LUHC Committee launches inquiry into exempt accommodation
The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee has launched an inquiry into exempt accommodation.
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Government pledges £500,000 to AI energy efficiency project
As part of the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, the government has outlined £524,626 to develop Think.Air, a low energy, residential ventilation system, that will use AI to improve the performance and functionality of home heating control systems.
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Opinion: Not all swamps are as cute as Shrek’s
We all know that more and more data is being collected by companies. The need to collect increasing amounts of data and, of course, store it, risks creating data swamps. The word swamp came about as a way of describing the out of control, somewhat messy version of what was intended to be a data lake. I generally use the term for any scenario where the overall data repositories are messy, somewhat disorganised.
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Thousands of homes ‘at risk’ due to government TfL deal
Sadiq Khan has warned that if no agreement is reached with government around Transport for London, “thousands of much-needed new homes may not be built.”
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Opinion: Forget about being different, focus on what’s right
I often wonder whether it would be possible to put a cost on the amount of time and effort that goes into social housing landlords demonstrating how different they are from one another.
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Opinion: Complacency in compliance?
Not too long ago I attended and spoke at a small seminar in gas compliance and was staggered at some of the safety issues that exist in general, but also in relation to the social housing sector specifically and the challenges imposed on landlords.
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Lender investment in Scottish housing associations ‘remains high’
Lender investment in registered social landlords remains high signalling a vote of confidence in the sector, a new report published by the Scottish Housing Regulator has found.
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Homes England housebuilding figures show an 80% increase in social homes started
Housing programmes delivered by Homes England resulted in 13,229 new houses starting on-site and 14,289 houses completed between 1 April and 30 September 2021.
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Opinion: Working towards more inclusive housing provision
Joint working between community organisations and housing providers is key to building better, more inclusive service provision. In aid of this, in 2020 Consortium released an LGBTQ+ housing manifesto in order to create a London-wide pathway to address the challenges faced, outlining what housing providers can do beyond regulatory compliance.
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One Housing officially joins Riverside Group
One Housing Group has officially joined The Riverside Group following formal registration with the Financial Conduct Authority.
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Social Care White Paper puts £300m towards specialist housing
The Government has released its long-awaited Social Care White Paper, with £300m investment in specialist housing over the next three years earmarked.
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18 retentions in latest round of regulatory judgements
The Regulator has issued its latest round of regulatory judgements, with 18 organisations all retaining their ratings.
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