The Home Upgrade Grant Phase 2 (HUG 2) is a £700m grant funding scheme that has been set up by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to help Local Authorities (LAs) provide energy efficiency upgrades and clean heating systems to low-income households. The scheme targets the worst performing (EPC band D-G), off-gas […]
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to behaviour change that utilises the day to day interactions that people, organisations and communities have with others to encourage positive choices to improve our overall health. Many long-term diseases are closely linked to known behavioural risk factors that are attributable to tobacco, alcohol, being overweight or […]
Richard Houghton Director Valuation Advisory – Affordable Housing JLL (richard.houghton@eu.jll.com) After a long period of guessing and surmising what may unfold, the government finally provided some insight on their directive for rental policy, outlining three options for a social housing rent cap next year. It is certainly not the most welcome news for those pulling […]
Bolton Council is the latest local authority to put Locata’s Housing Related Support (HRS) module at the heart of its management of housing support applications. The system will go live this Friday and will help officers manage a pathway of referrals into accommodation with support or floating support. Bolton’s new HRS module assists the officer […]
3%, 5%, 7%, or as you were at CPI +1% – which could mean 12% rent increases for English social housing in 2023. Which is it to be? Government insists it is an open consultation – but has made its position clear, that it is minded to implement a 5% cap on social housing rents. […]
Developing a Net Zero retrofit strategy without regret. All straightforward in the world of sound-byte isn’t it. ‘No Regrets’, ‘Fabric First’, ‘Worst First’ and so on. Then we have the reality of taking a critical view of our housing stock, often with a limited dataset and out-of-date information which is held in multiple locations with […]
The Unlocking Success Bursary Scheme, funded through the Northern Housing Consortium Charitable Trust, awards bursaries of £500 to help tenants develop learning and skills to support future employment. Since its launch in 2019, the scheme has awarded 73 bursaries to 43 member organisations. To hear some of the success stories from past successful applications, see […]
Common Purpose is a global leadership organisation devoted to developing leaders who can cross boundaries, both at work and in society. A not-for-profit organisation founded in the North of England over years ago, we deliver face-to-face and online leadership programmes for multiple generations of leaders: from young leaders to senior leaders in organisations and society, […]
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 […]
