All Housing Today articles in October 2026
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NewsLoughborough university professor appointed as next chief construction adviser
Sergio Cavalaro played key role in government’s structural assessments of buildings containing RAAC
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NewsBurnham’s regional growth plan at risk without viability fix, Housing Today report warns
Report launched at the Building the Future Conference sets out seven recommendations for government, mayors and industry – including a new regeneration fund for strategic authorities
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NewsGLA writes to bidders confirming £6bn worth of grant allocations, with programme reportedly three-times oversubscribed
Housing associations were informed of allocations at the end of last week
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NewsVistry boss welcomes government’s first-time buyers initiative but says housebuilders ‘value certainty over reform alone’
Adam Daniels makes comments at Building the Future conference
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator ‘huge impediment’ to development and needs reforming, shadow housing minister says
Gareth Bacon says a future Conservative government would look to reform regulator brought in to police construction after Grenfell disaster
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NewsPlans in for 1,200-home Northampton town centre regeneration
Redevelopment of former bus station site to include offices and student accommodation
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NewsGovernment ‘could provide interest-free funding’ to help firms at risk of going under due to cost of fixing buildings, says lawyer
‘There has to be some way of safeguarding industry while carrying out all this remediation,’ Fenwick Elliot partner says
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NewsHeylo given lowest possible governance and viability gradings
Regulator says for-profit ‘can’t protect its homes and tenants’
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NewsGreenSquareAccord breaches governance and viability standard as RSH criticises ‘weak financial performance’
Provider with ‘serious weaknesses’ is reliant on disposals and cost reductions to maintain viability, says regulator
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In FocusFrom housing viability to AI and data centres: the key debates at Building the Future Conference
Discussions on viability dominated the fourth annual meeting of construction professionals in London where talk focused on how projects can be delivered in a challenging market
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NewsG15 calls for London to retain 25% of stamp duty for homelessness fund
Measure should be first step in reform of property taxation and devolution, housing association group says
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NewsSector calls on government to spend SAHP quicker, with 41,000 planned affordable homes currently unfunded
Commons committee chair joins NHF, LGA, CIH and others in calling for action in Budget
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CommentDevolution can make place-based retrofit a reality
The devolving of warm homes funding to mayors and local communities give places and local partnerships more freedom to address challenges together, argues Richard Ellis
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NewsFreeze new regulatory burdens on homes for three years and review existing obligations to kickstart housing market, says report
Report by Lord Barwell-led Prosper UK Housing Commission also calls for section 106 use to be restricted to what developments need
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NewsHousing Plus increases annual completions but misses target
West Midlands provider increases turnover and surplus
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NewsL&Q warns web services may remain down ‘for some time’ following last month’s cyber-attack
More than two weeks on from incident G15 landlord’s digital services are still not back up and running
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NewsSNG appoints 30 architectural practices to framework for Homes and Place Standard
Sovereign Network Group selects practices for masterplanning and housing design services over four-year period
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CommentCouncils can build homes again, but funding alone won’t drive delivery
Local authorities will need to be efficient and have the necessary capacity to translate Burnham’s ambitions into outcomes, writes Caroline Compton-James
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NewsOrbit sells 2,200 homes to Raven Housing Trust
Disposal part of plan to reduce number of local authority areas in which the 47,000-home provider operates