “distinct elements” of FPRPs’ structures, such as the fact that they are often part of wider groups of connected companies
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NewsRegulator upgrades Nottingham-based housing association’s governance grading
Tuntum Housing Association’s governance grading has returned to G1 after it was downgraded in 2021
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NewsSocial housing tenancies generate an average social value of £11,000 per tenant in Scotland, Shelter and HACT study finds
Shelter Scotland and HACT have emphasised the social value of social housing, while social housing starts in Scotland fall to their lowest level since 2012/13
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NewsHousemark sets sights on developing real-time data analytics programme
Data business owned by the Chartered Institute of Housing and the National Housing Federation says that real-time data is a “golden opportunity” for the sector
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NewsBromford and Flagship reveal plans to merge
Under the proposals, the two housing providers would come together to form a 78,000-home provider called Bromford Flagship
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NewsCitizen Housing’s £120m regeneration of 1960s Coventry estate to start in October
Demolition work at estate in Spon End is set to begin this autumn
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NewsAbri appoints former head of housing at Clarion as new managing director for South region
Helen Wilson is the new regional managing director for Abri’s recently created South region
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NewsSocial 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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NewsProportion of older people living in PRS to treble by 2040, CaCHE report finds
Almost one-quarter of over 65s could be living in rented accommodation by 2040
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NewsFor-profit RPs to treble housing portfolios to more than 80,000 homes by 2028, Knight Frank estimates
Increase fuelled by increased institutional capital entering the sector and existing players expanding their portfolios, says consultancy.
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NewsCardiff-based housing association secures £25m loan to deliver 300 affordable homes
Hafod Housing has secured a loan facility from Principality building society
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NewsLabour vows to end ‘bidding wars’ in the private rented sector
Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves will outline Labour’s rental and housing reforms in an announcement today
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NewsSocial landlords report decrease in tower blocks with 'life critical' external wall fire safety defects
The regulator’s latest fire safety remediation report attributes the reduction “at least in part” to the completion of remedial works in some buildings
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NewsPublic believes more upfront investment in infrastructure needed to support social housebuilding, survey finds
Places for People’s pre-election survey found that more than 50% of people worry about the strain that housebuilding would put on existing infrastructure
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NewsGreat Places appoints more than 100 suppliers to its latest £1.5bn construction framework
Bids to provide works and services under the latest framework increased by 23%
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NewsPlaces for People and Clarion use shared ownership staircasing automation technology
Clarion completed a two-month pilot with Stairpay, which Stairpay say saw a 50% increase in staircasing transactions
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NewsBrighton & Hove City Council and Hyde planning 300 homes on site of former trading estate
The Hyde Group and Brighton and Hove City Council JV could purchase land at the former trading estate and deliver council and shared ownership homes
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NewsEx-Peabody boss to step down from Sustainability for Housing chair role
Brendan Sarsfield will stand down from his role as chair of the social housing sustainability reporting organisation later this year, after more than three years in the position
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In Focus‘We will never lose sight of what happened’ - Rochdale Boroughwide Housing CEO Amanda Newton on addressing failures after a tragic death
How do you set about leading an organisation after tragedy? Newton was hired following the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak from mould exposure in an RBH home. In her first major interview, she explains to Olivia Barber how she is driving change