All Housing Today articles in October 2023 – Page 3
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Swan reports £84m deficit in delayed accounts
Essex-based housing association now part of Sanctuary sets aside £40m for building safety work
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DLUHC issues fresh guidance on plan to stop developers building unless they carry out cladding repairs
Responsible Actors Scheme information issued
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Gove overturns refusal for 1,100-home Taylor Wimpey development in Lancashire
A decision on the Pickering’s Farm development on 50 hectares of agricultural land was called in for determination by the housing secretary
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Southern Housing moves residents out of 60-home block due to concrete safety concerns
Housing association giant concerned about structural safety
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Housing Ombudsman issues ‘highest ever’ total of complaint handling failure orders
Ombudsman reports issuing 52 complaint handling failure orders to social landlords between July and September
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Gove’s leasehold reform could make housing more unaffordable, says report
Longer leases and scrapping ‘marriage value’ premium could lead to 10% surge in prices on short leasehold stock, warns study by Bayes Business School and Knight Frank
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Manchester refuses student housing scheme for the fourth time
Council also approves 250-home housing block in Ancoats
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HBF urges Hunt to adopt ten-point housing delivery plan in Autumn Statement
Membership body calls for quick changes to planning, housing targets and stamp duty ahead of Wednesday’s fiscal event
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North-east social landlords form partnership as region agrees devolution deal
17 social housing providers join forces to use newly devolved housing powers to tackle the housing crisis
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Comment
How the chancellor can support SME housebuilders in the Autumn Statement
Jeremy Hunt should consider targeted help to boost smaller housing developers this week and there are two things he should do, argues David Cracklen
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Places for People buys 80-home site from developer Wain Homes
230,000-home housing association has bought an 80-home site in Lancashire, as part of its land-led development drive
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Sadiq Khan to divert AHP development grant into buying 10,000 existing private homes
Challenging market sees Mayor shift partially away from development towards helping local authorities buy homes on the open market for council housing
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Construction and energy companies join calls for £3.8bn SHDF to be released in full
Major contractors and energy companies echo Housing Forum and National Housing Federation in saying releasing funding would “give greater confidence” to decarbonisation industry
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Notting Hill Genesis’ surplus falls by nearly 80% as sales income plummets
G15 landlord spends extra £15m on safety and repairs
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In Focus
Can the new housing minister make a difference before the election?
The past nine housing ministers have come and gone in the time it takes to get a large project to site, says Joey Gardiner. So what are the chances that the latest incumbent in the role can do what is required to pick the industry up off the floor?
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CPD
CPD 08 2023: Rainscreen facade system regulations
This CPD, sponsored by Knauf Insulation, takes an in-depth look at the systems that lie behind the rainscreen facades of buildings and sets out the regulations and relevant guidance that should be considered to ensure the specification of safe, healthy and sustainable structures
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Gleeson reports rise in net reservations
Housebuilder says trading for year to date is “in line with expectations”
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More than 1,600 tower blocks have a ‘life-critical’ fire safety defect, says RSH
Three-quarters of buildings with defects are expected to be remediated in the next five years
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The 11 largest housebuilders own or control 1.17 million plots, competition regulator says
The Competition and Markets Authority is seeking feedback on land banks and planning rules as part of its probe into the housbeuilding market