All Housing Today articles in May 2026 – Page 7
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NewsTower Hamlets Council submits plans for 44-home scheme
Project is first in mayoral building programme with target of 3,300 homes
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NewsGovernment’s first supported housing advisory panel sets out objectives and strategy
Members will focus on the delivery of ‘good quality’ supported housing for older people and working age adults
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CommentThe thicket of detailed standards thwarting housebuilding in London is not the answer
Ben Derbyshire asks whether it is time to rethink the section 106 system and regulatory framework for housebuilding in London
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NewsStonewater appoints new chair as it consults on full merger with Mount Green
Subsidiary would be folded entirely into 40,000-home Stonewater under latest proposals
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NewsStandardise and streamline procurement processes to reduce build costs, says Housing Forum
New report by membership body recommends housing associations and councils manage risk rather than transfer it to contractors
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NewsNew electrical safety Tenant Satisfaction Measure comes into effect
Large social landlords in England will from today be required to publish data about tenant satisfaction relating to electrical safety
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NewsGreen light for 1,150-home regeneration masterplan in Derby city centre
Derbion to deliver 14-storey tower and six residential blocks near shopping centre
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NewsPersimmon gets green light for 266 new homes in Wiltshire
Fourth phase of scheme brings total number of homes to 771
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NewsContractor Ardmore’s construction business goes into administration
Company says decision follows High Court ruling last month over Portsmouth residential scheme
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CommentThe danger of building homes at any cost
Delivering 1.5 million homes means little if quality is sacrificed in the process. Without strong design leadership and long-term thinking, today’s solutions could become tomorrow’s regeneration failures, says Satish Jassal
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NewsBuyer demand and sales remain in doldrums but decline stabilises
RICS says ’pace of decline no longer intensifying’ in latest UK Residential Market Survey
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NewsPeabody CEO and former regulator boss among King’s Birthday honours recipients
Former regulator boss Fiona MacGregor and Rick Willmott also honoured
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NewsVistry invites staff to apply for ‘voluntary exit’ from company
CEO Adam Daniels sends memo to workforce announcing ‘voluntary exit scheme’ with ’enhanced terms’ for those choosing to leave
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NewsFarage says Reform government would force foreign nationals to leave social tenancies or face deportation
Fewer than one in ten UK social housing residents have a non-UK passport
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In FocusCIH 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
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NewsNational Housing Bank and Vistry JV acquires first site for 1,600 homes in Nottinghamshire
PlacePoint to deliver 1,600 homes as part of Gamston Sustainable Urban Extension
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NewsGreen light for 485-home Camden Film Quarter
Plans include 50% affordable housing delivered in partnership with Places for People
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CommentSection 106 is won or lost early: why social housing providers must be involved from the start
Schemes see the best results when social landlords have a seat at the table at the beginning, argues Ben Townsend
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NewsHouse prices grew 3.8% in the year to April, official figures show
Private rent growth slows to four-year low
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NewsL&Q completes £1bn sale of PRS business
Partnership between Ridgeback and Morgan Stanley real estate arm buys 3,200-home business