All articles by Carl Brown – Page 70
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In FocusCost of living crisis: What are housing firms doing to help their staff?
As inflation soars, many housebuilders and housing associations are looking at how they can support their staff with extra pay, support or other benefits. Here is a guide to what individual firms are doing
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NewsHomes England-funded starts and completions fall
Peter Denton says ‘macro-economic pressures’ are hitting delivery
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NewsPeabody poaches Notting Hill Genesis exec for COO role
Elly Hoult will join 104,000-home housing association in the spring
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NewsSanctuary and Swan rescue merger delayed
Plan still awaiting lender approval as saga surrounding Essex-based landlord drags on
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NewsRegulator downgrades 15 more housing associations’ viability ratings
Further lowering of ratings as rising inflation hits financial capacity
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NewsPlatform’s new build hit by inflation and supply chain delays
47,000-home association still confident of hitting last year’s development figure
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NewsRegulator warns of ‘inevitable’ reduction in HAs’ ability to manage risk
Housing associations spend 15% less on new homes than forecast according to latest survey
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NewsGove to block social landlords with poorly maintained homes from receiving funding
Housing secretary announces ‘crackdown’ following death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak
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NewsExtra care developer reports fewer starts due to “challenging viability”
Inflation and planning delays making new schemes difficult for 22,000-home Housing 21
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NewsRiverside and One speed up full merger due to ‘economic uncertainty’
Housing associations bring forward plans by a year to ‘protect services’
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NewsAutumn statement: reaction as 7% cap on social housing rent rises confirmed
Industry figures welcome plan to set 7% limit rather than 5%
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NewsCrest Nicholson boss makes planning reform plea ahead of Autumn Statement
Housebuilder on track to hit profit goal but sales have slowed in recent weeks
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NewsAutumn statement: social housing rent cap reportedly to be set at 7%
Jeremy Hunt expected to confirm cost-of-living intervention details later today
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NewsRegulator downgrades 19 housing associations citing ‘weakening housing market’
Major developers Clarion, L&Q, Home Group, Places for People and Sovereign among those with lowered viability ratings
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NewsMetropolitan Thames Valley and L&G form JV to build 2,500 homes
First homes due for completion in 2025
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NewsGrainger recruits former CBRE chair to board
Grainger has recruited former CBRE chair Michael Brodtman as a non-executive director.
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Barrister closes hearings with attack on ‘buck-passing’ firms
Final day of inquiry sessions after four years of hearings
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Celotex says ‘misdescribed’ test result had no bearing on use of its product
Insulation manufacturer says its description of its insulation product did not affect the way tower was specifed
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NewsSunak pledges to reduce say of ‘distant bureaucrats’ in planning
But prime minister stops short of backing backbencher’s call to remove centrally-set local housing targets from levelling up bill
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: cladding manufacturer Arconic hits back at criticism
Firm hits back at suggestions that its British Board of Agrement certificate for its ACM panels was misleading