2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1031+ words) A planned government agency aiming to build 100,000 homes on surplus defence land has “no intention” of competing with private developers, MPs have heard. Civil servants said the Defence Housing Service will take a partnership approach with house builders to develop…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (662+ words) For over a year, thousands of homes in west Wales have been stalled by environmental planning advice. Hayley Eastment, policy and external affairs manager at Community Housing Cymru explains the context and what needs to happen next Hayley Eastment is…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (795+ words) Two reports examine the feasibility of quick wins and cost-free solutions to speed up delivery while longer-term investment takes hold, writes Francesca Albanese, executive director of policy and social change at Crisis, and member of the Thinkhouse Editorial Panel Thinkhouse…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (770+ words) The government’s Warm Homes Plan must provide funding in a way that avoids a “postcode lottery” and makes retrofit delivery more equitable, a report has found. The Warm Homes Plan was published in January, and allocated £15bn of public funding to…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1429+ words) Holly Williamson ran John Healey’s office before he became chancellor. Now, she is leading Generation Rent. Amy Rushton reports You could expect Generation Rent to be in celebration mode – the Renters’ Rights Act came into force in May to deliver…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (604+ words) Roughly 5,700 uncontracted Section 106 homes are currently listed on Homes England’s clearing service, Inside Housing can reveal. The clearing service was set up in December 2024 as a platform where house builders can list details of planned affordable homes with no buyer....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (750+ words) Former housing secretary Michael Gove has blamed volume house builders for the construction skills gap, suggesting they are “land price manipulators”, rather than companies invested in a sustainable workforce. During an opening session at the Housing Community Summit in Liverpool,…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (724+ words) Housing associations in England have sold 25,000 social and affordable homes to private buyers who do not live in them since 2018-19, new research has found. The data is based on Freedom of Information requests the Local Councils Network (LCN) sent to…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (589+ words) The prime minister’s drive for a place-first approach will probably mean a shift in how social housing funding is designed and managed, says Mike Palin, former executive director of Homes England and chief executive of St Helens Council The landscape…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (729+ words) Large house builder Vistry has set out proposals for a new “choice-based” shared ownership model which could deliver 30,000 new homes a year. In a new white paper, shared exclusively with Inside Housing, Vistry said the model was designed to appeal…...