All G15 articles
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CommentRent convergence and decent homes: getting the balance right
The government and providers are facing difficult choices but it’s important that the impact of rent changes on households is understood, writes Daisy Armstrong
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NewsG15 warns ‘clarity’ on £2.5bn low-interest loans must come before new affordable homes programme prospectus
Homes England and MHCLG working up plan to adopt Housing Today and G15’s amortised grant funding model
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NewsRecord turnover at Clarion but surplus drops and completion targets missed
Housing association will seek to recover costs from third parties as remediation provisions and contractor failure blunt surpluses
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NewsResident board member appointed vice chair of Peabody
Peter Baffoe has been active on Peabody’s resident-led committees for several years
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In Focus‘Bewildered but joyous…’ Ian McDermott explains what the spending review means for London as he takes the G15 hotseat
In his first interview as chair of the influential housing association group, the Peabody boss talks about the housing crisis in London, recapitalising housing associations and rebuilding the sector’s reputation
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NewsHousing associations hoping £2.5bn in spending review will be used for amortised grant funding model
Talks are continuing with government about solution to interest cover squeeze that is restricting development
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NewsSouthern Housing’s interest cover falls further as expected plummet in starts materialises
Landlord is pulling back from development to improve its financial capacity
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NewsStarts by G15 landlords ‘drop 66% in two years’
London’s largest housing associations warn urgent action needed to tackle capital’s ‘acute’ housing crisis
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NewsTHFC backs Housing Today and G15’s report calling for new grant funding model
MHCLG and Treasury officials are in dialogue with sector leaders about amortised grant
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News‘Early engagement is essential’ - G15 publishes guide for housebuilders seeking section 106 deals
New report by London housing association group is latest attempt to tackle section 106 slowdown
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CommentWe need a new approach to funding affordable housing – simply tweaking grant rates won’t shift the dial in London
Housing Today and G15’s proposal for an amortising grant model is already causing a stir in the sector. Paul Hackett explains why it potentially has huge benefits to providers and the Treasury
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NewsHousing Today and G15 call on ministers to explore new grant funding model
Move towards amortised grant could help London’s housing associations develop while limiting increases in government balance sheet debt
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News‘Grip the housing crisis or accept managed decline’ G15 chair tells government
Fiona Fletcher-Smith warns government 1.5m homes target is under threat unless ministers act to restores financial certainty to social housing sector
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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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NewsNotting Hill Genesis appoints executives to three new roles
67,500-home landlord creats new positions as part of three-year Better Together strategy
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NewsG15 warns of ‘impossible dilemma’ threatening community schemes worth £23m in social value a year
Housing association group says future of its members community projects in doubt without government support
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NewsMore than 300,000 London households on waiting lists for social housing
Centre for London and the G15 are calling for £15bn funding per year to deliver 33,000 social rent homes a year
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NewsHousing associations will need £54bn to deliver social housing targets in the London Plan, G15 says
The G15 has urged the government to help it leverage more private finance through a 10-year rent settlement and access to the Building Safety Fund
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NewsG15 stresses sector’s ‘desperate need for certainty’ and calls for 10-year rent settlement
London’s largest housing associations has warned that to continue delivering affordable homes, it needs rent policy certainty
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NewsSector welcomes Labour’s planning overhaul and reintroduction of mandatory housing targets
Major housing associations, councils and housebuilders react to new government’s first major policy announcement