Chartered Institute of Housing Archives

Autumn Budget delivers welcome steps to tackle cost of living but missed opportunities for supported housing and rent convergence

|Date: 1 December, 2025

Autumn Budget delivers welcome steps to tackle cost of living but missed opportunities for supported housing and rent convergence

Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her Autumn Budget last Wednesday, among the announcements contained wit ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her Autumn Budget last Wednesday, among the announcements contained within it were measures to boost growth, additional funding to tackle fuel poverty and investment ...

1 December, 2025
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Plentific hosts webinar with UK housing leaders at a pivotal moment for social housing

|Date: 21 November, 2025

Plentific hosts webinar with UK housing leaders at a pivotal moment for social housing

More than 100 organisations joined a webinar hosted by multi-award-winning property operations innovator ...

More than 100 organisations joined a webinar hosted by multi-award-winning property operations innovator Plentific exploring how leadership expectations in social housing are evolving, supporting hous ...

21 November, 2025
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Government publishes Social and Affordable Homes Programme delivery prospectuses

|Date: 10 November, 2025

Government publishes Social and Affordable Homes Programme delivery prospectuses

Sector welcomes the publication of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme delivery prospectuses and ad ...

Sector welcomes the publication of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme delivery prospectuses and additional funding to boost housing development. Here we share opinion from the Chartered Institu ...

10 November, 2025
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Plentific hosts webinar on the future of social housing with panel of UK housing leaders

|Date: 7 November, 2025

Plentific hosts webinar on the future of social housing with panel of UK housing leaders

Plentific is hosting a webinar focusing on leadership in social housing with a panel of industry experts ...

Plentific is hosting a webinar focusing on leadership in social housing with a panel of industry experts discussing the next era of innovation, collaboration and accountability. The Future of Social H ...

7 November, 2025
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Plentific launches its Four Forces Framework for social landlords to thrive

|Date: 10 September, 2025

Plentific launches its Four Forces Framework for social landlords to thrive

Digital innovator Plentific launched The State of Social Housing 2025/26 report at the Housing Community ...

Digital innovator Plentific launched The State of Social Housing 2025/26 report at the Housing Community Summit in Liverpool, outlining how the balance of investment, governance, organisational capabi ...

10 September, 2025
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Routes to level 4 certification expand with launch of new CIH Level 4 Certificate in Housing

|Date: 5 August, 2025

Routes to level 4 certification expand with launch of new CIH Level 4 Certificate in Housing

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has launched a new level 4 qualification, further expanding the ...

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has launched a new level 4 qualification, further expanding the suite of level 4 qualification options open to senior housing professionals preparing for the R ...

5 August, 2025
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Investing in warmer social homes now could save NHS £85m a year, says CIH

|Date: 4 June, 2025

Investing in warmer social homes now could save NHS £85m a year, says CIH

New analysis from CIH shows that reaching EPC Band C in social housing would save the NHS over £85m per y ...

New analysis from CIH shows that reaching EPC Band C in social housing would save the NHS over £85m per year from 2030. CIH is calling on the Government to invest a minimum of £5bn in retrofitting soc ...

4 June, 2025
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Sector publishes guidance on rethinking repairs and maintenance

|Date: 10 May, 2024

Sector publishes guidance on rethinking repairs and maintenance

One year on from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and National Housing Federation (NHF) Better So ...

One year on from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and National Housing Federation (NHF) Better Social Housing Review (BSHR) action plan a cross sector working group has launched 12 guiding pri ...

10 May, 2024
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Aico’s Community Awards 2024 celebrate local excellence

|Date: 24 April, 2024

Aico’s Community Awards 2024 celebrate local excellence

Aico’s bi-annual Community Awards celebrates excellence within the social housing industry and local comm ...

Aico’s bi-annual Community Awards celebrates excellence within the social housing industry and local community. On Thursday the 18th of April, 400 guests and finalists took to Birmingham’s Internation ...

24 April, 2024
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Lord Best calls for the 2024 UK Housing Review to inform all housing policy decisions

|Date: 20 March, 2024

Lord Best calls for the 2024 UK Housing Review to inform all housing policy decisions

A launch event for the publication of the annual UK housing ‘bible’ — the 2024 UK Housing Review — was he ...

A launch event for the publication of the annual UK housing ‘bible’ — the 2024 UK Housing Review — was held at the House of Lords today (20th March). Lord Richard Best, the host of the event, urged al ...

20 March, 2024
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