Entries by Dan Ellwood

Housing Minister welcomes Renew research at Westminster event  

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook MP spoke at the launch of the first Renew research report ‘Unlocking over 500,000 good quality homes in the North’.    The event took place in Westminster, and there was a strong turnout of parliamentarians. The Minister welcomed the new report and reflected on the importance of regeneration. He listened to all the speakers and engaged with guests. Other speakers included Andrew Cooper MP, who hosted the […]

Unlocking over 500,000 good quality homes in the North

Housing-led regeneration can unlock at least 500,000 good quality homes across the North of England according to a new report published by our Renew inquiry today. This includes reviving struggling high streets with over 100,000, new homes in town and city centres, building 320,000 homes on brownfield land and renewing or replacing 100,000 social homes […]

NHC part of consortium to explore innovative approaches to resident scrutiny 

The NHC is part of a consortium of northern landlords and partners seeking to transform how residents can influence the services they receive.   The group, led by Together Housing, has secured funding from the government’s Social Housing Innovation Fund to explore innovative approaches to resident scrutiny.   Four housing association partners Together Housing, Vico Homes, Incommunities and Leeds Federated will use the […]

NHC at UKREiiF – housing at the centre of northern growth  

The NHC took part in UKREiiF, the UK’s real estate and infrastructure forum, promoting the role of housing partnerships and regeneration in driving northern growth.   We started off with a panel session Housing Partnerships: Unlocking Growth Across the North, chaired by our head of housing partnerships Satty Rai with housing partnership chairs Charlie Norman, John Jonson, Nick Atkin and Rachel Dennis.   […]

North East tour showcases regeneration opportunities and challenges 

Members from across the North East came together for the first Renew Regeneration Site Tour. This was hosted by the North East Housing Partnership, offering a valuable opportunity to see how housing-led regeneration is transforming communities while also highlighting delivery challenges.  At Cleadon Park in South Shields, the visit demonstrated the long-term impact of sustained investment and strong partnership working. Once one of the most deprived […]

Temporary Accommodation in the North Seminar supports members to address homelessness 

Temporary Accommodation in the North Seminar supports members to address homelessness  We held the second Temporary Accommodation in North Seminar, in collaboration with Devonshires and Campbell Tickell as part of the national Temporary Accommodation Network.  NHC members are facing increasingly acute challenges in addressing homelessness. The seminar brought together over 40 local authorities and registered providers to discuss emerging approaches to […]

Roundtables with Fiona MacGregor

We held a series of in-person roundtables with Fiona MacGregor, Chief Executive Officer of the Regulator of Social Housing , as she prepares to conclude her tenure at the end of this month.