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CommentTime to share why you are a good employer in housing
Taking part in Housing Today’s Good Employer guide project will not only help promote your organisation and housing careers to a wider audience, but will also help share valuable learning for the sector, writes Carl Brown
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NewsNorthern Housing Consortium urges rethink of ‘piecemeal’ Decent Homes Standard ahead of autumn budget
Membership body warns of rise in disrepair claims due to ‘prescriptive’ approach
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Comment‘More than new repair obligations’: Why Awaab’s Law creates new challenges for new-build contracts
When new requirements come into force on 27 October, social landlords must rethink how they structure defects clauses, writes Gabor Taller
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NewsCanterbury City Council fails to meet consumer standards
Regulator finds ‘serious failings’ in health and safety remedial works and stock data gaps
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In FocusA hidden housing hurdle: How sewage treatment capacity is stalling 30,000 new homes - and why it could get much worse
A growing number of water companies are objecting to planning applications for homes on the basis that there is not enough local sewage treatment capacity to cope, writes Joey Gardiner.
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NewsHousing Forum appoints placemaking expert Alex Notay as chief executive
Membership body announces successor to long-time boss Shelagh Grant
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NewsAlmost all homes fitted with external insulation under Conservative governments’ retrofit schemes need repair work, report finds
National Audit Office survey uncovers litany of failures on two energy efficiency schemes including widespread suspected fraud
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CommentHousing must be delivered locally and councils need the tools to do it
Research from Key Cities has found financial constraints and land availability - not planning - are the main barriers to delivering homes. Michael Mordey argues we need to empower local authorities to boost delivery
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NewsUniversity of Cambridge submits masterplan for next phases of 5,600-home Eddington scheme
Outline plan lodged for up to 3,800 additional homes and 50ha of open space
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NewsYour Housing Group misses development target as it battles contractor insolvency delays
North-west landlord increases turnover
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CommentThe bridge over the River Coquet: why and how landlords should make homes more resilient to flooding
The waters are coming and housing providers need to begin preparing now, there are no excuses, warns Matthew Scott
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NewsCIH welcomes extra £84m homelessness funding but warns long-term plan needed
MHCLG announces funding for councils to help prevent people from sleeping rough
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NewsCitizen vows to learn from contractor insolvencies as completions impacted
Housing association puts in place ‘live monitoring of contractor risk’ after undershooting development target
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CommentReduced affordable housing targets in London would be welcome but must be first step in wider reform
As Sadiq Khan reportedly looks at easing affordable housing requirements to tackle London’s development crisis, Nick Cuff argues for a radical simplification of the way we deliver homes
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NewsNational Housing Federation appoints MTVH CEO to its board
Regeneration expert Mel Barrett takes up vacant spot at housing association trade body with immediate effect
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NewsBadenoch pledges to scrap stamp duty in conference speech
Conservative leader pledges to “free up our housing market”
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NewsCity Hall overturns Bexley Council’s decision to reject 228-home development
Deputy mayor Jules Pipe says benefits of build-to-rent scheme outweigh harm to nearby Lesnes Abbey and concerns over height
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NewsUnite confident of ‘robust’ demand despite dip in rental growth
Student accommodation provider reports third quarter figures as it awaits regulatory approval for £700m acquisition of Empiric
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NewsPlans being drawn up for 22-storey student accommodation tower on former London Met School of Architecture site
Mixed-use scheme would add new education space to school site formerly known as The Cass
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CommentWhy do tenants from ethnic minority backgrounds often choose not to engage with their registered providers?
A report by involved tenant and Tpas associate Kai Jackson caused a stir at a parliamentary reception last month. Here she explains her thinking behind it and why it was needed.