All Housing Today articles in January 2025
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NewsOngoing audit of fire safety provisions puts Crest Nicholson results back two weeks
Auditor asks for more time to run rule over ‘appropriateness of fire remediation provision’
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NewsGleeson says trading in line with expectations but boss warns housing recovery remains sluggish
Housebuilder says government needs to provide clarity on spending review plans
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NewsLivv Housing Group appoints new director of customer services from Halton Housing Trust
Lisa Olsen joins 13,000-home provider
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NewsPersimmon spent £60m on building safety remediation last year
Housebuilder has now spent £120m on safety works with 30% of remediation jobs still yet to start
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NewsRent convergence would generate more than three-quarter of a billion pounds for stock improvements in London, says G15
The re-introduction of a policy which allowed cheaper rents to rise more quickly would unlock £773m over a decade, according to new research
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NewsLondon Square’s for-profit registered provider appoints ex-council leader as new chair
Former Waltham Forest leader Clare Coghill has stepped up to head the board of Square Roots after three years as vice chair
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NewsTwo more local authorities handed low ‘C3’ consumer grades
Newcastle City Council and Nottingham City Council found to have serious failings and told by regulator to improve
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NewsVistry avoids fourth profit downgrade as interim results reveal operational restructure
Expected losses confirmed but revenue and completions up in 2024
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NewsRenters’ Rights Bill passes third reading but property sector remains sceptical
New changes to the law include capping advance rent payments at one month and allowing bereaved guarantors to end a tenancy where the resident has died
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NewsGreen light expected for 4,500-home Manchester regeneration project
Studio Egret West’s design for a “woodland town” aims to deliver 20% “genuinely affordable housing”
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CommentTackling harassment of frontline housing staff
The Employment Rights Bill will introduce a new requirement to make employers liable for third-party harassment of employees. Karen Bates explains what social landlords must do to protect frontline staff.
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NewsTaylor Wimpey on track to hit expected profit but warns of post-Budget cost increases
Housebuilder expects cost pressure in 2025 as suppliers factor in tax rises announced in Autumn
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NewsAvant submits plans for housing schemes in Coventry and Barnsley
Pair of schemes will deliver 60 and 300 homes, respectively
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NewsSage Homes 'extremely sorry' for failing to support vulnerable residents
For-profit landlord ’backed by Blackstone did not properly address the concerns of 18 tenants, finds Housing Ombudsman
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NewsWorthing council to pull out of 216-home scheme and sell share to partner
West Sussex local authority says it wants to accelerate construction and “receive payment sooner”
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NewsMalaysian firm invests £2bn to accelerate 6,500-home brownfield scheme
Plans for Brabazon new town - billed as the UK’s biggest brownfield development - also include a 17,000-seat arena in the West of England
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NewsNew housing should be permanently exempt from Right to Buy, says CIH
Round-up of sector responses to the government’s Right to Buy reforms consultation, which closed this week
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NewsHomes England announces near doubling of loan fund for SME housebuilders
‘Lending Alliance’ with Invest & Fund projected to deliver extra 600 homes
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NewsNew high-rise building safety laws expected for Northern Ireland
Policy is being developed following findings from the Hackitt reports and Grenfell Tower Inquiry
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NewsRIBA calls for ‘consequential improvements’ in existing single staircase towers
Institute wants more stringent safety regulations in non-residential buildings in its full response to Grenfell Inquiry report