All Housing Today articles in April 2024 – Page 4
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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
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JV North chair appointed CEO of Manchester housing association
New chief executive to start this summer
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In Focus
Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Peter Freeman at Homes England
Episode 1: The Swiss Army Knife – Homes England chair talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about the importance of housing targets, reforms to planning and investing in MMC. Listen and read extracts here
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Home Group submits plans for new ‘community hub’ for housing managers
The 55,000-home housing association says the hub will help housing managers ‘deal with issues quickly’ and ‘be visible’
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Turnover and surplus up at Home Group in first nine months of the year
But completions ‘behind expectation” due to delays and supply chain challenges
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Platform Housing Group hails ‘record-breaking’ amount of starts
48,000-home housing association increases completions by 25% but misses original target
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CIH Northern Ireland says budget cuts are a ‘devastating blow’ to social housing development
The Department for Communities annual capital budget has been cut by a further 38%
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In Focus
A labour of love: My work as a housing and employment officer
Not many councils have a housing and employment officer, but Monica Chabria is one. In the first of our Frontline Stories series, she tells Olivia Barber about the role
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Comment
It’s time to make sure Every Person Counts in housing
Faced with unprecedented challenges and competing priorities, people working in the housing sector are feeling the pressure. Housing Today is inviting you to share best practice on skills, news ways of working, regulatory compliance and much more, writes Carl Brown
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In Focus
In search of a magic patch size: How social landlords are rethinking their housing management approaches
With the new consumer standards and increased scrutiny on the sector, many social landlords are re-assessing how they do housing management. As part of Housing Today’s Every Person Counts campaign, Olivia Barber finds out more