The government has unveiled full details of its proposed changes to Right to Buy and confirmed that the scheme will not be extended to housing association tenants. Kate Henderson, chief executive of the National Housing Federation; Gavin Smart, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing; and Adam Hug, housing spokesperson for the Local Government Association, comment on the news. https://lnkd.in/ewxAkMrX #UKhousing #HousingFinance #RightToBuy #SocialHousing
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An independent taskforce has recommended the government mandates that 10 per cent of homes delivered through the Affordable Homes Programme should be for older people’s housing. Sarah Jones (she/her), chief executive of Anchor; Mario Ambrosi, chair of the Housing and Ageing Alliance; and Theo Plowman, assistant director of policy of the British Property Federation, share their views on the taskforce’s report. https://lnkd.in/em8cd77S #UKhousing #HousingFinance #SocialHousing
Taskforce calls for 10% of AHP to target older people's homes
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Savills’ Nick Atlay looks at the key learnings to date from the new consumer regulation and the distinctions between C1, C2, C3 and C4 judgements https://lnkd.in/epZY-2w6 #UKhousing #HousingFinance #SocialHousing #Regulation
Key insights from consumer judgements
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Only a third of social housing tenants are satisfied with how their landlords handle complaints, data from the first set of tenant satisfaction measures has shown, while more than 70 per cent are satisfied with their overall service. https://lnkd.in/eAGPGwYf #UKhousing #HousingFinance #SocialHousing
TSMs: 70% of renters satisfied overall but 66% unhappy with complaint-handling
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The government has said it will introduce measures from the Leasehold and Freehold Act “at pace in the new year” and will publish further legislation on the topic in the second half of 2025. https://lnkd.in/ei_Qssd4 #UKhousing #HousingFinance #UKgovernment
Government commits to reforms to ‘end feudal leasehold system’
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Karbon Homes would have to cut development by two-thirds to meet net zero requirements without further government support, an executive from the landlord has revealed. Speaking at the Social Housing Annual Conference, Dr Charlotte Carpenter, the group’s executive director of growth and business development, said the North East landlord is modelling that it would cost £1bn to reach net zero. https://lnkd.in/ezvuThux #UKhousing #HousingFinance #HousingAssociations #NetZero
Karbon would have to cut development two-thirds for net zero
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The government has allocated £1.29bn to the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund over the next three years to support the sector with decarbonisation works. Matthew Scott, policy and practice officer at the Chartered Institute of Housing, and Kate Henderson, chief executive of the National Housing Federation, provide comment. https://lnkd.in/eCRVuJjD #UKhousing #HousingFinance #SocialHousing #Decarbonisation
Government reveals £1.29bn allocation to Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund
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The sector’s cash interest cover, excluding sales, is forecast to fall to a record low of 70 per cent over the next 12 months, the English regulator’s Quarterly Survey has found. Will Perry, director of strategy at the Regulator of Social Housing, provides comment. https://lnkd.in/eKVa94y5 #UKhousing #HousingFinance #SocialHousing #Regulation
Quarterly Survey: cash interest cover forecast at record low
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There is still capacity for sizeable rescue mergers, with this option “absolutely definitively” not closed off, a senior figure Will Perry of the Regulator of Social Housing has said. https://lnkd.in/eyqYXGx3 #UKhousing #HousingFinance #SocialHousing #Mergers
Rescue mergers still on table, RSH strategy director says
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Peabody has reported a 66 per cent drop in half-year completions and warned that its starts will be lower as it focuses on its committed pipeline. https://lnkd.in/eChsWBCV #UKhousing #HousingFinance #HousingAssociations
Peabody sees completions drop two-thirds in half-year
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