All Housing Today articles in August 2026 – Page 8
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NewsCity Hall signs off Berkeley’s 3,000-home Beckton Riverside scheme
Plan to redevelop former gasworks in Newham was first approved by Newham council last year
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NewsCouncil body calls for tighter rules on sale of social and affordable homes to non-resident buyers
Figures hit record levels in 2024/25, but NHF says sales help fund regeneration and refurbishment
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NewsSmall for-profit landlord making plans for merger as part of regulatory plan
Keystone CIC failed to meet governance and viability standards in latest batch of RSH judgements
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News‘Revival of council housing should not threaten RPs’ delivery’, says Pennycook
Housing minister seeks to reassure housing associations as he says Burnham ‘unashamedly in favour’ of rebalancing delivery to get ‘councils back in the game’
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News‘Not building homes is not an option’ says Regulator of Social Housing boss
But Jonathan Walters stresses RSH is ‘not interested in entering the boardroom’ as it floats plans to make providers more accountable for delivery
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CommentIf you expect to own homes for a century, you design differently
The Future Homes Standard has a focus on adoption of low-carbon technologies. But for social landlords who manage homes in the long-term, the quality of the building fabric is the most important factor, writes David Stronge.
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In FocusBurnham’s council housing vision, funding frustration and Reform UK disruption: talking points from the Housing Community Summit 2026
Thousands of social housing professionals once again gathered in Liverpool for the Housing Community Summit this week. This year’s conference was dominated by discussion about the new prime minister and how shifts in housing policy direction will affect the sector. Carl Brown and Alex Funk report
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NewsAmplius increases annual starts to more than 1,000
Provider seeking to build 1,000 homes a year says demand for shared ownership strong despite sales income drop
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NewsBerkeley calls on government to lower stamp duty
Housebuilder says buyers remain cautious and removing ‘binding constraint’ of higher stamp duty would boost market
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NewsFirst 1,000-home phase of £2bn York Central regeneration scheme gets green light
Scheme includes 20% of homes for affordable tenures
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NewsRenaker agrees £114m section 106 deal on 2,400-home Manchester tower scheme
Payments to be clawed back through viability assessments on five-tower project
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NewsInconsistent council approach to new road adoption ‘threatens’ housing viability, warns HBF
Developers face ‘soaring highway costs, unpredictable requirements and years-long delays’
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CommentRigid NPPF rules risk undermining housing delivery
Guidance should be focused more on connectivity rather than ’distance from station’ thresholds, argues Simon Vernon-Harcourt
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NewsScape submits plans for 45-storey student tower in Southwark
Scheme to add to new cluster of towers north of Elephant and Castle roundabout
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NewsAsset sales boost Aster’s turnover and surplus
Increase comes despite fall in shared ownership first tranche and market sales income due to ‘challenging’ market
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NewsNew chief construction and scientific adviser to be appointed by end of year
Current adviser Thouria Istephan to leave at end of September without a month to hand over as originally expected
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CommentEarly, flexible and joined-up support is crucial to ensure no young person is left behind
Housing association Acis group is working through partnerships to ensure no young person misses out on education because they need more flexible support than the mainstream system can provide. Claire Woodward explains more.
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NewsGleeson reports pre-tax loss after incurring £13m in one-off costs
Firm undergoes ‘intense’ restructuring including 50 redundancies
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NewsSale of more than 400 empty properties boosts Peabody’s surplus
Disposal of stock ‘uneconomical to retain’ and student block generates £109m for reinvestment
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In FocusWhat does the construction industry need for Burnham’s technical education reforms to succeed?
As regional mayors prepare to take control of funding for 16-19 education pathways, Tom Lowe looks at the flagship Manchester scheme the new PM wants the rest of the country to copy