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Steve Reed appointed housing secretary

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Rayner resigns as housing secretary
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Basildon Council to end £300m repairs contract with Morgan Sindall
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Plans in for 9,000 homes on former RAF base in Oxfordshire
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Councils report Right to Buy reforms already boosting housebuilding
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Orbit appoints new chief development officer
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Kier appoints MD to residential development business
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Rising spend on existing homes puts pressure on Platform interest cover
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Housing events need to be for everyone in the sector, and that includes tenants
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The plan to cut the gateway 2 backlog: Key points from Tuesday’s parliamentary hearings on the BSR
2025-09-04T06:46:00+01:00

LiveWest boosts completions but misses affordable homes target
2025-09-04T10:17:00+01:00
Council granted permission for 380-home Romford town centre revamp despite 2,500 objections
2025-09-04T10:08:00+01:00

MPs urge permanent link between LHA rates and 30th percentile of rents
2025-09-04T12:08:00+01:00
Green light for more than 600 homes on Somerset showground
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The plan to cut the gateway 2 backlog: Key points from Tuesday’s parliamentary hearings on the BSR

By Daniel Gayne

This week saw an unusual amount of scrutiny of the Building Safety Regulator, with committees in both the Commons and the Lords examining the issue. Daniel Gayne watched the debates to find out where the troubled institution is headed

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Housing association finances

Housing association financial statements 2023/24: key trends and library of reports

The reporting season has come to an end, here are all our reports from housing association balance sheets for 2023/24

Regulator warns of ‘little margin for error’ as HAs' debt servicing costs exceed net earnings

Building safety

‘We will deliver a generational shift’… Why the Grenfell Inquiry report means another building safety shake-up

Keir Starmer wants his government’s response to the tragedy to mark a defining moment in the safety and quality of housing in the UK. Is the construction industry prepared for it?