All Housing Today articles in January 2025
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NewsHull City Council approves 6,000-home housing strategy
A total of 1,452 affordable homes due to be delivered under the plan
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NewsHill Group appoints Related Argent director as head of planning
Alex Woolmore joins £1.1bn-turnover housebuilder as it eyes strategic land expansion
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NewsNumber of build-to-rent homes under construction falls 18%
BPF warns “immediate supply remains at risk” but there are green shoots with consents increasing
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NewsJohnnie Johnson folds fully into Sanctuary
Full integration of 5,000-home landlord completes after 11 months as a subsidiary
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NewsAnnual house price growth slows to 4.1%
Nationwide figures show prices remain high relative to earnings
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NewsIt’s time to electrify
Suzanna Lashford is leading efforts to help the UK’s construction sector shift to sustainable energy solutions, advocating electrification as the only sustainable path forward for new developments
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News27,000 homes turned down on green belt land ‘would have been approved under grey belt change’
Applications ’well worth revisiting’ says Searchland boss
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NewsSage Homes’ chief executive to step down after five years
Blackstone-backed Sage will begin looking for a successor soon
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NewsGlobal investors purchase 650 homes from three housebuilders for use as single-family rental housing
JV set up by Kennedy Wilson and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has amassed a portfolio of 900 homes since launching in October
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NewsPlans drawn up for 2,300-bed student accommodation scheme in Manchester
Replacement of existing 1990s accommodation to contain two towers up to 30 storeys
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NewsReeves says she will not ‘renege’ on building safety regulation as 90 new high-rise projects held up by rules
Figures show 92 new higher-risk buildings and work on 641 existing blocks are pending ‘gateway 2’ design approval by the regulator under the Building Safety Act.
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NewsOmbudsman highlights social landlords’ ‘poor communication’ with residents about adaptations
Watchdog highlights examples including landlords failing to implement timely home adaptations for a child receiving chemotherapy and for a tenant who was unable to wash herself for 14 months
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NewsSkills review says ‘fundamental reset’ needed to recruit and retain construction workforce
Mark Farmer-authored report for DfE draws up 63 recommendations
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NewsTotal of 18 new towns proposed along East West Rail route, says Reeves
Reeves says new transport infrastructure could catalyse housing development
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NewsNorthern Ireland removes intimidation points to ‘level the playing field for victims of violence’
Move means victims of sectarian intimidation on waiting lists will no longer receive additional points compared to those suffering other forms of abuse, such as domestic violence.
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NewsPortsmouth City Council handed low ‘C3’ grading after probe finds 1,000 outstanding fire remedial actions
Local authority has failed to meet the outcomes of the Regulator of Social Housing’s consumer standards
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NewsPartnership between Places for People subsidiary and Gresham House invests first £53m in shared ownership
Shared ownership management platform aims to build a £1bn portfolio within five years
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CommentWhy the sector needs to engage more with ‘the other regulator’
Ofgem is set to play a much bigger role in housing than ever before. Matthew Scott and Megan Hinch explain why
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NewsExeter council approves plans for 1,000 homes on run down canalside site
Nash Partnership behind city’s largest brownfield mixed-use scheme