All articles by Olivia Barber – Page 9
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Northern Housing Consortium says 320,000 new homes could be delivered on brownfield land
The membership organisation for northern housing providers has said that brownfield funding should be devolved and ‘more flexible’
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Chartered Institute of Housing to establish new equality, diversity and inclusion board
The board will help to set a strategic direction for all future EDI initiatives at CIH
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Platform Housing’s surplus falls due to pension scheme exits costing £18m
The Midlands-based housing association also cited cost pressures from investment in homes, customer services, and high inflation
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Local housing deals could deliver almost 200,000 new social homes over the next 30 years, LGA says
The LGA has said that local councils need funding and autonomy, stressing that they ’know their areas best’
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Wiltshire Council urges housing associations to halt disposals over fears of losing rural affordable housing
The local authority passed a motion last week regarding GreenSquareAccord’s plan to sell local homes
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Housing Ombudsman launches probe into Lewisham Council over high maladministration rate
London authority self-referred to the Regulator of Social Housing in December last year over concerns about whether it was providing decent homes
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Bromford Housing reports increase in turnover, but higher operating costs
Housing association blames rise on higher repair volumes
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Cardiff Community Housing Association appoints new property and assets director
Andrew Bradley will provide strategic leadership to the assets and property directorate
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Housing providers and charities urge government to adopt accessibility standards for new-build homes
The Centre for Ageing Better says 250,000 more accessible homes could have been built if the previous government had adopted the regulations
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Social landlords in Northern Ireland warn ‘we will be lucky to deliver 500 new homes this year’
The letter to Angela Rayner says housing in Northern Ireland is at crisis point and welcomes Labour’s plan to ‘turbocharge’ development
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John Lewis gets approval for 353 homes in Bromley Waitrose site redevelopment
Scheme will deliver 10% affordable housing
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Action plan to tackle housing shortage in south Scotland launches
The ten-point action plan was launched by the South of Scotland regional economic partnership and the housing minister Paul McLennan earlier this week
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Half of complaints referred to the Ombudsman are from social housing tenants in London
The Ombudsman acknowledges that the operating environment for social landlords in London is “vastly different” from other areas
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Birmingham City Council announces plan to use 200 vacant new-build homes for social housing
Homes intended to serve as the athlete’s village for the Commonwealth Games will be sold, but one plot will be retained to provide homes for those on the social housing waiting list
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Dame Kate Barker says housing market is worse today than it was 20 years ago
New Barker housing commission has sent initial recommendations from its housing supply review to the housing minister
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Two housing associations given ‘C1’ gradings for meeting new RSH consumer standards
The regulator has issued two more judgements on consumer standards as part of its first round of inspections since 1 April
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Bromford retains A+ credit rating from S&P
Agency cites management expertise, robust planning and strong liquidity as key factors for confirming the rating
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L&Q sells strategic land business to Urban & Civic
L&Q’s chief executive Fiona Fletcher-Smith revealed that the housing association was exploring the sale of its strategic land business in May, stating it is not a “core” function
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Scottish Empty Homes Partnership brings record number of homes back into use
The partnership is part of the Scottish government’s commitment to bringing empty homes back into use as affordable housing