All Housing Today articles in January 2025 – Page 4
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NewsPlans approved for 300-home scheme in Ealing
Ealing Council’s £125m Gurnell development will include eight main housing blocks rising to a maximum of ten storeys,
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CommentChange of focus, elevation of skills and use of tech: how building control must modernise post-Grenfell
Building control is being overhauled following Grenfell. Denise Chevin looks at what changes need to be made
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis forward buys 285 affordable homes at east London site
Homes were developed by JV of Countryside and RP’s development arm
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NewsTwo-thirds of councils at risk of failing to balance housing budgets by 2029/30, survey finds
Meanwhile, 71% of surveyed councils expect to cancel, pause or delay housing schemes to balance figures by decade-end
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NewsRaising HRA threshold could unlock 88,000 new homes, district councils say
DCN says current threshold for setting up a ring-fenced HRA deters local authorities from building
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NewsGreater Manchester Pension Fund announces £100m investment into LGAH fund
Money will fund new affordable homes in North West
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NewsGleeson appoints former Redrow and Barratt manager as group construction director
£345m-turnover housebuilder aiming to increase completions to 3,000 homes a year
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NewsGovernment must ‘keep an eye’ on skills required under Starmer’s plan-led system, warns NHF director
Alistair Smyth tells MPs the skills needed in town hall planning departments will change due to government reforms
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NewsBeyond Housing appoints new finance chief financial officer
Caroline Wallace joins the housing association from Bernicia Homes
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NewsRIBA calls for ‘consequential improvements’ in existing single staircase towers
Institute wants more stringent safety regulations in non-residential buildings in its full response to Grenfell Inquiry report
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NewsNew high-rise building safety laws expected for Northern Ireland
Policy is being developed following findings from the Hackitt reports and Grenfell Tower Inquiry
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NewsHomes England announces near doubling of loan fund for SME housebuilders
‘Lending Alliance’ with Invest & Fund projected to deliver extra 600 homes
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NewsNew housing should be permanently exempt from Right to Buy, says CIH
Round-up of sector responses to the government’s Right to Buy reforms consultation, which closed this week
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NewsMalaysian firm invests £2bn to accelerate 6,500-home brownfield scheme
Plans for Brabazon new town - billed as the UK’s biggest brownfield development - also include a 17,000-seat arena in the West of England
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NewsWorthing council to pull out of 216-home scheme and sell share to partner
West Sussex local authority says it wants to accelerate construction and “receive payment sooner”
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NewsSage Homes 'extremely sorry' for failing to support vulnerable residents
For-profit landlord ’backed by Blackstone did not properly address the concerns of 18 tenants, finds Housing Ombudsman
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NewsAvant submits plans for housing schemes in Coventry and Barnsley
Pair of schemes will deliver 60 and 300 homes, respectively
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NewsTaylor Wimpey on track to hit expected profit but warns of post-Budget cost increases
Housebuilder expects cost pressure in 2025 as suppliers factor in tax rises announced in Autumn
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CommentTackling harassment of frontline housing staff
The Employment Rights Bill will introduce a new requirement to make employers liable for third-party harassment of employees. Karen Bates explains what social landlords must do to protect frontline staff.