All Housing Today articles in April 2024
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CIH and NHF publish 12 ‘guiding principles’ for repairs and maintenance
Cross-sector working group set up by sector bodies produces principles and shares case studies
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CIH Brighton: Regulator reports ‘uptick’ in health and safety compliance referrals
Director of strategy at the regulator says some organisations ‘don’t have a grip on some of the basics’
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Elphicke hits out at government’s failure to build 300,000 homes a year as she defects to Labour
Housing finance expert and MP for Dover crosses the Commons floor
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MD to depart modular developer TopHat under cost-cutting plan
Andrew Shepherd announces departure
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Aster misses development target as capacity ‘plateaus’
Southern landlord latest to reveal lower completions than hoped for in 2023/24
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‘We wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t wanted’: Duchy of Cornwall's project team defends 2,500-home Faversham scheme
The project team behind plans for a ‘Poundbury-style’ development tell Tom Lowe why the scheme has been unfairly maligned in news reports
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CIH Brighton: Homes England ‘building up pipeline to push for funding programme post-election’
Agency keen to demonstrate appetite from sector after hundreds of millions handed back last year
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Welsh housing association announces new chief executive
Interim chief executive to progress to chief executive role
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Regulatory fees for large housing associations to rise by more than 70%
Regulator of Social Housing confirms fee increase from July to pay for new regulatory regime
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Kate Barker-led housing commission issues call for evidence
Commission launched by thinktank Radix and law firm Shoosmiths wants submissions from experts in the planning, development and housing sectors
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Great Places promotes Alison Dean to chief executive role
Current deputy CEO will succeed Matt Harrison on 1 July
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South-west housing association appoints former Orbit director as new chair
Ted Pearce will take over from the incumbent chair of Two Rivers’ board once her term ends in October
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Sector bodies sign TCPA’s ‘healthy homes pledge’
Chartered Institute of Housing, the Royal Institute of British Architects and Wates are among the organisations signed up
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Government must increase social rented housing delivery to 90,000 homes a year, say MPs
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee calls for ministers to set and publish target for social rented homes
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Housebuilding activity ‘sluggish’ despite rise in overall construction output
Index shows fall in residential building work amid ‘elevated borrowing costs’
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House prices ‘held steady’ in April, according to Halifax
Halifax expects that a reduction in the Bank of England’s interest rate later in the year would contribute to a moderate increase in house prices
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Re-elected Andy Burnham commits to building 10,000 new council homes over the next four years
After winning his third mayoral term, Burnham vows to make housing a ‘top-order issue’ and end the housing crisis within a decade
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Triumphant Parker eyeing 20,000 extra homes after defeating Street in West Midlands mayoral election
Former PWC director is promising more social housing, a mass insulation scheme and private rented sector regulation