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Gillian Charlesworth, CEO of BRE, comments: “We welcome the White Paper’s intention to improve people’s wellbeing and standards of living by enhancing the quality of the UK’s housing stock. We are pleased to see recognition of the links between the economy, health,... View Article

Rohan Malik, EY’s UK Managing Partner for Markets & Accounts, says: “For welcome ambitions around broadband infrastructure, public transport and housing, burning questions remain around how they will be funded and how results will be demonstrated. Clear metrics will also... View Article

SearchFlow – one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions – is delighted to announce it has been awarded a contract worth £30 million by the Communities & Housing Investment Consortium... View Article

New research from BDRC BVA, on behalf of Aldermore bank, surveying 800 active landlords, shows the extent of cost that landlords will need to spend to get properties up to the proposed EPC standards. At present, domestic private rental properties must... View Article

The Housing Ombudsman is calling on all housing landlords to take a completely fresh, zero tolerance approach to resolving the twin problems of damp and mould that blight the lives of so many tenants across the country. After undertaking a... View Article

A new report launched by housing provider, Orbit, details how the decarbonisation retrofit programme will impact Orbit’s customers, both during the retrofit works and post-works, with a particular focus on fuel poverty, thermal comfort, and mental and physical wellbeing. Conducted as part... View Article

Responding to a warning by the District Councils’ Network of a rise in housing waiting lists as landlords sell up, Cllr David Renard, Local Government Association housing spokesperson, said: “These findings are concerning and highlight the need to tackle our... View Article

The lack of both skills and quality data is holding back landlords who are attempting to digitally transform their organisations and better serve residents. A new survey, commissioned by conversation-as-a-service leader Futr, has found that the UK’s landlords see the... View Article

Living Space Housing has submitted a Full Planning Application to Coventry City Council for 57 new homes on a 1.35Ha (3.3-acre) vacant site located off Meadow Road in the Holbrooks area of Coventry. The proposal is for a mixed-tenure housing... View Article

The COVID pandemic has brought the crisis in our Social Care system into sharp focus, and while much of the Government’s recent attention has been on reform of funding mechanisms, we ask what role the Planning System can play in... View Article