All Housing Today articles in April 2024 – Page 6
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NewsSouth-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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NewsSector 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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NewsGovernment 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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NewsHousebuilding activity ‘sluggish’ despite rise in overall construction output
Index shows fall in residential building work amid ‘elevated borrowing costs’
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NewsHouse 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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NewsRe-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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NewsTriumphant 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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NewsJV North chair appointed CEO of Manchester housing association
New chief executive to start this summer
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In FocusHome 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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NewsHome 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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NewsTurnover 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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NewsPlatform 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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NewsCIH 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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CommentIt’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 FocusA labour of love: My work as a housing and employment officer at Kensington and Chelsea Council
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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In FocusIn 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
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NewsNext London mayor should review fast-track planning route for affordable housing, says HBF
The trade association says the mechanism is ‘more hindrance than help’, as voters head to the polls.
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NewsMasterplan approved for new stadium and 3,500 homes in Kent
The scheme covers a 60 acre site in Northfleet adjacent to the Thames
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NewsReading Council set to wind down ‘unviable’ housing company
The local authority says the wholly-owned Homes for Reading has missed two loan repayments
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