All Housing Today articles in May 2025 – Page 9
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NewsLinc Cymru and Pobl Group pick new name for merged group
Pair to be known as Codi Group from next year
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NewsGovernment confirms equal access to building safety funding for social landlords
Peabody and Southern CEOs welcome announcement
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NewsReeves announces £10bn for ‘financial investments’ to attract private funding alongside £39bn AHP boost
But day-to-day cuts see housing ministry hatching plans to simplify grant funding and roll out AI
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NewsSpending review 2025: All our coverage in one place and key measures at-a-glance
Affordable housing has emerged as a big winner today, here is a round-up of the key points
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NewsGovernment announces rise in temporary accommodation fund
£950m allocated for Local Authority Fund
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NewsChanges to Treasury ‘green book’ rules will help boost housing delivery in the regions, say sector figures
Government announces shift to “place-based” focus when appraising projects
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NewsProfit up on lowered revenue in Crest Nicholson half-year figures
Housebuilder recovered nearly £12m from third parties for remediation cost in the half
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NewsLandords and PWC working on plan to sell shared ownership homes into for-profit RP to raise capital
A group of 20 housing associations, consultancy PWC and civil servants are investigating how to make the sale price of the homes work
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CommentThe chancellor’s £39bn boost buys time for social housing – now innovative private finance models must help deliver at scale
The Labour government is prioritising funding for grant-heavy, and much-needed, social rented homes while also promising to ramp up delivery to 1.5 million homes a year. Innovation to draw in private finance can help square the circle, says Carl Brown
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CommentThe spending review was a bold step which provides opportunities to think differently about delivery
Ministers must now follow through by giving Homes England the autonomy and resources it needs to direct resources to SMEs, writes Paul Rickard
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NewsSocial housing rent arrears and vacancies drop to lowest levels seen for years
Social landlords seeing benefit of increased investment in rent collection teams, says Housemark
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NewsHousing associations hoping £2.5bn in spending review will be used for amortised grant funding model
Talks are continuing with government about solution to interest cover squeeze that is restricting development
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NewsLeeds student accommodation block gets green light
Part of 1960s-built Merrion Centre set to be demolished to make way for 37-storey development
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NewsL&G agrees to buy 200 affordable homes from Hill’s Coventry regeneration scheme
Full first phase of development will deliver 991 homes
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In FocusWhat will the Treasury’s 'green book' review mean for construction and housing?
Boris Johnson’s 2020 review of the Treasury’s appraisal process for government investments led to some improvements in how value in schemes is judged, but a new review commissioned by Labour this year found many of the old practices remain embedded. Rachel Reeves has now said she wants to go further.
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NewsBuild-to-rent homes double in latest proposals for Manchester towers scheme
New 800-home application replaces earlier consented scheme