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CIH vice-president election 2026: meet the candidates

Chartered Institute of Housing members can now vote in the election for the institute’s president taking up the post in 2027. Here is a guide to the five candidates and their manifestos

From £50k homes to a £1bn platform: HSPG’s next phase in affordable housing

The social impact investor says a £1bn equity injection from Sixth Street into its for-profit provider PPHA will help it acquire around 4,000 homes and hold more stock for the long term. Guy Horne discusses HSPG’s journey

Making Senze: How sophisticated energy monitoring can cut social housing retrofit costs by 75%

Technology firm Senze has shown live home monitoring can cut retrofit costs by targeting improvements more accurately than flawed EPC assessments, raising questions over the government’s fabric-first funding model for social housing decarbonisation, Thomas Lane reports

The unlikely return of the back-to-back: how the viability crunch is leading to experimentation with older forms

As housing numbers crash, developers are seeking ways to reimagine projects, with a range of new – and old – forms being tried to move projects forward

‘Don’t let inertia win.’ Key talking points from UKREiiF 2026

Nearly 17,000 people from the built environment, finance and local government trekked to a rainy and overcast Leeds for the annual real estate investment event this week. Here we round up the key takeaways

‘As a sector we’re too slow – we’re living in an Amazon world’… Charley Gibbons reveals his plans for EMH Group

The East Midlands housing association has hired only its fourth chief executive in its 80-year history. The new boss explains how he wants to speed up services to improve customer satisfaction.

Housing Today and G15 State of the Capital 2026 report

Housing Today publishes its second annual research report looking into ways of boosting affordable housing in London, in partnership with the G15

Key talking points from CIH Housing Brighton 2026

What does the UK’s shifting political landscape mean for housing? How is the Iran war likely to impact delivery? How is the sector tackling the skills crisis and stigma of residents and how should providers respond to new regulations and standards? Carl Brown and Alex Funk round up the ...

How the Iran war is impacting construction and development

Joey Gardiner studies the numbers and asks how much damage has already been done to UK construction – and, talk of truces and ceasefires not withstanding – how bad things could still get?

What would Reform and Green gains in Thursday’s elections mean for the housing sector?

With the two insurgent parties riding high in the polls and expected to be the biggest beneficiaries of Thursday’s local elections, Housing Today examines their policies and records in local government.

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