All Housing Today articles in January 2025 – Page 3
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CommentPatchless working but retaining a local link - the best of both worlds in housing management
Troy Francis has been promoted to the role of executive director for operations at Southern Housing. He here explains how the G15 landlord’s revamped operating model will work
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In partnershipQueensland Road: A case study on building and fire safety remediation
Symon Sentain, executive director property services, Newlon Housing Trust speaks about the housing association's approach to tackling fire and building safety
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NewsWatkin Jones slashes losses to £300k after turbulent 18 months
Developer buoyed by increased profit from student housing schemes
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NewsBrickwork firm Forterra discussing price hikes in wake of National Insurance rises
Firm says revenue last year expected to be in line with 2023 figure
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NewsPennycook signs regulations to abolish two-year lease extension rule from end of January
Leaseholders will have flexibility to make a claim immediately upon buying a property
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into land value capture
Florence Eshalomi’s housing select committee will also look at compulsory purchase rules
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NewsSouthern rolls out new housing management model
‘Local link’ approach will combine patchless working with area-based supervision
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NewsDozens of social landlords introduce data handling training following Ombudsman report
Almost half of responding staff to a survey have received training since Ombudsman criticised sector in 2023
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CommentLocal communities can mistrust CGIs if they appear unrealistic
Residents and other stakeholders are forced to rely on visual representations of planned schemes when forming opinions. It is crucial they send the right message, writes Vasilena Bocheva
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NewsWatkin Jones ‘creating margin’ out of building safety remediation work, says CFO
Developer carrying out work in-house rather than contracting it out
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NewsSocial housing waiting lists in capital reach decade-high, says London Councils
Boroughs left with £700m ‘black hole’ in social housing finances between 2023-24 and 2027-28
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News‘Lack of mortgage availability is a significant barrier’ - HBF reacts to proposed overhaul of lending rules
The FCA is looking at loosening regulations around mortgages in response to Keir Starmer’s request for ideas to boost growth
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NewsHomelessness placing ‘unsustainable pressure’ on council finances, says PAC
Committee’s report has been welcomed by the Chartered Institute of Housing
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NewsCumbrian council aims to bring half of empty homes back into use by 2030
Launch of ‘Empty Homes Strategy’ aims to address lack of affordable housing and rising homelessness
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NewsBristol council approves 22-storey student tower
Building will be tallest in Temple Quarter regeneration
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In Focus'This is a growth story’… How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders
The transport operator’s group property director talks about the ‘new mindset’ at Network Rail – and why the country’s biggest owner of brownfield land is taking an assertive role in redevelopment projects on its sites
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NewsGovernment targets new homes around commuter hubs
Reeves and Rayner pledge default approval for schemes with “high housing potential” such as sites near train stations
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NewsInsulation installers suspended over poor work funded through government energy efficiency schemes
“Systemic” issues discovered with solid wall insulation installed under Energy Company Obligation 4 and Great British Insulation Schemes
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NewsHoney announces new partnerships business with £60m in forward sales
Housebuilder has agreed a forward sale deal for a 60-home scheme with Together Housing Group
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NewsWatkin Jones CEO ‘positive’ about chances in Nine Elms scheme appeal
Councillors said last week that height of 22-storey scheme was ‘excessive’