All Housing Today articles in April 2024 – Page 2
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Vistry raises annual completions forecast to 18,000 homes on back of ‘robust’ demand for affordable housing
Housebuilder expects full year profit to be higher than in 2023
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Berkeley wins approval for 500-home Hackney estate regeneration
Scheme designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands will include 26-storey tower
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Mayor of London calls for £2.2bn emergency funding as starts plummet
Khan has criticised ministers for failing to act and put into public investment ’a stalling market’
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Redrow and Barratt shareholders approve £2.5bn merger
Overwhelming majority of shareholders back deal
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L&Q recovers 143 homes from tenancy fraud over the last year
The 105,000-home housing association made 100 tenancy recoveries the year before
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Scottish government to declare national housing emergency
This is Scottish Labour’s second attempt to push MSPs to formally acknowledge the housing crisis
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Landlords and estate agents seek further changes to Renters’ Reform Bill as it returns to the Lords
Renter advocates accuse landlords of ‘holding parliament hostage’ with threat of mass sell-up
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More than half of social landlords missing 100% gas safety compliance target, Housemark survey finds
The housing data specialist’s figures also show that complaint volumes have risen by almost a fifth
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Comment
It’s time to rethink how we set social housing rents
Outdated rent-setting practices no longer meet the needs of tenants or providers, argues Charles Kaminaris
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CIH welcomes DESNZ’s changes to Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund wave three
The membership body says that changes to the scheme design should make delivery easier and shows DESNZ has listened to feedback
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MTVH picks Nottingham council boss to succeed Geeta Nanda
Melbourne Barrett will take over as chief executive this September
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Rent policy changes put 300,000 social homes at risk of becoming unsustainable, warns G15
Inequalities to social rents have cost London’s largest housing associations more than £2bn, housing association group says
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Housing Ombudsman report into Southern Housing merger finds ‘lack of ownership’ of complaints
The special report highlights risks around mergers and oversight of complaint handling
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Bromford maintains steady delivery level in face of cost challenges
Midlands-based association completes 1,191 homes as it pursues land-led approach to development
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Asda and Barratt partner for 1,500-home west London scheme
Plans to be submitted for permission later this year
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Comment
What should England’s affordable housing target be and how can we reach it?
A committee of MPs last week called for action to build 90,000 social rented homes year. In making its case, it cited up-to-date research from the Chartered Institute of Housing’s UK Housing Review. John Perry explains more about the research.
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In Focus
Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Jennie Daly at Taylor Wimpey
Taylor Wimpey chief executive talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about why the planning system is broken and what would need to change for private housebuilders to consider building council homes at scale. Listen and read extracts here
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‘We have not built enough homes’ admits Michael Gove
Housing secretary quizzed on latest homelessness figures
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North Yorkshire Council refers itself to Regulator of Social Housing
Local authority finds it does not meet all requirements of the new Social Housing (Regulation) Act
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Camden picks Mount Anvil to deliver 246 homes in estate development
Bacton regeneration has been co-designed with locals