Social housing
30 Sep 2024
NHF and RICS Announce Plans to Improve Social Housing Standards
The National Housing Federation (NHF) and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have announced a new initiative to standardise the way housing associations and social landlords assess the quality...
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02 Sep 2024
Council Spending on Temporary Housing Soars to Record £1 Billion
Newly released figures from the government reveal that local authorities across England have been compelled to spend a staggering £1 billion on temporary accommodation for homeless households over the past...
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12 Aug 2024
Urgent Call for Action: Addressing the Temporary Accommodation Crisis
In a collective appeal, leading organisations—The District Councils’ Network (DCN), Local Government Association (LGA), Crisis along with the County Councils Network, and the East of England Local Government Association—have written...
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05 Aug 2024
Building a Better Future: Transforming Housing Through Five-Year Funding Regimes
The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a comprehensive report, “Building a Better Future“, highlighting the critical economic and social advantages of implementing five-year housing funding regimes. This approach is...
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08 Jul 2024
Pioneering Guide Champions Beautiful and Affordable Rural Housing
English Rural Housing Association, in collaboration with a panel of rural experts and advocates, has launched a groundbreaking initiative aimed at transforming the perception of affordable rural housing. The publication,...
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07 Aug 2023
Demand for social homes in rural areas is growing at over 10 times the rate of that in towns and cities
The National Housing Federation recently published research showing that the number of rural households on local authority waiting lists in England, increased by 31% between 2019 and 2022, far exceeding...
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03 Jul 2023
Changes to Government funding promises better quality affordable homes
It was announced last week that grant funding provided through the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26, can now be used to fund replacement homes, alongside new affordable homes, as part...
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26 Jun 2023
Retrofit bootcamps are back!
Following the successful spring bootcamps, the Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator (SHRA) has launched further in-person sessions this summer. The free events deliver a CPD-accredited Retrofit Essentials course over one day,...
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04 Jul 2022
Cornwall Council team up with OVO Energy to bring 400 warmer, greener homes to Cornwall
Insulation, heat pumps and solar are among the measures being installed. Image credit: OVO Ovo Energy Solutions, Cornwall Council and Council of the Isles of Scilly are retrofitting 400 homes...
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14 Feb 2022
Huge rise in £1 million homes across the UK
The Times reports that one in 42 homes in Britain is worth £1 million or more, with about 80 per cent of new “property millionaires” created in the past year...
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