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Keepmoat Homes completes purchase of land for 270 new homes in Handley Chase, Sleaford

Monday, 28th February 2022

Keepmoat Homes has purchased greenfield land obtained from Sleaford Property Developments Ltd with plans to deliver 270 two, three and four-bedroom family homes to the market town of Sleaford. With planning permission granted by North Kesteven District Council, the proposed... View Article

GT3 Architects explore designs for the future of Newcastle football club

Monday, 28th February 2022

Sports and leisure specialist GT3 Architects has led an internal design review, reimagining a state-of-the-art training academy and community-driven stadium for Newcastle United. Building on the company’s ‘people architecture’ ethos, the project is the first of several in-house design reviews,... View Article

The best in building services engineering

Monday, 28th February 2022

The winners of this year’s CIBSE Building Performance Awards highlight the excellent work being carried out by CIBSE and its members in helping to create a low carbon future. Cyclone Energy Group won the Project of the Year – Retail/Leisure,... View Article

Bespoke is best

Monday, 28th February 2022

James Hulbert of Knauf Insulation explains how housebuilders can navigate their way to cost-effective part L 2021 compliance in England. Part L was published in December and will bring England’s new build homes closer to net zero, and its pivotal... View Article

All human life is here

Monday, 28th February 2022

Buyers are looking at properties differently nowadays, says Tim Spann of Keller Kitchens – desiring multi-functional kitchen spaces that work for the whole family. Bearing this in mind, he discusses trends and functionalities to consider. Every year brings a new... View Article

Safe in the knowledge

Monday, 28th February 2022

Regulations for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are set to change to ensure greater protection for homes in England. in this article, Aico’s Andy Speake explains what the legislation means for specifiers – and how to comply. In November 2021,... View Article

New tenancy regulations in Wales to become effective from July

Friday, 25th February 2022

Julie James the Welsh Minister for Climate Change has announced that a raft of changes to housing and tenancy law in the country will come into effect from 15 July 2022. Under the new law (The Renting Homes (Wales) Act... View Article

Another council refers itself to regulator over H&S failings

Friday, 25th February 2022

A unitary council on the south coast of England has referred itself to the Regulator of Social Housing over shortcomings in its electrical and fire safety work to tenants’ homes, leading to a probable breach of the Home Standard. Bournemouth,... View Article

Government announces drive to improve service standards in social housing

Friday, 25th February 2022

The Government has announced a package of measures to ensure social housing residents are listened to and better protected in the future, with their new rights enshrined in law. Among the measures announced by the Minister for Rough Sleeping and... View Article

Levelling Up funds should be made available for HAs’ regeneration work

Friday, 25th February 2022

The PlaceShapers group of housing associations is calling on the Government to make funds available for its members’ work on regenerating housing estates and decarbonisation work on existing stock. Backed up by published research in a new report ‘Stay local,... View Article

How do we fund all of the post Grenfell safety works?

Friday, 25th February 2022

Among the many questions left unanswered by Michael Gove’s commitment to make developers pay for resolving the cladding crisis on Britain’s block of flats, perhaps the most important one is how all of the other necessary safety works are to... View Article

Increase in empty homes hidden by holiday lets ‘flipping’ ruse

Friday, 25th February 2022

Empty homes being recorded as holiday lets by owners who want to avoid paying council tax on them is to blame for an apparent drop in the numbers of vacant properties recorded across the country. The group Action on Empty... View Article

Developers told to stump up for building safety measures, but uncertainty remains over responsibility for landlords’ costs

Friday, 25th February 2022

Michael Gove broke the stalemate over who has responsibility for cladding removal costs by demanding that developers pay up, but his solution may only provide a partial relief for individual leaseholders. Developers have been given until early March to agree... View Article

Poor social housing has been a problem for decades

Friday, 25th February 2022

Poor social housing conditions have been a problem for 30 or 40 years and the Government, together with social landlords, face an uphill battle to solve the issue according to the Archbishop of Canterbury. During an interview with ITV News,... View Article

Millions of families in England face biggest social housing rent rise in a decade

Friday, 25th February 2022

Nearly five million families living in social housing in England are facing rent rises of up to 4.1 per cent from April – their biggest increase in a decade, according to the Resolution Foundation thinktank. The organisation has forecast a... View Article

Skills and data holding back social landlords’ from digital transformation of services

Friday, 25th February 2022

The lack of both skills and quality data is holding back social housing landlords who are attempting to digitally transform their organisations and better serve residents. A new survey, commissioned by conversation-as-a-service leader Futr, has found that social landlords see... View Article

Homelessness is disproportionately affecting women

Friday, 25th February 2022

Sixty per cent of all homeless adults living in temporary accommodation in England are women, despite only making up 51 per cent of the general population analysis by the housing charity Shelter has found. The charity’s new report, Fobbed Off, used... View Article

West London council slated by Ombudsman over roof leak lasting six years

Friday, 25th February 2022

A series of complaint handling failures by the London Borough of Ealing led to a lengthy and frustrating delay for a resident in getting a leaking roof replaced, causing damp in her flat and impacting on her health. The leaseholder complained in... View Article

Consultation on new tenant satisfaction measures underway

Friday, 25th February 2022

The Regulator of Social Housing is consulting on a new set of tenant satisfaction measures, as proposed in the Government’s Social Housing White Paper, but the closing date for responses is imminent. The Social Housing White Paper was published over a year ago... View Article

£200bn worth of empty homes sitting vacant across Britain

Friday, 25th February 2022

Research by a leading lettings and estate agency has found an estimated £200bn worth of property is sitting vacant across Britain’s housing market – up 2.1 per cent on the previous year alone. Barrows and Forrester analysed Government data on... View Article