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dlvr.itInside Housing launches new site aimed at frontline staff in social housingOcean Media Group has today launched Inside Housing Management, a new online publication aimed at housing officers and other staff in housing management, with a focus on learning and development

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dlvr.itPfP CEO – the Autumn Budget will provide the tools, but partnerships will help deliver resultsHousing challenges are complex and interconnected, and success is not measured only in the number of new homes delivered, says Greg Reed of Places for People

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dlvr.itRSH reports net gain in private registered providers’ social rent stock offset by fall in council-owned homesThe Regulator of Social Housing reported a net gain in social rent homes for private registered providers, but this was offset by a fall in council-owned stock

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dlvr.itGovernment announces increase to shared ownership income capsThe government will raise household income eligibility caps for shared ownership in the new year, following calls to ensure the model remains accessible

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dlvr.itMajor bank backs Manchester-based landlord with £50m loanHundreds of social rent homes are set to be built across Yorkshire and North West England thanks to a multimillion-pound loan from one of the UK’s biggest banks

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dlvr.itSpecialist provider joins Progress Housing Group as subsidiaryProgress Housing Group has acquired a supported housing provider to “strengthen its offer” to residents with support needs

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dlvr.itBlack History Month: accountability, not celebrationHousing providers must show how they are reducing racial disparities, writes Barrington Billings, chair of BME National

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dlvr.itLandsec and British Land mothball giant development projectsDevelopers have paused two giant regeneration projects in London which would have included thousands of rental homes

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dlvr.itOfgem director warns against landlords ‘hiding’ from heat network regulationsEnergy regulator Ofgem has warned social landlords that “hiding” from upcoming heat network regulations “is not going to be an option”

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dlvr.itYoung girl dies after falling from council-owned block in BarkingA four-year-old girl died after falling from a tower block owned and managed by Barking and Dagenham Council

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dlvr.itVAT rules give housing associations ‘perverse incentive’ to leave homes empty, Senedd committee hearsHousing associations have a “perverse incentive” to leave properties empty because of VAT rules, an executive director at a Welsh landlord has said

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dlvr.itPeabody launches new inspection team with 50% apprentices to check repairsOne of London’s largest landlords has created a repairs checking team ahead of the second phase of Awaab’s Law being introduced later this year

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dlvr.itRough sleeping funding to double in Autumn BudgetA further £432m to tackle rough sleeping will be included in the Autumn Budget this week, the prime minister has announced

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dlvr.itExpert supported housing panel advises government to establish cost of compliance with licensing regimeA monitoring a new supported housing regulations urged the government to establish the approximate costs providers will have to take on under the licensing regime

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dlvr.itHousing associations identify 2,000 homes for rough-sleeping initiativeThe National Housing Federation has pledged to identify at least 2,000 potential homes to help with the prime minister’s drive to end rough sleeping

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dlvr.itSAHP to get £1bn top-up in Autumn Budget, according to reportsThe government will add more than £1bn to the Social and Affordable Homes Programme in this week’s Budget, according to reports

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dlvr.itSuccessful mergers address the big questions earlyMergers in the housing sector used to be rare. Today, however, they are almost “business as usual”, says David Williams, a partner at Campbell Tickell and the consultancy’s lead on mergers and acquisitions. Inside Housing sat down with Mr Williams to find out what is driving this change, and to ask what merger-curious organisations should consider

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dlvr.itThe Gateway 3 crunch is coming. What do building safety managers need to do to navigate it smoothly?In its three-year existence, the new building safety regime has been anything but simple. As the first new builds approach the regulator’s final Gateway 3 stage, approval will be a test of organisational record-keeping. Are providers ready? Peter Apps reports

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dlvr.itS&P finds housing associations ‘broadly sustained creditworthiness’ last year despite subdued financial resultsHousing associations achieved “subdued financial results” in the last financial year, but the sector is “broadly resilient”, according to credit rating agency S&P

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dlvr.itYorkshire Housing chief executive – here’s what devolution means for usOur region shows what is possible with more alignment and unparalleled levels of collaboration, writes Nick Atkin, chief executive of Yorkshire Housing

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dlvr.itFinancial watchdog to take no action against Home REIT as investigation closesThe Financial Conduct Authority has closed its two-year investigation into Home REIT without taking any action

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dlvr.itFinancial watchdog to take no action against Home REIT as investigation closesThe Financial Conduct Authority has closed its two-year investigation into Home REIT without taking any action

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dlvr.itMajor bank backs Midlands housing association with £160m of fundingNatWest has provided £160m in funding to Midlands-based housing association Amplius

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dlvr.itGreat Places CFO to leave for role in private sectorGreat Places Housing Group has announced that its chief financial officer will step down in the new year

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dlvr.itThe Week in Housing: Major investigation published, Autumn Budget asks and remediation bill concernsThe Week in Housing is our weekly newsletter, rounding up the most important headlines for housing professionals

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dlvr.itExpert witness to Grenfell Inquiry sanctioned by professional bodyThe Institution of Fire Engineers has sanctioned Colin Todd, who was an expert witness at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

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dlvr.itWelsh housing minister ‘open’ to more flexible new build standards to boost social housing deliveryWales’s housing minister is “open” to easing new-build regulations to unlock more social homes, amid calls from sector leaders for a compromise on standards

