Entries by dellwood

Housebuilding In the North: Achieving Government Goals

Alan Boddy, Chief Executive of County Durham Housing Provider Livin, spoke at a joint Northern Housing Consortium and Campbell Tickell session looking at how organisations in the North can be major contributors to the government’s new homes goals. Alan is currently Chair of the North East Housing Partnerships (NEHP) Regeneration, Development and Placemaking workstream, and […]

Great culture and making an impact

Member engagement manager Satty Rai has been with us for over 17 years. She feels the NHC is the best it’s ever been. She is excited about her current role, supporting housing partnerships, which puts her at the heart of devolution. What has been a highlight from your time at the NHC? I have had […]

From holiday cover to a career she loves

Nicola joined our procurement arm, Consortium Procurement, in 2012, initially providing holiday cover. Now fast forward over 12 years and she’s still here, pleased to be part of the procurement family working as a Contracts Officer. How would you describe the culture at the NHC? Our strengths are targeted and supported by those in leadership […]

NHC calls for further reform to Right to Buy to limit loss of social housing 

The NHC responded to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s consultation on the proposed reforms to the Right to Buy. We called for changes to limit the loss of social housing, including more control to be given to local authorities.  While the Right to Buy scheme has benefited some tenants, it has also led […]

New NHC research to support regeneration  

Thank you to all the members who took part in our research looking into the proportion of social housing which is reaching the end of its serviceable life. Through this work we hope to improve the sector and the Government’s understanding of the need for funding for housing-led regeneration over the next 5 to 10 […]

NHC responds to rent policy consultation

We recently responded to the Government’s consultation on future rent policy. The Government initially proposed a new rent policy of ‘CPI+1%’ for five years from April 2026. They sought views on extending the rent settlement and wider potential changes to social housing rent policy, through the consultation. As part of our response, the NHC, Chartered […]

New research from the Fabian Society about housing quality

The Fabian Society has launched Home Comforts: a plan to eradicate poor quality rented accommodation. The research showed that half a million children live in ‘non-decent’ private rented homes in England and there is a north-south divide. In the North 27 per cent of private rented homes are ‘non-decent’ compared to 17 per cent in […]

NHC members host senior civil servant in West Yorkshire

 NHC members host senior civil servant in West Yorkshire We had a fantastic day visiting some great examples of brownfield development and regeneration in West Yorkshire with Emma Fraser (Director, Housing Markets & Strategy) from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Emma is the senior official responsible for MHCLG’s approach to housing in the Spending Review […]