All Housing Today articles in January 2025 – Page 2
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NewsBeyond Housing appoints new finance chief financial officer
Caroline Wallace joins the housing association from Bernicia Homes
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NewsGovernment must ‘keep an eye’ on skills required under Starmer’s plan-led system, warns NHF director
Alistair Smyth tells MPs the skills needed in town hall planning departments will change due to government reforms
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NewsGleeson appoints former Redrow and Barratt manager as group construction director
£345m-turnover housebuilder aiming to increase completions to 3,000 homes a year
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NewsGreater Manchester Pension Fund announces £100m investment into LGAH fund
Money will fund new affordable homes in North West
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NewsRaising HRA threshold could unlock 88,000 new homes, district councils say
DCN says current threshold for setting up a ring-fenced HRA deters local authorities from building
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NewsTwo-thirds of councils at risk of failing to balance housing budgets by 2029/30, survey finds
Meanwhile, 71% of surveyed councils expect to cancel, pause or delay housing schemes to balance figures by decade-end
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis forward buys 285 affordable homes at east London site
Homes were developed by JV of Countryside and RP’s development arm
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CommentChange of focus, elevation of skills and use of tech: how building control must modernise post-Grenfell
Building control is being overhauled following Grenfell. Denise Chevin looks at what changes need to be made
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NewsPlans approved for 300-home scheme in Ealing
Ealing Council’s £125m Gurnell development will include eight main housing blocks rising to a maximum of ten storeys,
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NewsWatkin Jones’ student towers handed symbolic refusal by Wandsworth Council as scheme heads to appeal
Watkin Jones requests public inquiry into 762-bed Nine Elms development close to Battersea Power Station
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NewsProducts firm Marshalls says turnover will fall due to lower housing demand
Trading update says numbers will improve in line with market recovery
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NewsHome Group chief commercial officer made redundant just five months into role
Kate Still leaves 56,000-home organisation after joining on 5 September last year
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NewsManchester council plans disposal of brownfield sites to bring forward 700 homes
Clarion, Jigsaw and Great Places among those expecting to acquire land
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NewsTopHat reveals £46m loss from factory operations in its penultimate year as it ceases trading
Losses of volumetric housebuilder laid bare in accounts, which also show £28.9m loss in development
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CommentHousebuilders and government must work together to solve the skills conundrum
Ensuring we have sufficient skills to build 1.5m homes is a daunting challenge, but there is hope on the horizon, writes David Thomas
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NewsBuild-to-rent construction activity down 11% in London, according to report
Survey by membership group BusinessLDN shows slowdown
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NewsCrown Estate appoints firms for three sustainable housing demonstration projects
GS8, Igloo Regeneration and Town will test out new approaches to eco-friendly housebuilding, building 200 homes in total
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NewsCIH launches new domestic abuse best practice forum for members
New network aims to “share best practice, identify common issues and provide peer support”
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NewsMTVH reaches settlement with residents over 2019 fire
Victims’ solicitor calls for further building safety reforms