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City of York Council is about to start looking at every single one of its homes through a stock condition survey. The survey will gather the information needed to plan and fund an improvement programme which regularly invests £10 million…
An overhaul of how social housing is allocated, which the government claims will make the system fairer and not available to those who abuse it, has been announced today. Much-trailed ‘three strikes and you’re out’ measures for repeat anti-social offenders…
The owners of long-term empty homes in a London borough will be forced to pay double their Council Tax bill one year earlier as part of action to help tackle the housing crisis. Last week Haringey Council’s Cabinet voted to…
Two thirds of private renters experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six months, new research has revealed. The representative survey of over 2,000 private renters was carried out by the TDS Foundation,…
A housing association has become the first in the world to achieve the global Standard for Diversity and Inclusion in HR Management. Manningham Housing Association (MHA) was given the award following an on-site assessment and discussions with employees and other…
More than two million people across Britain will disconnect from their gas and electricity this winter because they can’t afford to top up their prepayment meter, new analysis from Citizens Advice has revealed. And the charity is concerned that for…
The Housing Ombudsman has called for a Royal Commission to create a long-term plan for social housing after finding that current approaches for the sector are not working for residents with a vulnerability. In its latest Spotlight report – Relationship…
The Housing Ombudsman has urged a local authority to use learning as a “springboard to deliver better services” after it found severe maladministration in four cases. The cases cover several aspects of the Croydon Council’s responsibilities, including antisocial behaviour, adaptations…
The government doesn’t know if it’s making the UK more resilient to flooding, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned. In a new report PAC says that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has no overall numerical…
A first-of-its-kind system in the UK is being trialled in Edinburgh to see if waste heat from a large computing facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes. The large amounts of energy needed to…
By Roger Jarman The government made good on its promise made in July and issued a consultation paper on the implementation of Awaab’s Law within six months of the passage of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023[i]. Clause 42 of…
By Keith Cooper Here’s three bits of news you might have missed amid the Christmas hubbub – and a New Year’s resolution to consider which won’t break the bank. The first snippet is an update to homelessness guidance, unveiled mid-December…
