3+ day, 13+ 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…...

4+ day, 10+ min 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…...

4+ day, 10+ min 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, 15+ hour ago   (385+ words) The family of Colin Sherriff have paid tribute to the Grainger Trust chair after he passed away peacefully at the end of last month. A tribute shared by his family said: “It is with great sadness that we share the…...

4+ day, 23+ 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…...

5+ day, 10+ min 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…...

5+ day, 18+ 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....

5+ day, 14+ 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, 16+ hour ago   (1039+ words) The deputy leader of Reform has told senior housing staff there is “absolutely” space for the sector to influence the party’s controversial allocations policy. Richard Tice said the party was “listening carefully” after its proposal to evict foreign nationals from…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (766+ words) There is considerable distance between getting someone indoors and ending their homelessness, writes Lígia Teixeira, chief executive of the Centre for Homelessness Impact In August, exactly a month after pledging to end long-term rough sleeping as his first instruction as…...