The NHC has welcomed the new Government’s focus on housing in its first few days of office. The Prime Minister Keir Starmer recognised the importance of affordable housing in his first speech; and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves has now promised to “get Britain building” with planning reform and new house building targets. Tracy Harrison, Chief […]
We’ve witnessed the first change of government for over a decade. The political landscape in the North – and the UK – looks different with 69 new MPs in the North. The NHC General Election briefing gives a lowdown on who all the Northern MPs are – and flags those with interests relevant to our members. […]
Building the Future of the North is our new offer to government to work together over the next ten years to transform communities and enable thousands more northerners to live in good quality homes. Patrick Murray, NHC Executive of Policy and Public Affairs explains more about the offer and his hopes for the future – both […]
As part of our continuous work engaging with our members and highlighting the great work they are doing, we visited various sites across West Yorkshire. We kicked off the visits with a trip to the Climate Innovation District (CID). Developed by Citu, the CID is an £800m project on former brownfield land forming party of […]
We’ve appointed a new Executive Director for Operations and Finance. Andrea Downey brings with her more than 25 years’ experience of working in both the public and private sector, with previous roles in Network Rail and the NHS, as well as in the publishing and media sectors. She will also play a key role […]
Member engagement manager James Bryson reports from the NHC’s annual National Resident Involvement Conference in partnership with YD consultants Now in its 15th year, this event brings together involved residents and engagement professionals from across the country. As always, there was a wide range of insight from sector leaders, best practice and opportunities for residents […]
The NHC, Placeshapers and Tpas came together to launch the Heartwarming Homes toolkit, to support housing providers to engage with residents about energy efficiency improvements. The project came about following the NHC’s Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury and Placeshapers and Tpas research Residents’ Voices in the Net Zero Journey. Both pieces of work had similar […]
A group of Northern Housing Consortium members visited Heaton Park Court, a 12-storey tower block in Newcastle upon Tyne currently managed by Your Homes Newcastle, which is undergoing significant energy efficiency upgrades. NHC members were also joined by RE:GEN, a North East-based contractor delivering the retrofit works, who have extensive experience in delivering similar schemes. […]
Social housing organisations are responsible for adhering to the statutory Complaint Handling Code of the Housing Ombudsman. To facilitate this, landlords are required to demonstrate their compliance through a dedicated electronic form annually. This method ensures consistent information collection, enabling the Ombudsman to effectively monitor adherence to the Code, maintain up-to-date records, and gather insights […]
NHC Member Engagement Officer and GEM programme graduate Matthew Johnson shares his experience of joining the housing sector, and what the challenge and opportunities are. What’s been your highlight? The highlight from doing the GEM programme, was meeting others from across the sector. I interacted with a range of different colleagues in housing and a […]
