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Key talking points from CIH’s Tai 2026 conference

What will next week’s Senedd election mean for housing? Does Wales need a national development agency and a formal housing strategy? And does the sector have the skills to fuflfil the requirements of new legislation and standards? Alex Funk reports on the key issues raised at the Chartered Institute of ...

Regeneration is back - but under a very different model: What the first three months of Regen Connect reveal

The first quarter of Regen Connect has tracked billions in funding, major project approvals and a shift in how regeneration is delivered across the UK. From devolution-led growth to viability pressures, it reveals a sector in transition and the forces reshaping how regeneration happens

Why L&G Affordable Homes believes partnership with Hyde is a blueprint for institutional investment in social housing at scale

New 50/50 joint venture is unusual in that it has been created with existing tenanted homes - with both parties sharing ownership. LGAH’s acquisitions MD Catherine Raynsford tells Daniel Gayne why this is important

Greater Manchester regeneration: How the £2bn Good Growth Fund is transforming the UK’s fastest growing city region

The city region has grown at twice the rate of the rest of the country over the past decade after delivering a long-term regeneration vision. It is now looking to new mechanisms to share the wealth more evenly across the whole combined authority

Eamonn Boylan: Learnings from 40 years regenerating Manchester

Tributes have poured in since the untimely death of the much-loved former chief executive of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. His impact in the city and nationally was huge, and he spoke to Housing Today’s sister publication Building just last month, shortly before he died

What the chancellor’s plan for regional devolution really means for cities

This month Rachel Reeves announced £2.3bn in additional funding for cities and a plan to devolve – for the first time – the power to keep tax revenues raised in local areas. Joey Gardiner poses the five questions that spell out what this could all mean for regeneration and development ...

From Grenfell Inquiry to interim chief construction adviser: Thouria Istephan on why competence cuts across everything

As interim chief construction adviser, Thouria Istephan is using her short tenure to push for deep, systemic change – from professional standards to products reform and the future of the advisory role for her successor. In her first interview in the role she talks to Chloe McCulloch about why she ...

‘I could walk you down a road where the average life expectancy drops by 20 years within a mile’ : Matt Forrest on regeneration opportunities and challenges in the Tees Valley

The post-industrial Tees Valley is a region with lots of potential regeneration opportunities but many acute challenges also. As part of Housing Today’s Voices of Regeneration series, the chair of the new Tees Valley Housing Partnership explains how it can fulfil its potential

‘I wouldn’t be in the party if it wasn’t pro-development’: Reform UK’s new housing spokesperson on its plans for housing

With an eye to the prospect of taking the reins of power, Reform UK has called on former Homes England chair Simon Dudley to help develop its answer to Britain’s housing crisis. He spoke to Daniel Gayne about navigating nimbyism, getting pension funds to invest in affordable housing, and reassessing ...

Arada bought the dip in the UAE and reaped the rewards. But will it work in London?

Its purchase of developer Regal London last year might have been the first most in the UK had heard of Arada. But in the UAE it has been building up a reputation for green, wellbeing-led development for the better part of a decade. Daniel Gayne finds out what it plans ...

Regen Connect interactive funding and development maps

As part of Regen Connect, Housing Today is monitoring regeneration announcements across the UK as they happen. Use our interactive maps of the UK and London to track the activity

‘I’m a local lad’: FCHO CEO Mark Gifford on Greater Manchester pride and building family homes

Social housing sector newcomer Mark Gifford is the fourth person to hold the permanent chief executive role at First Choice Homes Oldham since 2020. The OBE-holder discusses development strategy, his business background and all things Manchester in his first interview since taking the job