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A social landlord has been nationally recognised for its success in promoting inclusivity and diversity across the business. Stonewater was this week recognised as one of the country’s Top 25 organisations which achieved Maturity Matrix accreditation in 2023. The matrix,…
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has slammed a “complex and unpredictable planning system”, which it says is behind the country’s persistent under delivery of new homes. In its final report on the housebuilding market in Great Britain, the CMA…
By Davina Emery, Tenancy Sustainment Team Leader, Winchester City Council Long gone are the days when local authorities visited properties, with regard to hoarding behaviours, in white biohazard suits with the intention of removing people’s possessions, often without permission. But…
Grenfell United and the Fire Brigades Union have renewed their calls for ‘action and justice’ in the wake of a major fire in a block of flats in the Spanish city of Valencia. The fire, which was first reported on…
The Housing Ombudsman has made six findings of severe maladministration for Birmingham City Council for how it handled leaks and damp and mould, as well as the associated complaint handling. Last year the ombudsman published a Special Investigation Report into…
By Mushtaq Khan, Chief Executive, Housing Diversity Network In recent weeks people have been asking us here at Housing Diversity Network to comment on or ‘call out’ individuals or organisations when something goes wrong or poor services are highlighted and…
Everybody’s favourite global misinformation shambles, Facebook, is facing yet more legal action, with the latest litigation potentially costing the network’s owner, Meta, £3bn. A London judge has given the greenlight for a case, brought by one Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen…
The government says local residents will be protected from being pushed out of their communities by excessive short-term due to changes made to planning rules. Under the reforms, councils will be given greater power to control short-term lets by making…
The Housing Ombudsman has released a special investigation report into a London borough, finding that failures throughout a number of cases left residents “feeling anything but secure in their homes” and causing wellbeing and financial consequences for those residents. In…
By Alistair McIntosh, chief executive, HQN So now we know. Today the RSH has released from captivity its data on how housing associations spend their cash. You can see who did what during 2022/23 in this report from the RSH….
Housing associations used their operating surpluses to invest £12.5 billion in new and existing homes in the last financial year, it has been revealed. The Regulator of Social Housing has today published its value for money metrics and reporting for…
The collective of local government in London has hit back at the government’s plans to push for developing new housing on brownfield land. According to London Councils, the capital’s boroughs are already mostly developing on brownfield sites, with the majority…
