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London boroughs seek ‘funding firepower’ to tackle housing crisis through investment in existing estates

|Date: 17 November, 2025

London boroughs seek ‘funding firepower’ to tackle housing crisis through investment in existing estates

Regenerating council estates to boost social housing provision must be a “core” part of efforts to tackle ...

Regenerating council estates to boost social housing provision must be a “core” part of efforts to tackle London’s housing crisis, London boroughs have declared. A Decade of Renewal: the Contribution ...

17 November, 2025
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Vast majority of rural councils have no targets for social housing, new report reveals

|Date: 21 July, 2025

Vast majority of rural councils have no targets for social housing, new report reveals

A comprehensive new report examining housing provision across England's 84 rural local authorities has re ...

A comprehensive new report examining housing provision across England's 84 rural local authorities has revealed a concerning picture of under-supply and inadequate planning for social housing. The rep ...

21 July, 2025
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Redesigning the relationship between housing needs and housing delivery

|Date: 18 July, 2025

Redesigning the relationship between housing needs and housing delivery

Are we building homes for the sake of building? Dr Anna Pagani, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, ...

Are we building homes for the sake of building? Dr Anna Pagani, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, discusses how a housebuilding moratorium could provide the homes we actually need. The severit ...

18 July, 2025
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Greater Manchester puts Housing First as Good Landlord Charter reaches half of all rented homes

|Date: 7 July, 2025

Greater Manchester puts Housing First as Good Landlord Charter reaches half of all rented homes

More than half of all rented homes in Greater Manchester are now covered by the UK’s first ever Good Land ...

More than half of all rented homes in Greater Manchester are now covered by the UK’s first ever Good Landlord Charter — a key pillar of the city-region's Housing First ambition to increase supply, dri ...

7 July, 2025
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Housebuilding sees growth in Northern Ireland, but significant annual shortfall and social housing funding cuts raise concerns

|Date: 28 May, 2025

Housebuilding sees growth in Northern Ireland, but significant annual shortfall and social housing funding cuts raise concerns

The number of new homes started and completed in Northern Ireland have seen encouraging growth, according ...

The number of new homes started and completed in Northern Ireland have seen encouraging growth, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Northern Ireland, responding to fresh statistics r ...

28 May, 2025
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Two Years on: Progress continues with 112 affordable homes at Oxford North

|Date: 22 May, 2025

Two Years on: Progress continues with 112 affordable homes at Oxford North

Two years after announcing the delivery of affordable homes in Oxford, senior members of Oxford City Coun ...

Two years after announcing the delivery of affordable homes in Oxford, senior members of Oxford City Council met with The Hill Group, to celebrate a key construction milestone at Oxford North’s Canals ...

22 May, 2025
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Construction under way on 84 new affordable homes to let in Northolt

|Date: 20 August, 2024

Construction under way on 84 new affordable homes to let in Northolt

Work has started on an Ealing Council project that will provide 92 new affordable homes in Northolt and h ...

Work has started on an Ealing Council project that will provide 92 new affordable homes in Northolt and help tackle the borough’s worsening affordable housing crisis. 84 of the homes will be let at Lo ...

20 August, 2024
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Andy Burnham pledges 10,000 new council homes by 2028 in Greater Manchester as he unveils plans to tackle the housing crisis

|Date: 9 May, 2024

Andy Burnham pledges 10,000 new council homes by 2028 in Greater Manchester as he unveils plans to tackle the housing crisis

Newly re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has made tackling the housing crisis a top pr ...

Newly re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has made tackling the housing crisis a top priority for his third term, unveiling measures to increase the amount of social housing in the c ...

9 May, 2024
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DLUHC gives local authorities new CPO powers to buy land cheaply

|Date: 3 May, 2024

DLUHC gives local authorities new CPO powers to buy land cheaply

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) announced this week that it has handed c ...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) announced this week that it has handed councils new powers to buy cheaper land in a bid to support the delivery of more social and affo ...

3 May, 2024
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New podcast set to deconstruct Scotland’s housing crisis

|Date: 23 April, 2024

New podcast set to deconstruct Scotland’s housing crisis

A new podcast focusing on Scottish housing is being launched, featuring interviews with leading politicia ...

A new podcast focusing on Scottish housing is being launched, featuring interviews with leading politicians, economists and industry insiders. The Scottish Housing Podcast promises to get behind the h ...

23 April, 2024
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