All articles by Olivia Barber – Page 8
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Thrive Homes appoints former CItizen COO as its new chair
Kate Still has also held senior positions at Sanctuary and the South East Development Agency, as well as in local government
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Bristol City Council agrees planning conditions for former Bristol Zoo gardens development
A legal challenge is anticipated against the redevelopment plans for the historic site
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Church of England submits plans for 150-home development in Lincoln
The scheme is the latest in the Commissioners’ strategic land pipeline, which aims to develop 30,000 new build homes on church land
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For-profit provider backed by social impact fund appoints Richard McCarthy as chair
FAHHA appoints former senior civil servant, who has also served as CEO of the National Housing Federation and Peabody
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Rural communities ‘held back’ by high house prices, Stonewater survey finds
People in rural communities also highlighted a lack of public transport and public services as barriers to living in the countryside
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Northern Housing Consortium hires new executive director for operations and finance
Andrea Downey has been appointed to the NHC
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Consultation 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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British 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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Regulator 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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Social 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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Housemark 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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Bromford 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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Citizen 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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Abri 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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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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Proportion 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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For-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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Cardiff-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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Labour 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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Social 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