All articles by Olivia Barber – Page 9
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Public 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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Great 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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Places 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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Brighton & 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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Ex-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
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Welsh housing association appoints new development director
Louise Attwood has been recruited into this new role as Trivallis embarks on development strategy to build 1,500 new homes over the next 10 years
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Woking Council risks being unable to meet new consumer standards due to budget constraints
The council’s preliminary 2023/24 financial results show its Housing Revenue Account reserves have fallen to £0.6m
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SNG and Captiva Homes agree £30m deal for Isle of Wight scheme
This will be the first large-scale ‘all-affordable’ homes development built on the island in a decade
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John Lewis to appeal to the planning inspectorate for a decision on 428-home build-to-rent development
John Lewis’s BtR arm will appeal Ealing Council’s ‘failure to decide’ on its planning application, despite the council stating JLP was previously ’keen to extend time for determination’
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Places for People joins call for next government to build 90,000 social homes a year
A recent PfP survey found over three-quarters of people believe more social rented homes are needed to tackle homelessness
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Home Group hires new director to enhance customer journeys
The 55,000-home housing association has appointed Colette Flattery as its new customer experience director
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Avant Homes' west Yorkshire business beefs up leadership team with two new appointments
The regional operating company has hired a new technical director and head of land
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Shelter calls on ‘political parties of all stripes’ to commit to building 90,000 social rented homes per year
Analysis of government data shows that social rent home losses have surpassed 250,000 in a decade
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Northern Housing Consortium sets out offer for new partnership with the next government
The NHC key asks of the next government include 10-year funding deals for regeneration and retrofit
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Social value in procurement needs assurance process to boost credibility, says HACT
Social housing charity says third-party verification process could help deliver long-term impact
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Northern Ireland temporary accommodation costs soar to almost £28m in one year
The public housing authority’s expenditure on temporary accommodation has increased by more than sixfold in seven years
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Sector could face £220m rent arrears spike due to benefit payment period 'mismatch', Housemark warns
The housing data specialist has urged RPs to address the gap between housing benefit payments and ‘rent weeks’ this year
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Vistry strikes 1,750-home deal with Blackstone and Regis
Latest large-scale forward sale deal is worth £580m
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Liverpool City Council appoints Salford Council director as new housing boss
Andrew Leigh has been appointed as Liverpool City Council’s new director of housing