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Industry Comment | You win some, you lose some

|Date: 5 November, 2019

Industry Comment | You win some, you lose some

In the same week that the prestigious Stirling Prize for architecture was awarded to a social housing sch ...

In the same week that the prestigious Stirling Prize for architecture was awarded to a social housing scheme in Norwich, council Treasurers were informed by Treasury that new loans from the Public Wor ...

5 November, 2019
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Industry comment | Will Boris back council housing?

|Date: 4 September, 2019

Industry comment | Will Boris back council housing?

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the im ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the impact of the recent ministerial changes and the potential of a no deal Brexit on the affordable ...

4 September, 2019
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Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

|Date: 9 July, 2019

Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the pr ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the progress made by government to make buildings safer following the tragic Grenfell disaster and th ...

9 July, 2019
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Industry Comment | Public spending priorities

|Date: 17 June, 2019

Industry Comment | Public spending priorities

With still no news on the 2019 Spending Review, Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of R ...

With still no news on the 2019 Spending Review, Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the need for a proper review of public spending prior ...

17 June, 2019
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Industry Comment | Celebrating council housing

|Date: 15 May, 2019

Industry Comment | Celebrating council housing

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH) looks back on 100 ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH) looks back on 100 years of council housing. This July marks the centenary of the passage of the 1919 Housing Act ...

15 May, 2019
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Industry Comment | DWP and the Earth’s orbit

|Date: 15 April, 2019

Industry Comment | DWP and the Earth’s orbit

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH) discusses the iss ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH) discusses the issues surrounding rent policy. Physicists have established that the Earth takes 365.2422 days to ...

15 April, 2019
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Industry Comment | Waiting Game

|Date: 18 March, 2019

Industry Comment | Waiting Game

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), looks at the imp ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), looks at the impact of Brexit on the council housing renaissance. In my last article for LABM I argued that mee ...

18 March, 2019
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Industry Comment | More support needed

|Date: 12 February, 2019

Industry Comment | More support needed

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), says additional ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), says additional grant funding, as well as an extension of the rent policy, would give local authorities greater ...

12 February, 2019
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Industry Comment: Complaints Matter

|Date: 3 December, 2018

Industry Comment: Complaints Matter

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association for Retained Council Housing (ARCH), raises the impo ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association for Retained Council Housing (ARCH), raises the importance of resident complaint handling procedures within social housing organisations. The Socia ...

3 December, 2018
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INDUSTRY COMMENT: HRA Debt Caps To Go

|Date: 6 November, 2018

INDUSTRY COMMENT: HRA Debt Caps To Go

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses Theres ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses Theresa May’s announcement to abolish the council borrowing cap. The system of self-financing for Eng ...

6 November, 2018
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122 new homes to be built in Chorley

Durham Villages Regeneration Company piloting a new construction careers programme

Catalyst starts new 100% affordable development

Lloyds Bank support Selwood Housing with ambitious development plan for local affordable homes

People Matter: Construction commits to address human resource issues

Stirling experts grant gold accreditation to public building in world first

Urban Union acquired by Robertson Group

LGA responds to CPRE report on new housing

North Wales’ largest housing association completes £155m refinancing deal

Two Rivers Housing Samantha moves into ‘milestone’ flat

Industry Comment | You win some, you lose some

Industry Comment | You win some, you lose some

Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

Industry Comment | Public spending priorities

Industry Comment | Public spending priorities

Industry Comment | Celebrating council housing

Industry Comment | Celebrating council housing

Industry Comment | DWP and the Earth’s orbit

Industry Comment | DWP and the Earth’s orbit

Industry Comment | Waiting Game

Industry Comment | Waiting Game

INDUSTRY COMMENT: HRA Debt Caps To Go

INDUSTRY COMMENT: HRA Debt Caps To Go