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NewsSector leaders warn of cuts to supported housing services unless proposed licensing scheme is amended
CIH, NHF, care providers and homelessness charities sign letter to social security minister Stephen Timms and homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
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NewsYorkshire housing associations and councils adopt new affordable homes standard
Standard sets a new minimum quality standard homes must meet in order to be bought by social landlords
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NewsRegulator downgrades Birmingham provider and puts Phoenix under review
Sustain UK handed V3 grading
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NewsSeven housebuilders to pay £100m towards affordable housing and pledge not to share prices in deal to end CMA probe
Watchdog consults on deal to end investigation into suspected competition law breaches
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In FocusIs the government’s Building Safety Regulator shake-up enough to fix the delays?
The government has promised to speed up approvals for high-rise residential schemes which have been languishing for up to a year in the new building safety regime. With patience running out and costs mounting, Tom Lowe speaks to the people caught up in the delays
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CommentStreamlining gateway 2: time for a two-tiered approach to building safety approvals?
It cannot have been the intention of the Building Safety Act to create delays to development - it’s time for a fresh approach, argues Bhavini Patel
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NewsMHCLG publishes consultation on leasehold reform
Pennycook pledges “bold package of reforms” to “arm leaseholders with greater rights”
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CommentWes Streeting wants to link NHS funding to patient satisfaction – could the same principle be applied to social housing?
Using satisfaction measures to make funding decisions is fraught with difficulty but the data could be used more effectively in social housing by the regulator, argues Alistair McIntosh
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NewsSocial landlords required to provide housing management information to tenants on request from April 2027
Regulator of Social Housing will introduce Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements
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NewsMHCLG to work with sector to design £2.5bn low cost loans over the summer
Loans could be deployed as part of an ‘amortising grant’ or ’repayable subsidy’ model proposed by Housing Today and the G15
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NewsFailure to bring in convergence would negatively impact existing tenants, says government as it is sets out consultation
MHCLG consults on whether weekly rents should be able to increase by a cash limit of £1 or £2 a year
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NewsNewly-built council homes to be exempt from Right to Buy for 35 years
Pennycook announces further reforms, including changes to use of receipts, eligibility and discounts
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NewsMHCLG to take control of Building Safety Regulator, pledging ‘fast track’ process and resources to tackle delays
Former London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe to head up new MHCLG board to take on functions of regulator
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NewsSocial housing tenants’ overall satisfaction rises following five successive annual falls
Housemark TSM figures show improvement as landlords reap benefit of increased investment in repairs
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NewsGovernment will take ‘test and learn approach’ to Awaab’s law says Rayner
Regulations laid before parliament to bring first phase of law requiring landlords to address damp and mould into effect in October
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NewsBuilding safety sign-off problems spooking investors, Quintain boss tells Lords
Construction director at Wembley Park developer says firm would pay higher fees if it improved transparency at regulator
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NewsBarely 10% of building safety gateway 2 submissions for new builds have been approved
Data provided by consultancy Cast says average cost of getting green light at this stage is close to £28,000
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NewsHousing Ombudsman urges social landlords to ‘renew and improve’ relationships with leaseholders
Watchdog says system can seem ‘unresponsive’ or ‘indifferent’ to leaseholders needs
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NewsSolar panels to be required on nearly all new homes, Miliband confirms
Government will only allow ‘rare exceptions’ to requirements set to be included in Future Homes Standard
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NewsGrenfell insulation firm given permission to challenge Kensington and Chelsea Council ban in court
Insulation manufacturer Siderise says last December’s decision by council ‘without foundation or justification’