Chartered Institute of Housing Archives

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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Sector responds to Spring Budget

|Date: 7 March, 2024

Sector responds to Spring Budget

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public se ...

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public sector to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2024. Councils need greater funding certainty th ...

7 March, 2024
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Housing associations look to leaders of the future to tackle housing crisis

|Date: 6 March, 2024

Housing associations look to leaders of the future to tackle housing crisis

Young people encouraged to pursue careers in housing as sector marks Scottish Apprenticeships Week. Young ...

Young people encouraged to pursue careers in housing as sector marks Scottish Apprenticeships Week. Young people have been urged to pursue apprenticeships in housing as the sector looks to put recruit ...

6 March, 2024
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Building homes on brownfield land to be strengthened

|Date: 13 February, 2024

Building homes on brownfield land to be strengthened

Big city councils must prioritise brownfield development over Green Belt, says government as it announces ...

Big city councils must prioritise brownfield development over Green Belt, says government as it announces a major shake-up to planning rules to boost the construction of new homes in the right places. ...

13 February, 2024
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Chair of Grand Union’s Board awarded honorary life membership of CIH

|Date: 13 February, 2024

Chair of Grand Union’s Board awarded honorary life membership of CIH

Steve Benson, Chair of the Board at Grand Union Housing Group, was awarded honorary life membership of th ...

Steve Benson, Chair of the Board at Grand Union Housing Group, was awarded honorary life membership of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) on the 8th February at the CIH Presidential dinner in Lo ...

13 February, 2024
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Mid Devon Housing’s innovative approach to tackle damp and mould

|Date: 26 January, 2024

Mid Devon Housing’s innovative approach to tackle damp and mould

Mid Devon Housing is actively involving tenants to collect invaluable feedback as it seeks to combat damp ...

Mid Devon Housing is actively involving tenants to collect invaluable feedback as it seeks to combat damp and mould in properties within the district. Since 2017/18 Mid Devon Housing (MDH) has been lo ...

26 January, 2024
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