All articles by Carl Brown
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NewsJapanese housebuilding giant Daiwa House buys 30% stake in Miller
Edinburgh-based Miller is eyeing 7,000 completions a year
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NewsPlaces for People turnover passes £1.2bn as it becomes biggest housing association in UK
Increase in shared ownership sales, disposals and non-social housing development along with mergers help revenue climb by 16%
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NewsSettleParadigm rebrands as Lifestone Homes following completion of full merger
Settle folded fully into Paradigm
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NewsFast-growing contractor Cardo increases turnover 64% as firm targets further rapid growth
Cardiff-based contractor acquired seven firms in reporting year
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NewsGreat Places started work on more than 1,600 homes in 2025/26
Manchester-based provider posts 79% increase in starts and exceeds completions target
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NewsHelp to Buy offered ‘very high value for money’ and boosted supply beyond homes in scheme, says report
Analysis commissioned by government fuels calls from housebuilders for fresh demand-side intervention to boost market
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NewsA2Dominion records no starts for second successive year as it focuses on improving existing stock
G15 landlord completes just 10 homes as it continues to dispose of non-core stock
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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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NewsGleeson reports pre-tax loss after incurring £13m in one-off costs
Firm undergoes ‘intense’ restructuring including 50 redundancies
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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsHomes England CEO hints £2.5bn low-interest loan scheme may be partially ‘re-targeted’ at councils
Policy recommended by Housing Today and G15 to be reviewed as Burnham puts renewed focus on council housing
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NewsTributes paid to experienced housing leader Colin Sherriff following death
Grainger Trust chair passed away last month
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NewsTurnover and completions down at Riverside
But operating surplus and margins up as major housing association ‘balances ambition with financial discipline’
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NewsCala slips into the red following one-off £20m building safety remediation cost
CEO says 2026 sales ‘disappointing’ so far
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NewsHome Group increases surplus despite drop in turnover
Shared ownership income falls and market sale revenue halves as provider pivots to reduce market exposure