All Housing Today articles in November 2023 – Page 6
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NewsHousing Forum calls on government to scrap planning validation checklists
Validation checklists “not working well” and should be replaced with simpler planning statement system, says housing membership body
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NewsPeabody’s development down by a third
The housing association completed 654 homes in the last half-year, with net surplus down almost 50%
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NewsGuinness completes takeover of troubled Shepherds Bush
5,000-home housing association judged non-compliant with regulatory standards has joined £540m-turnover housing association Guinness
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CommentThe price of electricity is holding back the rollout of heat pumps in social housing
Following Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, Matthew Scott argues making clean energy affordable is the missing piece of the jigsaw in tackling the issue
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In FocusMaximise occupant safety with Kidde’s new safety device
The new Cavius Relay RF Interconnect is an interface between Cavius RF smoke and heat alarms and hard-wired, third party input and output devices
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator appoints interim as permanent head
Philip White will continue in role he has been in since April
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NewsHouse prices rise in November as interest rate expectations ease
Market perception is that bank rate has peaked, says Nationwide economist
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NewsLondon Square bought by giant Abu Dhabi property firm in £230m deal
Aquisition is Aldar’s first outside MENA region
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CommentDeliberate landbanking by housebuilders is a myth
The suggestion that housebuilders deliberately landbank is, to put it bluntly, poppycock
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NewsStonewater’s surplus decreases 43% as shared ownership staircasing sales dip
The 36,000-home housing association reports lower sales revenue and increased repair costs
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NewsBrentwood council gives green light to 3,700-home garden village scheme
Dunton Hills site is a strategic housing allocation in the emerging local plan
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NewsNottingham City Council issues section 114 notice over £23m black hole in budget
Nottingham also issued an s114 two years ago when it unlawfully used HRA funds to support council finances
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NewsPartnerships housing firm owes more than £8m, liquidator says
Real Contracting Group went into liquidation just two years after being set up
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News‘We can do better’ than our anti-housing electoral strategy, says Conservative MP
Andrew Lewer unhappy with party’s approach to the issue
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NewsHomes England launches awareness campaign to back SME builders
The agency wants smaller firms to be aware of government funding opportunities
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NewsMore than 212,000 new homes built last year, annual housing supply figures show
Official figures show government still a long way off meeting 300,000-home manifesto pledge
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NewsIncreased costs of new shared ownership model could hit viability, housing associations warn
Housing associations warn financial sustainability of shared ownership needs to be monitored following changes introduced by the government
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NewsNearly half of older private renters worry about debt, says NHF
NHF boss calls for long-term investment in social housing, as older people are being left without affordable housing options
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NewsGresham House hires Peabody manager to head up shared ownership
Claire Cooper becomes second major appointment to asset manager’s housing operations in the space of a few weeks
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator aims to assess four in 10 occupied higher-risk buildings by 2026
New regulator publishes its first strategic plan, setting out a three-year ‘roadmap’ for action