All articles by Alex Funk – Page 6
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NewsGentoo to spend £44m upgrading 4,000 homes
Sunderland-based housing association reveals investment plan for 2025/26
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NewsRed Kite Community Housing hires interim chief executive
Susan Hickey steps up as boss as housing association begins search for permanent CEO
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NewsHackney Council must avoid overstating improvements to deliver better resident services, warns Ombudsman
A special investigation into the local authority identified service failures across repairs, responding to vulnerabilities and information management
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In FocusNation of collaboration: Spotlight on the Welsh social housing sector
As part of Housing Today’s new series looking at the social housing landscape in the devolved nations and English regions, Alex Funk visits Cymru to find out more about the country’s challenges
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NewsVistry picked to develop 600 homes as part of Sunderland regeneration
New Sheepfolds community will be one of four residential developments in major scheme
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NewsOctopus Energy launches solar scheme to help social tenants save on bills
Households could save up to £200 per year on energy bills under new ‘Tenant Power’ tariff
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NewsVarying definitions of ‘emergency’ could see residents treated unfairly under Awaab’s Law, warns Ombudsman
Law should ‘drive practices away from a postcode lottery towards greater convergence’, says watchdog
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NewsSouth Lakes Housing hires new CEO from Housing 21
Pam Mastrantonio will take over from outgoing chief executive Cath Purdy
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NewsWelsh government to streamline planning for faster social housing delivery
Plans to implement recommendations made by Affordable Housing Taskforce including a simplified section 106 process
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NewsHousing Plus makes senior appointments following merger with Wrekin
Roles of chief financial officer and executive director of investment and growth have been filled
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NewsAnchor hires chief risk officer as it seeks to improve regulatory ratings
Provider was placed under investigation by the regulator and given a low C3 grading for consumer standards in February
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NewsSwindon Borough Council fails to meet consumer standards
Regulator criticises Wiltshire local authority for failures relating to fire safety, damp and mould
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NewsThousands of Scottish social tenants face loss of heating and hot water by summer, landlords warn
SFHA, Blackwood and Wheatley call for rapid action before RTS meter switch-off
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NewsUptick in tenant satisfaction with social landlords
Survey of landlords by Housemark shows 1.7 percentage point rise in satisfaction
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NewsDecision to sell Brighton council buildings for housing funds called in for scrutiny
Councillors raised objections to Labour-led authority’s £20m plan to raise funds through the dispose of public assets
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In FocusKey talking points from the CIH Housing Brighton 2025 conference
The social housing sector gathered this week for its annual event on the south coast. From the spending review, and recent local election results, to housing targets, fire safety and damp and mould, there was no shortage of things to discuss. Alex Funk and Carl Brown round-up the key talking ...
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NewsRushing AI to do housing jobs could be ‘catastrophic’, warns Rochdale Boroughwide Housing boss
Amanda Newton spoke at Awaab’s Law panel discussion alongside Housing Ombudsman
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NewsTenants could pay more rent for green homes to generate development funds, Housing Forum director tells Housing Brighton event
Higher rent payments would be offset be lower energy bills
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NewsLandlord to build 300 homes under strategy to promote Welsh language and repopulate rural areas
Grŵp Cynefin’s ’A Place to Belong’ plan will also deliver a government-backed retrofit scheme