All Housing Today articles in April 2024 – Page 3
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NewsLendlease’s 3,000-home Smithfield plan stalled again over calls for park and square to be ‘much larger’
The developer says it will work closely with council officers to understand the £1.9bn city centre project’s latest deferral
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CommentLet’s hear it for the humble Energy Performance Certificate
The humble EPC has survived and could become the cornerstone of an information-rich housing market, writes Ben Derbyshire.
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NewsWelsh government’s extension of rent settlement will provide ‘stability and certainty’, CIH says
The current rent settlement of CPI + 1% will be extended for another year
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NewsScottish housing association announces retirement of long-serving group CEO
Group CEO retires from 3000-home social landlord
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NewsCala Homes and college get green light for 320-home scheme in Surrey
Plans to include restoration of grade II-listed mansion into new homes
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NewsBiodiversity net gain policy was ‘launched with risks to its effectiveness’, says watchdog
NAO says Government lacks relevant information needed to evaluate scheme’s success
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NewsReport commissioned by Labour proposes introduction of private rent caps
Labour has responded to the report stating that rent controls are not official party policy but that action does need to be taken to protect renters
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NewsHomes England exceeds annual housing starts and completions targets
Homes England chair says the figures reflect the conclusion of the recent Public Bodies review and the “effectiveness and efficiency” of the agency
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NewsVistry faced with fresh shareholder revolt as one in five vote against Fitzgerald’s appointment as executive chair
Greg Fitzgerald will serve as chief executive and chair, breaking city governance codes
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In Focus‘Customer obsessed’: Yorkshire Housing boss Nick Atkin on using data and tech to improve housing and tenancy management
Nick Atkin is well known for being a disruptor in the social housing sector. Here he speaks to Carl Brown about some of his latest strategies – and why he is betting big on real-time data and smart technology
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NewsProbe into Sanctuary reveals repair delays and ‘inadequate’ staff training on tenant vulnerabilities
A review ordered by the Housing Ombudsman under the Social Housing Regulation Act looked at nearly 4,000 cases
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NewsEast of England housing association group appoints new chair
Eastlight Community Homes chief executive will take over as chair of BuildEast
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NewsOrbit sets target to build and regenerate 5,700 homes by 2030
The Midlands-housing association’s new corporate strategy will focus on continuing to build homes ‘at scale’
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NewsLeading figures at London Olympics legacy company to stand down as organisation downsizes
The London Legacy Development Corporation will become smaller as planning powers are handed back to East London boroughs.
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NewsL&Q appoints former Co-op Bank boss as group chair
Housing association giant also recruits former Orbit COO to board
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NewsVistry 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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NewsBerkeley wins approval for 500-home Hackney estate regeneration
Scheme designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands will include 26-storey tower
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NewsMayor 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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NewsRedrow and Barratt shareholders approve £2.5bn merger
Overwhelming majority of shareholders back deal
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NewsL&Q recovers 143 homes from tenancy fraud over the last year
The 105,000-home housing association made 100 tenancy recoveries the year before