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By Matt Jarratt, Operational Lead at Procure Plus The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 is beginning to come into force. It is primarily focused on the private rented sector – abolishing fixed-term tenancies, ending no-fault evictions, and introducing new protections on... View Article

Student accommodation providers across the UK are seeing an increase in damp and mould challenges in shared accommodation. With an ever-growing student population, paired with a tightening housing supply and rising expectations around living standards, providers are under pressure to... View Article

PRINCIPAL retrofit contractor Sustainable Building Services Ltd (UK) Ltd (SBS) has been awarded a major new retrofit contract by PA Housing, delivering a comprehensive energy efficiency upgrade programme across more than 3,000 properties spanning the south of England and the midlands. Established in 1976, SBS is a multi-award-winning principal contractor currently delivering projects with a... View Article

Paul Norman joins Healthy Homes Hub as Director, following a move from Clarion Housing Group He will lead a new “Energising Assets” consultancy division to support strategic asset management through large-scale home upgrades and place-based investment programmes Energising Assets is a partnership between Healthy Homes Hub, Energiesprong UK... View Article

Two Rivers Housing appoints new Chief Executive Officer  Kevin Bennett has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for Two Rivers Housing. Joins from Housing Plus Group where he was Regional Director for the West Region. Kevin replaces Hayley... View Article

A £20.8 million flagship development on a former shopping centre site is helping address the shortage of high-quality affordable housing for older people, while supporting Trent & Dove’s wider ambition to expand housing across its communities. The social housing provider... View Article

Sanctuary Scotland has started construction on 55 new affordable homes at the Edmonstone masterplan development in south-east Edinburgh. Located at the corner of Old Dalkeith Road and The Wisp, the development forms part of the wider transformation of the historic... View Article

Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies, has announced the permanent appointment of George Mosey as Managing Director (MD) for Construction London. Since joining Wates in March 2025 as UK Operations Director, George... View Article

The Housing Network, a specialist housing and homelessness organisation working with local authorities, government and partners to deliver supported housing and accommodation services, has appointed Yvette Carter as its new chief operating officer. Yvette brings more than 20 years’ experience... View Article

Press Release: National Retrofit Hub publishes practical guidance to support place-based retrofit delivery across the UK The National Retrofit Hub (NRH) has published a new guidance document, Place-Based Retrofit in Practice: Guidance for Developing a Place-Based Retrofit Strategy, offering practical... View Article

New AI knowledge platform, developed with Healthy Homes Hub, gives housing providers instant, verified guidance on regulation and best practice 30 April 2026 – HousingAI, a new AI-powered knowledge platform built specifically for the social housing sector in England, has... View Article

Two local authorities have received consumer standard upgrades in regulatory judgements published by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) today (Wednesday 29 April 2026). Castle Point Borough Council (Castle Point) have been upgraded from C4 to C3, while North Kesteven... View Article

VIVID is the first housing association to launch a customer-skills credential for all its staff certificated under City & Guilds Assured. The programme highlights the role every team plays in shaping the customer experience. It brings staff together around a... View Article

One of the largest social housing providers in the Highlands, Albyn Housing Society, recently  completed 27 new homes in Dingwall, with tenants describing their new homes as being ‘life-changing’ and ‘beautiful’. The £7.2m project was a mixture of cottage flats,... View Article

Stonewater has completed the combined transfer of 97 homes from Porthove Housing Association Limited and The Rotary Club of Hove Community Housing Society Limited. Following discussions announced last year, the homes and their customers across Brighton and Hove have now... View Article

Phase one of the Renters’ Rights Act (RRA) comes into force on 1 May 2026, and with it brings about the most significant overhaul of the private rental sector in a generation. While the Act will see new responsibilities introduced,... View Article

Plans have been submitted for approval of 210 affordable homes in Tamworth including designs that would see more than half the site off Browns Lane to be left as open green space for both new and existing communities to enjoy. Platform Housing Group first bought... View Article

Karbon Homes has been recognised for its commitment to strengthening communities across the North East, winning the Community Impact Award at the North East BusinessIQ Awards. The accolade formally acknowledges Karbon’s mission to create strong, sustainable places where people feel... View Article

Plexus has made significant changes to how it prepares properties between tenancies – a period known as a ‘void.’ This comes after we found severe maladministration in how it handled a complaint about damp, leaks, and mould. We ordered an... View Article