All Housing Today articles in February 2025 – Page 15
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NewsHeat pumps should be installed in half of homes by 2040, says Climate Change Commitee
Advisory body’s latest report sets out progress needed to stay on track with net zero targets
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NewsGovernment announces 30-month target for local plans
Ministers want to reduce the seven-year average to produce and adopt local plans
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NewsFormer Homes England chief executive joins Places for People board
Peter Denton becomes non-executive member of 245,000-home PfP Group
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NewsHalf of young people say construction excluded from careers advice, survey finds
Chartered Institute of Building warns the government’s housing and infrastructure plans could ‘fall flat’ if something is not done on skills
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NewsMHCLG pushes ahead with plan to ban leasehold
Shared ownership homes will be able to work within a commonhold says the government as white paper due imminently
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NewsLandsec to invest extra £2bn in housing development
Developer wants to reduce exposure to office market in coming five years to fund shift into residential
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NewsMagenta Living chief executive to join Sydney housing association
Debi Marriott-Lavery to leave 13,000-home Wirral-based provider in the summer
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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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NewsRetrofitting windows essential for social housing upgrades
As the drive to decarbonise social housing intensifies, selecting the right windows and doors is key to improving energy efficiency. A new whitepaper from REHAU explores the technical and regulatory considerations for effective retrofitting
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NewsAnnual house price growth sees 3.9% increase in February, says Nationwide
While 0.4% increase from January represents ’sixth consecutive monthly gain’
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NewsCouncils handed £9.3m to speed up work identifying grey belt sites
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook gives £70,000 each to 133 councils that applied for additional support
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NewsBromford and Flagship complete merger to create 80,000-home provider
Bromford takes over both housing associations and rebrands as Bromford Flagship
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NewsNational Wealth Fund announces £150m top-up to help retrofit social homes
Treasury-owned NWF on track to provide a total £1bn in retrofit loan guarantees over next six months
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NewsSpending on existing stock up 141% at Platform Housing
Group chief says huge increase in investment is ‘morally the right thing to do’ in trading update
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CommentMaking new towns financially viable
Local authorities should place the achievement of financially viable programmes at the centre of their New Towns delivery schemes.
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NewsRecruitment process for chief construction advisor to start ‘shortly’
Government to appoint individual to oversee initial regulatory reforms ahead of policy prospectus due this autumn
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NewsSocial landlords' development spending forecasts at lowest level since pandemic, says regulator
Total cash and undrawn facilites at ‘historic lows’ but should cover next year’s costs
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NewsAvant Homes Scotland gets green light for 260 homes in Fife
A quarter of homes in Keelyside View scheme will be for affordable tenures
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NewsProfit and revenue down at Taylor Wimpey as fire safety provision rises
Government planning reforms reason for optimism says firm
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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