All social housing articles
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CommentReputation, relationships and results: what I’ve learnt about complaints during my seven years as Housing Ombudsman
In his last column as ombudsman, Richard Blakeway reflects on the progress the social housing sector has made as a new prime minister takes the reins
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NewsWelsh government includes additional £20m for social homes in supplementary budget
But CIH Cymru warns total funding still falls short of what is needed to achieve 20,000-home goal
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In FocusMaking Senze: How sophisticated energy monitoring can cut social housing retrofit costs by 75%
Technology firm Senze has shown live home monitoring can cut retrofit costs by targeting improvements more accurately than flawed EPC assessments, raising questions over the government’s fabric-first funding model for social housing decarbonisation, Thomas Lane reports
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NewsHomes England asks providers to reprofile SAHP bids due to high demand
Agency asks providers to reconsider grant expectations for early years of 10-year initiative, while GLA deadline for revised bids in ‘oversubscribed’ London programme passes
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NewsPennycook announces review into social housing allocations
Housing minister vows to ‘support better use of existing stock’ as Housing Today and G15 call for a renewal of the system
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NewsIslington Council handed C3 consumer grade after regulator finds failings
London local authority found to not have an accurate understanding of tenants’ homes
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NewsDecent Homes Standard: Government drops plan for mandatory floor coverings following concern from sector
Pennycook says revamped standard balances cost of improving existing stock with need to boost supply
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News‘If you cannot give me cash to build more homes, give me land’ Northern Ireland’s Lyons issues plea to fellow ministers
Lyons says he is looking at ‘innovative measures’ to boost delivery and pledges to increase starts this year
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CommentThe future of the social housing sector is speaking. But who is listening?
A landmark report last week from CIH Futures and Altair shed light on the views and experiences of under 35s working in social housing. The sector must act on the findings, write Halisha Kaur and Emma Gilbank
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NewsSocial landlords in England will be allowed to raise rents 4.8% next year
Inflation figure confirms maximum rent increases allowed next year, excluding any additional uplifts from rent convergence
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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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In Focus‘My push has always been to give young people a chance’: Geraldine Howley on inclusivity and inspiring the next generation
The outgoing chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing has spent the past 40 years striving to make the sector more inclusive while inspiring young talent to join. As part of Housing Today’s Every Person Counts campaign, she talks about her journey
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NewsGovernment publishes consultation on measures to overhaul Right to Buy
Newly-built housing could be exempt for a set period of time and eligibility periods extended as part of Rayner’s package of reforms to help councils protect their housing stock
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NewsThree more Scottish social landlords identify RAAC in their homes
Scottish Housing Regulator data reveals that a total of 16 landlords have now found RAAC in their homes.
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NewsNorthern Irish housing bodies welcome extra £24m for social housing, but warn ‘significant gap’ remains
A total of £68m in capital funding will be allocated to social housing, water infrastructure, and tackling rural poverty.
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NewsMore than 300,000 London households on waiting lists for social housing
Centre for London and the G15 are calling for £15bn funding per year to deliver 33,000 social rent homes a year
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NewsBirmingham City Council proposes reducing affordable housing target for brownfield developments
Council says proposed local plan changes are not about watering down affordable housing, but about being ‘realistic’
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CommentVoid re-let times are the highest they’ve been for a while. What can social landlords do about it?
Jonathan Cox explains why re-let times are spiking
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NewsHousing associations will need £54bn to deliver social housing targets in the London Plan, G15 says
The G15 has urged the government to help it leverage more private finance through a 10-year rent settlement and access to the Building Safety Fund
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NewsOmbudsman report criticises landlords for poor handling of temporary moves to carry out repairs
Blakeway identifies communication, timing, and not following policies as key issues in the maladministration cases reviewed