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CommentHow housing associations can tackle the skills shortage
Social landlords are finding it difficult to recruit as skills shortages inflate wages and restrict the pool of available workers. The solution is inspiring people to join the social housing sector, writes Helen White
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NewsHeylo boosts turnover as it restructures in bid to regain regulatory compliance
Non-compliant provider backed by Blackrock makes changes and identifies measures to protect social housing assets
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CommentThe 18-metre effect: housing delivery at risk from regulatory gridlock
Félicie Krikler points to a growing move towards mid-rise housing, as developers grapple with the compounded risks of high-rise delivery under the current building safety regulatory regime
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CommentAre SME housebuilders becoming extinct? Why we must unlock cheaper finance for smaller builders
The government has extended the Home Building Fund for SMEs that was due to close this month, but restrictive rules still block smaller housebuilders from gaining access to the loans they need to develop difficult sites, writes Wayne Douglas
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NewsSouthway Housing Trust aims for 50% growth in stock within five years
Southway Housing Trust is aiming to increase its housing stock by 50% over the next five years to help meet housing demand. Southway Housing Trust’s offices in Disbury, south Manchester The landlord, based in Didsbury, south Manchester, has published its new five-year plan which includes a pledge ...
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NewsNorthern housing associations call for £1.4bn fund for regeneration
Lates Northern Housing Monitor outlines state of housing in the region
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NewsPat Ritchie appointed interim chair of Homes England
Former Newcastle City Council and Homes and Communities Agency boss appointed to chair funding body by Angela Rayner
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CommentFrom fabric first to smart heat: the changing face of retrofit
We are seeing a revolution in how we upgrade our homes but we must make sure those in poverty can benefit, writes Chris Brown
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NewsHomes England joint venture buys site for 3,500-home scheme on Cambridgeshire airfield
Bourn Airfield site first acquisition by agency’s £250m joint venture with Oaktree Capital and Greycoat Real Estate
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NewsNational Wealth Fund and Natwest announce £500m in guaranteed loans for retrofit
Move aims to “remove barrier to funds” for registered providers
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NewsStonewater appoints new chief operating officer
David Ripley will join 40,000-home in the summer from Thirteen Group
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NewsHomes England signs deal to acquire stalled Nottingham shopping centre site for 1,000-home project
Project will see redevelopment of the site which houses the partially- demolished Broad Marsh shopping centre
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CommentBuilding 1.5m homes: we need an immigration system that better aligns with growth priorities
Ilaria Iovieno and Kirsty Moore look at the extent to which current immigration rules are a help or hindrance for housebuilding
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NewsDevon council reviewing 70 eviction cases in which residents were overcharged rent
Mid Devon District Council set all of its rents incorrectly for a number of years and is in the process of calculating refunds
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CIH UK Housing Review SeriesHousing supply must be targeted at the people in the highest need
As part of a series curated by the Chartered Institute of Housing and written by sponsors of the UK Housing Review, Francesca Albanese from Crisis draws conclusions about the sections on homelessness
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In FocusWhy most new homes are still being built to old standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom Lowe reports
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NewsShepherds Bush folded into Guinness as ‘full’ merger completes
Stock and assets now transferred to £460m-turnover provider as 5,000-home association ceases to exist
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NewsKhan calls in rejected student housing scheme in Paddington
London mayor intervenes, saying 600-bed scheme would make “significant contribution” to capital’s student accommodation targets
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CommentThe Planning and Infrastructure Bill offers hope for a system in desperate need of repair
Forthcoming legislation to further shake up the planning system is exactly what the housing sector needs, but there is a long way to go yet, writes Craig Pettit