All Business articles – Page 10
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NewsHalf of complaints referred to the Ombudsman are from social housing tenants in London
The Ombudsman acknowledges that the operating environment for social landlords in London is “vastly different” from other areas
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NewsBirmingham City Council announces plan to use 200 vacant new-build homes for social housing
Homes intended to serve as the athlete’s village for the Commonwealth Games will be sold, but one plot will be retained to provide homes for those on the social housing waiting list
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NewsBromford retains A+ credit rating from S&P
Agency cites management expertise, robust planning and strong liquidity as key factors for confirming the rating
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NewsL&Q sells strategic land business to Urban & Civic
L&Q’s chief executive Fiona Fletcher-Smith revealed that the housing association was exploring the sale of its strategic land business in May, stating it is not a “core” function
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NewsSettle appoints two new executive directors to help deliver its corporate plan
The 10,000-home housing association has appointed a new executive director of finance and executive director of central services
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NewsLonghurst and Grand Union to launch consultation this week on potential merger
Boards approve business case to create 37,000-home association
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CommentAI and analytics: why the social housing sector needs a data-first approach
AI can help housing providers more quickly and easily identify suitable sites for development and problem properties, writes Joanna Lee-Mills
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NewsLand supply must increase signficantly to meet government’s 1.5m homes target, says Savills
The real estate giant says land supply remans a “fundamental challenge”
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NewsLloyds proposes extra ‘Social Housing Contract’ payment to boost housing delivery
The extra payment would be funded by generating savings on housing benefit payments
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NewsA2Dominion to cut development team in half
Landlord consults on redundancies as part of pivot to focus on customer service following regulatory downgrade
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NewsA2Dominion focuses on changing repairs systems and patch sizes following Ombudsman ruling
The housing association has changed how it manages third-party contractors and reduced leasehold manager caseloads
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NewsClarion reports drop in turnover and surplus as it takes ‘cautious’ approach to development
Housing association giant increases spend on existing stock from £393m to £418m
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NewsHRA debt reduction of £17bn needed to tackle council underinvestment in housing, new report finds
Report by CIH and Savills calls for a re-opening of the 2012 local authority self-financing settlement
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NewsChange of CEO at Retirement Villages Group
Tim Seddon, the chief property officer, has been appointed as the successor to chief executive Will Bax
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NewsSanctuary increases turnover despite 35% drop in sales income
Giant housing association misses development target
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NewsVistry ‘confident’ it will hit 18,000 completions in 2024
Housebuilder increases build rate 8% in first half of the year
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NewsL&G Affordable Homes to post £1.3m pre-tax profit after being hit with £35m of revaluation losses
The insurance giant’s for-profit provider completes 1,304 homes in 2023
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NewsThrive Homes appoints former CItizen COO as its new chair
Kate Still has also held senior positions at Sanctuary and the South East Development Agency, as well as in local government
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