Visitors to March’s Inside Housing Retrofit Challenge Summit didn’t have to wait very long to see the impact of the Social Housing Tenant’s Climate Jury. Indeed, Inside Housing Editor Martin Hilditch used his welcome programme notes to describe the Jury as “absolutely recommended reading” and pledged the publications support to “pick up on some of […]
Homelessness and housing officers from across the country tuned in to Locata’s National Users Group (NUG) meeting last month. More than 350 officers registered for the webinar to hear Andy Gale, one of the country’s top housing experts, set out the challenges facing homelessness teams in 2022. He highlighted and discussed four key issues: The […]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered the Treasury’s Spring Statement to the House of Commons today to provide an update on the overall health of the economy and scale of the impact of the rising cost-of-living. Leading up to today, Sunak has faced huge pressure to alleviate escalating costs and provide additional support to low-income households. With […]
In their 2019 manifesto, the Government committed to delivering a £3.8bn Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) over a ten-year period to upgrade the energy performance of social rented homes below EPC C. The aims of the Fund are to “deliver warm, energy-efficient homes, reduce carbon emissions and fuel bills, tackle fuel poverty, and support green […]
The February 2022 Levelling Up White Paper has made a start on rebalancing geographic inequalities, however there is much more to be done. Whether it’s ‘Levelling Up’, regeneration, or rebalancing. Whatever we or the Government call it, registered housing providers have a central role to play in working collaboratively across areas and sectors to develop sustainable local […]
It’s five years since the 2017 Housing White Paper, Fixing our Broken Housing Market, which set out a package of reforms firmly focused on increasing the supply of new homes. Five years on, the Levelling Up White Paper, with its declaration that ‘Nowhere is the need for making opportunity more equal more urgent than in […]
The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee is continuing its inquiry examining the quality and regulation of social housing in England. Written evidence has been published, including the written evidence submitted by the NHC. The LUHC’s inquiry is examining concerns about the quality of social housing, with a focus on the ability of the Regulator […]
As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, what options does the social housing sector have at its disposal to hold back the tide in the form of practical and effective help? What support can they offer tenants facing the apparent inevitability of debt, and how can they bolster their own defences against an […]
Now in its eighth year, HACT and NHC’s Social Value conference is firmly established as a must-attend event showcasing the latest thinking from across social housing and beyond. This year’s conference take place Thursday 17th February as a full day online conference and as in recent years NHC members can attend at no extra cost as […]
Introduction The Future Homes and Buildings Standard is a set of standards that will complement the Building Regulations to ensure new homes built from 2025 will produce 75-80% less carbon emissions than homes delivered under current regulations. Certain home improvements in existing homes will also be subject to higher standards. The Future Homes Standard was […]
