All housing association articles – Page 8
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News
Housing associations Abri and Silva confirm go-ahead with merger
10,000-home Silva to join 40,000-home Abri early next month
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Boards rubber stamp Sovereign and Network merger
Final approval for 82,000-home housing group set to be formed on 1 October
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Octavia Housing breaches standards after ‘setting unrealistic budgets’
Regulator raps 5,000-home landlord over poor financial planning
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RAAC ‘not widespread in social housing’ says regulator
The social housing in England regulator denies that aerated concrete is likely to be prevalent in social housing
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Troubled housing association hires experienced boss as chair
Non-compliant South Yorkshire Housing Association brings in Matthew Harrison as it addresses governance and viability issues
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Midland Heart ‘on target’ to hit 4,000-home goal despite drop in completions
Housing association posts increased turnover but reduced surplus
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A2 Dominion finance director announces retirement after 30 years
Dean Tufts joined the 38,000-home strong housing association in 1993 when it had just 1,500 properties
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Comment
Housing associations can tackle health inequalities through partnerships
Peabody has formed a group with fellow housing association Grand Union and a trio of local authorities to boost residents’ health and wellbeing, Elly Hoult explains more.
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News
Affordable later living providers call off merger
Housing 21 and Extra Care Charitable Trust say they will develop their own distinct services
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L&Q quarterly completions drop by half
The 105,500-home housing association is investing £3bn in a programme of repairs and remediation
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Bromford reports growth but surplus down in ‘challenging’ year
West midlands housing association narrowly missed its 1,289-home building target for 2022
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Birmingham-based housing association hires former Gentoo boss as CEO
Nigel Wilson to take up new role on 1 September
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S&P warns proposed merger would weaken creditworthiness of Housing 21
Credit rating agency concerned about merger partner Extra Care Charitable Trust’s lease-based operating model
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Gove blasts L&Q customer service failings as “unacceptable”
Housing secretary writes to 105,000-home association after damning Housing Ombudsman report
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Homes England misses delivery targets as ‘perfect storm’ engulfs housing associations
Government agency hits 86% of completions target
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In Focus
From global banking to social housing with Hyde boss Andy Hulme
Hyde’s chief executive explains the parallels between his banking career and housing and how he intends to use third-party funding models to boost development
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News
Affordable housing to make up a quarter of institution-owned homes by 2025
JLL says numbers of homes built by ‘for profit’ providers to double to nearly 60,000
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ForHousing appoints two new board members
24,000-home Salford-based landlord recruits Worthing Homes boss to board
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Peabody pumps half a billion into new homes despite development dial down
Housing association boosts amount spent on new homes but says it is “significantly” below what it had been planning originally
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Comment
Windrush offers us the inspiration we need to tackle the housing crisis
75 years on, we need to rediscover the spirit of Windrush, which showed the crucial role housing can play in society, writes Geeta Nanda