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dlvr.itProgramme to get veterans into construction jobs launchesA new programme designed to support armed forces veterans into construction jobs has been launched by the Ministry of Defence and Places for London

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dlvr.itWheatley’s £100m regeneration plans for Glasgow approvedWheatley’s £100m plans to regenerate an area in North Glasgow have been granted planning approval

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dlvr.itTom Murtha’s last standAfter 50 years of being a vocal presence in the sector, Tom Murtha says it’s time to call it a day. Martin Hilditch reflects on Mr Murtha’s career and asks if this is really the end

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dlvr.itThe government must honour its manifesto commitment on Warm Homes funding for the social housing sectorThe sector is making great progress on retrofit, but maintaining momentum requires funding stability, says Kate McDonald of the National Housing Federation

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dlvr.itLondon landlord appoints director of IT and transformationLondon housing association Local Space has appointed a new director of IT and transformation

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dlvr.itCreditors take over for-profit Heylo’s subsidiary, with 4,651 homes affectedCreditors have taken over a subsidiary of for-profit shared ownership specialist Heylo Housing Group, with 4,651 homes affected

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dlvr.itCouncil prepares £220m housebuilding framework after being named strategic partnerNewcastle City Council is preparing to launch a £220m housebuilding framework to deliver more than 700 social homes

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dlvr.itCIH Cymru appoints specialist provider chief executive as new chairThe Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru has appointed Jason Wroe as the new chair of its board

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dlvr.itHousing association pays tribute to ‘much-valued’ staff member killed in suspected murderA housing association has paid tribute to a staff member who was killed in a suspected murder in Wales earlier this week

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dlvr.itSector faces ‘interlocking risks’ as financial position remains weak and pressure to deliver homes ramps up, RSH warnsSocial landlords face a series of “complex interlocking risks” including a difficult economic environment, pressure to deliver new homes and weak financial positions, the English regulator has warned in its latest Sector Risk Profile

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dlvr.itSupported housing saves lives, will we fight to save it in return?When the prime minister’s plan to end rough sleeping depends on supported housing, why is supported housing facing an existential and financial crisis, writes John Glenton, chief care and support officer at Riverside

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dlvr.itWhat does the housing sector want from the 2026 Autumn Budget?Next week’s Autumn Budget will be the first under Andy Burnham’s Labour government, and his chancellor is under pressure to fund defence and address the cost of living. Stephen Delahunty rounds up the key asks from the housing sector

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dlvr.itCouncils report worsened viability for housebuilding while building safety issues ease, finds new reportConditions for council housebuilding remain tough despite progress on building safety, with councils reporting worsened viability and market confidence in new annual review

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dlvr.itLondon council and Vistry reveal plans for next phase of more than 2,000-home regeneration schemeKingston Council and Vistry have secured planning permission for the second phase of the 2,170-home Cambridge Road Estate regeneration

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dlvr.it43,000 care home residents died as result of pandemic as claims of ‘protective ring’ were ‘unfounded’, inquiry findsFailure to expand emergency social care accommodation meant it was impossible for the sector to ensure “safe isolation” of Covid-19 patients during the coronavirus pandemic

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dlvr.itSocial landlords need to ‘radically rethink’ AI usage to tackle housing crisis, conference toldSocial landlords need to “radically rethink” how they use artificial intelligence in order to better serve residents and tackle the housing crisis, a sector expert has said

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dlvr.itHousing disrepair legal claims part two: how claim farmers target tenants and what can be done about itIn the second part of Inside Housing’s investigation into the world of legal claims over housing disrepair, Stephen Delahunty, Grainne Cuffe and Katharine Swindells investigate unscrupulous claim-farming and how it can be tackled

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dlvr.itLaw change will allow landlords and courts to evict perpetrators of domestic abuse from social housingA measure that will mean domestic abuse survivors do not have to leave their tenancy to escape their relationship was tabled to the Social Housing Bill on Tuesday

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dlvr.itInsolvent provider ‘pleased’ with RSH decision to withdraw deregistration attemptThe Regulator of Social Housing has withdrawn its decision to remove an insolvent landlord from the registered providers list

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dlvr.itRemediation bill: firms signed up to developer contract exempt, as concern remains about gaps in plansSector professionals have raised concerns over an exemption for developers and other gaps in the government’s new remediation bill

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dlvr.itThe fight to clean up supported housing has barely startedAndy Burnham’s pledges on homelessness risk handing more money to bad actors, write Ashley Horsey of Commonweal Housing and Charlotte Cook of Winckworth Sherwood

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dlvr.itWhat new heat network regulations mean for social landlordsWhat will Ofgem’s new regulatory role mean for the social housing sector? As the January deadline for landlords to register existing heat networks looms, Inside Housing speaks to Charles Hargreaves, deputy director of heat network compliance at Ofgem, to find out more

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dlvr.itNew chief executive appointed at TrustMark Government-backed quality scheme TrustMark will get a new chief executive next month after the incumbent retires

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dlvr.it£900m refurbishment and repairs framework opens for bids in Scotland A new framework for housing repairs in Scotland worth £900m has opened to bids from contractors