All Policy articles – Page 3
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NewsCIH Scotland has ‘serious concerns’ that introducing Passivhaus equivalent will affect housing delivery
Devolved government plans to bring in standard for all new builds
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CommentBuilding 1.5 million homes: how do we ensure quality of life in the government’s housing drive?
As ministers seek to increase housebuilding they must remember that rapid construction without planning for sustainability and wellbeing leads to poor outcomes, writes Matthew Morgan
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NewsCouncils urge chancellor to take ‘immediate action’ as one in four councils risk needing bailouts
LGA says Budget must provide councils with financial stability to protect the services
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NewsBirmingham City Council proposes reducing affordable housing target for brownfield developments
Council says proposed local plan changes are not about watering down affordable housing, but about being ‘realistic’
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NewsNew NHF report urges social landlords to use data to make contact with residents count
The report says that landlords do not need to wait for IT solutions to make use of resident data
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NewsLandlords struggling with damp and mould repairs timescales, Ombudsman finds
The watchdog has shared more than 100 severe maladministration cases on damp and mould ahead of Awaab’s Law being introduced.
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NewsNewham Council becomes first social landlord to receive lowest ‘C4’ consumer grade
Regulator calls for “significant change” at London borough after finding missed electrical tests, fire checks and thousands of overdue repairs
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NewsDeaths of homeless people increase 12%, Museum of Homelessness research finds
The number of people who died while homeless rose to 1,474 last year
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NewsHill Group appoints new dedicated build-to-rent manager as it eyes expansion into sector
Tom Starkey has been hired to help shape Hill’s BTR strategy
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NewsNorth East Combined Authority and Homes England form strategic place partnership
NECA has signed an agreement to form a long-term partnership with the government’s housing and regeneration agency to help unlock local housing development
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NewsGovernment will miss 1.5 million homes target by almost a third without funding, the NHF and HBF warn
Research by Savills shows there there could be a shortfall of up to 95,000 new homes per year.
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NewsBadenoch: Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill a “discentive” for private landlords
The shadow housing secretary says the last government wasn’t able to make the legislation work
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NewsRayner vows to get Renters’ Rights Bill into law ‘as soon as possible’
Children and families facing the ‘cruel threat’ of no fault evictions have waited ‘far too long already,’ says housing secretary as bill returns to parliament
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CommentReflecting on an EPIC presidential year
Jill Murray’s Chartered Institute of Housing’s presidential term comes to an end next week. Here she reflects on the past 12 months
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NewsNorthern Ireland Housing Executive invests £14m in 300-home retrofit scheme
The public housing authority’s ‘whole house’ retrofit programme will upgrade hundreds of homes by spring 2025
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NewsCalico Homes sets up hate crime reporting service in Burnley
The regulator’s revised consumer standards require social landlords to tackle hate incidents and ASB
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NewsSomerset council calls new proposed mandatory housing target ‘unrealistic’
The leader of Bath and North East Somerset council has warned Angela Rayner new target must take into account UNESCO status
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NewsOmbudsman urges GreenSquareAccord to make further improvements to complaint handling
The Housing Ombudsman has told the housing association it needs to address the ‘root causes’ of complaints
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NewsShelter chief executive Polly Neate to step down next March
After seven years at the homelessness charity, Neate says she has made “the incredibly difficult decision” to leave
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NewsScottish government allocates £22m in affordable housing bonds to Link and Cairn Housing Association
The Conservative shadow housing secretary says the investment is not new, and “a drop in the ocean” compared to cuts made to affordable housing in Scotland