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CommentHow landmark building safety court rulings could clarify the law on liability
Recent court rulings - including Grey GR Limited Partnership vs Edgewater (Stevenage) Ltd – could provide better understanding, prompting clear thinking, rapid remediation and the faster resolution of disputes, writes Theresa Mohammed
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NewsBarratt Redrow COO and deputy CEO to retire
Steven Boyes is retiring after 47 years at giant housebuilder
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In FocusGood Employment Report - Chapter three: Sustaining inclusive workplaces
Our exclusive research project looking at solutions housing organisations are using to improve diversity and address skills challenges publishes its findings this week. Here is our second chapter.
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News‘Grip the housing crisis or accept managed decline’ G15 chair tells government
Fiona Fletcher-Smith warns government 1.5m homes target is under threat unless ministers act to restores financial certainty to social housing sector
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In FocusGood Employment Report - Chapter two: Building skills and careers for the future
Our exclusive research project looking at solutions housing organisations are using to improve diversity and address skills challenges publishes its findings this week. Here is our second chapter.
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CommentIt’s time for the government to safeguard shared ownership’s affordability
Affordable homeownership must be a central part of Keir Starmer’s plan for economic growth, writes Mel Barrett
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NewsHeat pumps should be installed in half of homes by 2040, says Climate Change Commitee
Advisory body’s latest report sets out progress needed to stay on track with net zero targets
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NewsMHCLG pushes ahead with plan to ban leasehold
Shared ownership homes will be able to work within a commonhold says the government as white paper due imminently
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In FocusRural housing champion: Rethinking local delivery of repairs with Stonewater CEO Nick Harris
Stonewater has grown its housing stock by around 10,000 properties in just 10 years since it was formed through a merger of Raglan and Jephson. Nick Harris talks about the challenge of maintaining customer service across a large number of rural areas
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NewsBristol student accommodation scheme delayed until 2027 ‘due to gateway 2 hold-ups’
Unite Students increases profit but repeats warning of Building Safety Regulator approval delays of around six months
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CommentProcurement Act 2023 – what do the new rules really mean for the housing sector?
As the act comes into force this week it’s time for housing associations to embrace the opportunities, writes Rebecca Rees
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NewsSeven regional groups of social landlords join forces to call for funding overhaul
Joint spending review submission from groups representing 75 housing associations and councils calls for consolidation of funding pots and reclassification of housing investment as infrastructure spend
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NewsPeabody and Hill strike £116m deal with BTR operator as part of 3,500-home Dagenham scheme
Goodstone Living will own and operate 360 homes on former Ford stamping plant site
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CommentThe £300m AHP top-up is welcome, but without a longer-term solution it’s just a sticking plaster
Social landlords in the north of England are ready to deliver but they need the right resources, argues Tracy Harrison
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In FocusIt’s deja vu all over again: Can the Ox-Cam Arc work second time around?
The chancellor has given her backing to an expansion plan for the corridor connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge, including thousands of homes, which the previous government dropped. Joey Gardiner asks what hope the industry can have
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis recruits Livv chief executive to its board as it aims to regain compliance
Léann Hearne, who is also vice-chair of Yorkshire Housing, has joined G15 landlord to monitor its improvement plan
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NewsSocial housing finance specialist Darren Watmough announces retirement after 36-year career
Watmough to stand down from role at Alpha Living in the summer
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CommentWhy is abolishing the Right to Buy so far off the table in England?
In the first in a series of monthly pieces by the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, Professor Ken Gibb reflects on the endurance of Thatcher’s flagship housing policy
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NewsSpringfield signs deal to sell 2,500 plots of land to Barratt Redrow
Scottish housebuilder cashes in on expected housing demand from thousands of green infrastructure workers as it trebles profit
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CommentInvestment partnership models are our best chance to get close to 1.5m homes
Increasing the development liquidity of councils and housing associations, including through new external finance, is key to meeting Keir Starmer’s housebuilding goals, writes Richard Jones