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NewsSadiq Khan consults on plans for new intermediate rental tenure for key workers
Mayor London proposes rents based on 40 per cent of key workers’ incomes
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NewsNorthern Irish housing bodies welcome extra £24m for social housing, but warn ‘significant gap’ remains
A total of £68m in capital funding will be allocated to social housing, water infrastructure, and tackling rural poverty.
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NewsHomes England grants L&Q and the Mayor of London £124m in funding for Barking Riverside
The loan and grant funding will help to prepare the land for development of an additional 16,500 homes
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NewsSocial housing leaders welcome government prioritising the sector but call for even longer rent settlement
Government announces a five-year rent settlement and £500m Affordable Homes Programme top-up ahead of longer-term strategy next year
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NewsGovernment will miss 1.5 million homes target by almost a third without funding, the NHF and HBF warn
Research by Savills shows there there could be a shortfall of up to 95,000 new homes per year.
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NewsScottish government allocates £22m in affordable housing bonds to Link and Cairn Housing Association
The Conservative shadow housing secretary says the investment is not new, and “a drop in the ocean” compared to cuts made to affordable housing in Scotland
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NewsWelsh government only halfway to its 20,000 low-carbon social homes target, watchdog finds
The government may need as much as £580 to £740m extra to deliver the homes by March 2026
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NewsHousing bodies cautiously welcome Scottish goverment’s housing focus in 2024/25 programme
However, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations has warned that the government also needs to tackle funding delays and remove obstacles for mid-market rent homes
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NewsNorthern Housing Consortium says 320,000 new homes could be delivered on brownfield land
The membership organisation for northern housing providers has said that brownfield funding should be devolved and ‘more flexible’
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NewsLocal housing deals could deliver almost 200,000 new social homes over the next 30 years, LGA says
The LGA has said that local councils need funding and autonomy, stressing that they ’know their areas best’
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NewsExtra £20m for social housing in Northern Ireland welcomed, but CIH says “significant gap” remains
The number of new social homes expected to be built this year is set to fall by 73%, to 400, but the additional £20m will help build more homes
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NewsCardiff-based housing association secures £25m loan to deliver 300 affordable homes
Hafod Housing has secured a loan facility from Principality building society
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CommentWhy housebuilders are increasingly looking to set up for-profit registered providers of social housing
Colette McCormack and Matt Cowen explain why the affordable housing development landscape is changing
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CommentHow do we respond to the devastating affordable housing funding cuts in Scotland?
The social housing sector in Scotland is reeling from a 26% cut to affordable housing funding. But what can the sector do in response? asks Ryan Barclay
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CommentGove's changes to the Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme make it a better financing option
Michael Gove’s rule changes and £3bn extra for low-cost loan scheme are positive for the housing sector, writes Gary Grigor
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In Focus‘We have a reputation for getting things done’ – Talking growth with new Jigsaw boss Brian Moran
Moran sits down with Olivia Barber to discuss his journey to becoming CEO, multiple mergers and current challenges – from funding to retrofitting terraced housing and achieving net zero
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NewsECF expands by a further £200m
The capital behind the regeneration and housing joint venture has now doubled to £400m
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NewsG15 urges government to commit to a 10-year rent settlement in the spring budget
London’s leading housing associations have set out measures to ensure ’long-term certainty’
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NewsGovernment should create £4bn Housing Accelerator Fund, says Housing Forum
The fund would deliver 60,000 new affordable rented homes and more than halve homelessness