All articles by Carl Brown
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NewsSocial rent starts funded by Homes England up 43% year-on-year
New social rented homes figure at highest for years as shared ownership starts fall
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NewsGleeson’s housebuilding CEO departs after margins fail to improve
Review identified need for management and organisational changes following cost overruns
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NewsGovernment launches £12m council housebuilding skills and capacity programme
Pennycook says he is “acting to restore the capacity of council workforces to deliver.”
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NewsSocial landlords required to provide housing management information to tenants on request from April 2027
Regulator of Social Housing will introduce Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements
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NewsMHCLG to work with sector to design £2.5bn low cost loans over the summer
Loans could be deployed as part of an ‘amortising grant’ or ’repayable subsidy’ model proposed by Housing Today and the G15
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NewsFailure to bring in convergence would negatively impact existing tenants, says government as it is sets out consultation
MHCLG consults on whether weekly rents should be able to increase by a cash limit of £1 or £2 a year
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NewsNewly-built council homes to be exempt from Right to Buy for 35 years
Pennycook announces further reforms, including changes to use of receipts, eligibility and discounts
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NewsMHCLG aiming to ensure planners can draw on similar levels of resources as developers in viability negotiations
Senior official says she hopes government plan will tackle imbalance between public and private sectors
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NewsFusion secures £500m to fund five student accommodation schemes
Deal ‘testament to attractiveness of UK’s living sectors’ says developer amid PBSA market growth
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NewsPeabody starts fall by nearly three-quarters as it takes ‘careful’ approach to development
G15 landlord’s pivot to spending more on improving existing homes continues with new, localised approach to services
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NewsStonewater in talks to take on two small housing associations
40,000-home provider could take ownership of later living homes
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NewsMHCLG to take control of Building Safety Regulator, pledging ‘fast track’ process and resources to tackle delays
Former London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe to head up new MHCLG board to take on functions of regulator
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NewsResident board member appointed vice chair of Peabody
Peter Baffoe has been active on Peabody’s resident-led committees for several years
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NewsChan Kataria appointed to the Regulator of Social Housing’s board
Outgoing EMH Group chief executive to take up non-executive role by December
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NewsGovernment should ditch 1.5m homes target, says Yorkshire Housing boss
Nick Atkin warns insistence on ramping up delivery in short term will “artificially skew” the Affordable Homes Programme and push up construction inflation
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NewsSocial housing tenants’ overall satisfaction rises following five successive annual falls
Housemark TSM figures show improvement as landlords reap benefit of increased investment in repairs
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NewsGovernment to call for evidence from sector of ‘no win no fee’ claims farmers exploiting social housing residents
Rayner pledges action to “ensure vulnerable tenants are not exploited”
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NewsGovernment will take ‘test and learn approach’ to Awaab’s law says Rayner
Regulations laid before parliament to bring first phase of law requiring landlords to address damp and mould into effect in October
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NewsAnchor breaches governance standard
Giant care and later living provider ‘failed to manage risks to tenant safety’ says regulator
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In Focus‘Bewildered but joyous…’ Ian McDermott explains what the spending review means for London as he takes the G15 hotseat
In his first interview as chair of the influential housing association group, the Peabody boss talks about the housing crisis in London, recapitalising housing associations and rebuilding the sector’s reputation