All Policy articles – Page 4
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NewsDeaths of homeless people increase 12%, Museum of Homelessness research finds
The number of people who died while homeless rose to 1,474 last year
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NewsHill Group appoints new dedicated build-to-rent manager as it eyes expansion into sector
Tom Starkey has been hired to help shape Hill’s BTR strategy
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NewsNorth East Combined Authority and Homes England form strategic place partnership
NECA has signed an agreement to form a long-term partnership with the government’s housing and regeneration agency to help unlock local housing development
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NewsGovernment will miss 1.5 million homes target by almost a third without funding, the NHF and HBF warn
Research by Savills shows there there could be a shortfall of up to 95,000 new homes per year.
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NewsBadenoch: Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill a “discentive” for private landlords
The shadow housing secretary says the last government wasn’t able to make the legislation work
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NewsRayner vows to get Renters’ Rights Bill into law ‘as soon as possible’
Children and families facing the ‘cruel threat’ of no fault evictions have waited ‘far too long already,’ says housing secretary as bill returns to parliament
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CommentReflecting on an EPIC presidential year
Jill Murray’s Chartered Institute of Housing’s presidential term comes to an end next week. Here she reflects on the past 12 months
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NewsNorthern Ireland Housing Executive invests £14m in 300-home retrofit scheme
The public housing authority’s ‘whole house’ retrofit programme will upgrade hundreds of homes by spring 2025
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NewsCalico Homes sets up hate crime reporting service in Burnley
The regulator’s revised consumer standards require social landlords to tackle hate incidents and ASB
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NewsSomerset council calls new proposed mandatory housing target ‘unrealistic’
The leader of Bath and North East Somerset council has warned Angela Rayner new target must take into account UNESCO status
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NewsOmbudsman urges GreenSquareAccord to make further improvements to complaint handling
The Housing Ombudsman has told the housing association it needs to address the ‘root causes’ of complaints
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NewsShelter chief executive Polly Neate to step down next March
After seven years at the homelessness charity, Neate says she has made “the incredibly difficult decision” to leave
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NewsScottish government allocates £22m in affordable housing bonds to Link and Cairn Housing Association
The Conservative shadow housing secretary says the investment is not new, and “a drop in the ocean” compared to cuts made to affordable housing in Scotland
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NewsPlaces for People launches new training programme to tackle sector skills shortages
PfP Thrive will deliver training programmes for the UK housing and construction sector
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NewsOmbudsman launches special investigation into complaint-handling at Wandle Housing Association
The watchdog will examine its high maladministration rate to determine whether complaints are indicative of wider failure
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NewsBuilding costs higher than house prices in one in five areas, Housing Forum finds
A report from the cross-sector network estimates that building a new home costs more than £250,000, which is higher than local house prices in some areas
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NewsSocial landlords ‘may be more effective at resolving complaints from shared owners than from renters’, Ombudsman says
Watchdog highlights mismatch between high dissatisfaction of shared owners and level of complaints
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CommentHousing associations are uniquely placed to help New Towns become thriving communities
Starmer’s plan can only be achieved with HAs’ scale and expertise, writes Mel Barrett in his first article for Housing Today
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NewsNHF and RICS to develop standardised stock condition survey for social housing sector
The standard will be created in partnership with housing associations and trade bodies
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NewsHarlow District Council latest to breach consumer standards
Essex local authority becomes 11th council to receive ‘C3’ grading after missed fire-risk assessments