All articles by Carl Brown – Page 4
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In FocusRural housing champion: Rethinking local delivery of repairs with Stonewater CEO Nick Harris
Stonewater has grown its housing stock by around 10,000 properties in just 10 years since it was formed through a merger of Raglan and Jephson. Nick Harris talks about the challenge of maintaining customer service across a large number of rural areas
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NewsNHF boss repeats calls for end to 'unfair' building safety funding regime in response to Grenfell announcements
Trade body wants equal access to funding for housing associations and residents
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NewsThe government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry: Key proposals at a glance
Ministers have published their long-awaited plan in response to the inquiry into the Grenfell fire, which claimed 72 lives in 2017. Here is a guide to the key proposals.
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NewsGovernment to review governance of TMOs and ALMOs
Ministers pledge to ensure effective oversight and accountability is in place for social housing management organisations as part of response to Grenfell Inquiry report
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NewsSocial housing tenants to be ‘empowered’ to challenge landlords as part of Grenfell Inquiry response
MHCLG-funded resident engagement training programme to be expanded
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NewsRegulator launches probe into Anchor’s governance as safety failings found
Anchor also handed low ‘C3’ consumer regulation grading along with two other landlords
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NewsBristol student accommodation scheme delayed until 2027 ‘due to gateway 2 hold-ups’
Unite Students increases profit but repeats warning of Building Safety Regulator approval delays of around six months
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NewsProcurement Act comes into force
Major shake-up of the way public bodies purchase goods and services starts today
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NewsBromford in push to buy land as it seeks to build 11,000 homes over seven years
Midlands-based housing association aims to complete purchase of land for 1,000 new homes by April as merger with Flagship imminent
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NewsSeven regional groups of social landlords join forces to call for funding overhaul
Joint spending review submission from groups representing 75 housing associations and councils calls for consolidation of funding pots and reclassification of housing investment as infrastructure spend
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NewsMHCLG and DWP set out proposed supported housing standards
Government pledges to “drive out rogue providers” through new licensing regime
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NewsCamden Council registers housing association with the Regulator of Social Housing
Camden Living Housing Association is now a registered provider as council seeks to develop outside its Housing Revenue Account
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NewsPeabody and Hill strike £116m deal with BTR operator as part of 3,500-home Dagenham scheme
Goodstone Living will own and operate 360 homes on former Ford stamping plant site
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NewsHow will the £300m AHP top-up work? The key questions answered
Housing secretary and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner announced a surprise funding top-up last week. Here is an at-a-glance guide to how it will work.
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NewsWider roll out of CPO reforms could slow housing development, warns HBF
Housebuilders’ body warns a ‘general direction’ to remove ‘hope value’ for whole categories of sites to speed up development would have the opposite effect
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NewsYorkshire Housing appoints new executive finance director
Rob Parkes promoted at 20,000-home housing association
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis recruits Livv chief executive to its board as it aims to regain compliance
Léann Hearne, who is also vice-chair of Yorkshire Housing, has joined G15 landlord to monitor its improvement plan
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NewsSocial housing finance specialist Darren Watmough announces retirement after 36-year career
Watmough to stand down from role at Alpha Living in the summer
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NewsCIH and NHF call for clarity over proposed CPO rule changes
British Property Federation warns of hit to land supply as government consultation closes
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NewsSpringfield signs deal to sell 2,500 plots of land to Barratt Redrow
Scottish housebuilder cashes in on expected housing demand from thousands of green infrastructure workers as it trebles profit