All articles by Carl Brown – Page 40
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NewsRayner to set out ‘devolution by default’ plan to give mayors more powers over development
MHCLG white paper to propose local government shakeup and more strategic powers for mayors to guide housing, transport and skills projects
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NewsEssex council downgraded to lowest C4 consumer grade over ‘extremely concerning’ failings
Castle Point Borough Council receives damning judgment from the Regulator of Social Housing over failures including management of fire safety and tenant satisfaction data collection
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NewsHill Group secures deal with Lloyds for first forward-funded build-to-rent scheme
Housebuilder eyes further expansion into build-to-rent market
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NewsHousebuilding profit tumbles by 36%
Building’s Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders list published tomorrow will show extent of profit and revenue fall among largest housebuilders
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NewsOmbudsman warns social landlords to overcome ‘complacency’ towards dealing with hazards
Watchdog says providers often fail to ‘triage’ cases effectively
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NewsVivid acquires 371 homes from L&Q
Fast-growing Hampshire-based provider acquires stock from housing association giant L&Q
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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”