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COP27 – the nice big thing where worldly types gather to chatter about things with nice representatives of global fossil fuel firms, and which this year is being held in Egypt, a nice big place where annoying journalists disappear –…
The Regulator of Social Housing has concluded that Highstone Housing Association is “non-compliant with the Governance and Viability Standard and the Rent Standard.” Following a reactive investigation, RSH found “clear conflicts of interest between Highstone and third-party property companies.” Highstone has…
The end of the Help to Buy equity loan scheme after nine years (the final application deadline was last Monday) coincides with the first significant drop in house prices for years, a dramatic increase in interest rates and a spike in living costs. The impact could be calamitous for the thousands of households who have bought using this flawed scheme.
By Helen Town, Group Director of Property and Partnerships for Watford Community Housing When it comes to the long- and short-term provision of housing, England sits between a rock and a hard place. The National Housing Federation estimates that in…
The Housing Ombudsman found severe maladministration for PA Housing’s “repeated failings in dealing with a leak coming into a resident’s bedroom from the property above causing her to sleep in her living room for more than 18 months”. It repeatedly…
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling for London’s 292,000 social housing tenants and shared owners to receive a “government-funded rebate to compensate for looming social rent increases next April”. The Mayor is calling on the Government to go…
People experiencing homelessness three times more likely to have long-term illness new research reveals.
The change in outlook to negative from stable reflects the sector’s high exposure to weakening economic conditions including high inflation, the risk of a housing market downturn and rising interest rates.
The Regulator of Social Housing has found that two local councils have breached the Home Standard, with one housing association being placed under review.
Michael Gove has been named Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities by new prime minister Rishi Sunak, just 111 days since he was sacked by Boris Johnson.
Simon Clarke has resigned as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities after the appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister. Clarke was a close ally of former PM Liz Truss. His time in the role was fairly…
The number of Affordable Rent and low cost home ownership homes increased, while the number of social rent homes fell. General needs still makes up the majority of the social housing sector at 83% of all stock, with supported housing at 11% and low cost home ownership at 5%.
