With a new prime minister generally brings a new Cabinet and Liz Truss has decided on an extensive reshuffle as her government attempts to move away from the past leadership of Boris Johnson. Truss has appointed former BEIS secretary Kwasi Kwarteng as the new Chancellor – Kwarteng delivered his mini-budget last week alongside the publication […]
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) recently outlined new guidance for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rented homes which is due to come into force on 1st October 2022. Housing Minister Eddie Hughes MP has written to sector representatives with an update on new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm requirements (full letter below). The new regulations have now been laid before […]
We are revamping our offer to members in this area to ensure it remains relevant and of value. We currently host the following: Building Safety Network Annual Health & Building Safety Conference Disrepair Network Repairs and Maintenance Network Annual Asset Management Conference Our plan is to replace the Repairs and Maintenance network with a new […]
In the corporate plan we are committed to three cross-cutting themes – sustainability, wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion – which run through everything we do. The aims of the sustainability group are to minimise our own environmental impact across the organisation and embed sustainability as a core principle. Act on sustainability in its widest […]
New report reveals the need for urgent reform across private rented home sector. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are facing calls to accelerate reforms to protect tenants following a new report that reveals residents of private rented homes across the North of England face low standards, rising rents and a chronic lack of stability. The […]
The issue of Rent Setting has been a complex issue over a number of years, and is an area of interest to the Regulator. NHC has teamed up with Abovo-consult to assist members to check current rents and ensure rent setting is done in line with the Rent Standard, using the Abovo Rent Model. Abovo-Consult […]
The Northern Housing Consortium is asking for member views as part of their response to the House of Commons Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities Committee’s inquiry into Reforming the Private Rented Sector. Launched last week, the inquiry will scrutinise the Government’s recent White Paper, A Fairer Private Rented Sector. The Paper outlines plans to, among […]
We may be a small team but we make a difference. We’ve launched our ambitious, new corporate plan – it sets out how we’ll support you over the next three years to help you create better homes and places. This new plan focusses on your unrivalled member experience, it outlines our influencing priorities for […]
The Brownfield Land Release Fund will pledge up to £180 million capital grant funding to support The Government’s Levelling Up ambitions, it has been announced. The Fund will enable Councils to achieve these rebalancing ambitions and regenerating places by unlock land and developing renewed pride in place through newly empowered local leaders. The Government […]
In partnership with Karbon Homes and Bolton at Home, the NHC hosted the Levelling Up Conference on the 14th July in Leeds city centre. We brought together senior leaders for a full day conference to advance housing’s role in the core levelling up missions of improving public services, boosting living standards, restoring local pride, and […]
