All articles by Carl Brown – Page 26
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NewsOrbit appoints new chair as it aims for ‘best customer experience’ in housing association sector
Governance shake-up will see two tenant board members join board of 47,000-home organisation early next year
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NewsSpringfield eyes growth after reservations rise and Holyrood restores affordable housing funding
Affordable housing providers ‘hesitant’ to sign contracts in first half of the year
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NewsThrive appoints Watford Community Housing deputy as CEO
Paul Richmond will join 6,000-home landlord on 1 April
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NewsRayner announces plan to bypass local committees to stop developments ‘getting stuck in the system’
Housing secretary pledges to remove ‘subjectiveness’ and allow applications to be approved if they follow local plan and NPPF
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NewsHome Group increases development 42% after targeting shared ownership
Build ‘completions ahead of expectation’ but 56,000-home association expects maintenance costs challenges in second half of the year
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NewsGovernment proposes changes to energy performance certificates
MHCLG and DESNZ propose replacing energy efficiency ratings for domestic buildings with four new headline metrics
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NewsPeabody receives ‘A’ credit rating from Fitch
The rating, the third highest possible, means 108,000-home association is considered to have high credit quality
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NewsAlpha Living CEO to retire next year
Graeme Foster will stand down from role at specialist older people’s housing provider at the end of March
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NewsRayner’s plan to speed up remediation won't work without more funding, warn G15 and NHF
MHCLG will work with sector to produce a long-term strategy to fix social housing blocks
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NewsCIH announces names of members for new Equality, Diversion and Inclusion board
Membership body appoints 12 to new board to advise on EDI strategy
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NewsThakeham gets green light for 124-home scheme in Sussex
Stonewater will manage the scheme which is 100% affordable
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NewsVivid hires three corporate finance specialists to its board
Hampshire landlord recruits Andrew Binnie, Caroline Stockmann and Abi Kee to its board
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NewsHouse prices rise at fastest rate for more than two years, ‘surprising’ figures show
Acceleration in prices in Nationwide index was unexpected
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NewsKarbon Homes looks to set up for-profit RP to attract funders
Newcastle-based provider says development of new social housing “remains difficult”
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NewsPlatform’s turnover boosted by rise in shared ownership sales income
49,000-home provider increases investment in existing stock by 84%
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NewsCEO and COO of Notting Hill Genesis write to residents to apologise for failings
Patrick Franco and Katie Bond have sent emails to tenants after the RSH found governance failings which led to ‘poor’ health and safety outcomes
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NewsHousing supply falls 6% year-on-year
13,220 fewer net additional dwellings in 2023/24 compared to previous year, official figures show
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NewsNHG found non-compliant after governance failings lead to ‘poor’ health and safety outcomes for tenants
67,000-home landlord also given a low ‘C3’ consumer grade along with three councils
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NewsTaskforce calls for cross-departmental unit to lead national older people’s housing strategy
Wide-ranging paper also calls for planning presumption in favour of later living housing and requirements on Homes England to support its expansion
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NewsMTVH warns build capacity ‘limited’ without government support as completions drop
G15 landlord to invest record amount in development this year