Inside Housing
Gavriel Hollander Editorial
Gav is business reporter on Inside Housing. He edits the weekly business section, and covers a range of issues to do with social housing finance.
Stories by this author.
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Merger could create 13,000-home northern giant
24/05/2012
Two north-west housing associations have begun talks over a potential merger that would create a new group responsible for more than 13,500 homes.
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LSVT raids bond market for £225m
24/05/2012
A stock transfer housing association has refinanced its entire debt pile after raiding the capital markets for £225 million.
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£200m Scots bond planned
22/05/2012
A new Scottish bond aggregator is set to launch a debut £200 million bond issue in November, with around 20 social landlords due to take part.
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Builder wins first stand-alone repairs deal
22/05/2012
A house builder has won its first stand-alone social housing responsive repairs contract as it seeks to diversify its business.
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Birmingham signs £6.7m affordable homes deal
18/05/2012
Birmingham Council has become the third local authority – and first outside London – to sign its contract under the Homes and Communities Agency’s £1.8 billion affordable homes programme.
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Grainger to launch social housing arm
18/05/2012
The UK’s largest listed private landlord is set to join the wave of for-profit social housing providers.
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HCA to trial self-build with five pilots and £30m fund
18/05/2012
The Homes and Communities Agency is set to release a series of pilot land parcels for self-build projects as part of a government push on the low-cost development model.
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Helena loses £6m tax appeal
18/05/2012
A stock transfer housing association has lost an Appeal Court case against a multimillion-pound tax bill.
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Homeless man tells court of dramatic escape bid
17/05/2012
A homeless man plunged into a canal in a bid to escape a family of Travellers who were holding him captive, a court heard this week.
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Council inundated with right to buy queries
15/05/2012
A London council has received more than 1,000 enquiries from its tenants on right to buy since the government increased the available discounts.
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Welfare changes could harm work programme
15/05/2012
The Department for Work and Pensions has failed to consider the impact welfare reform will have on its flagship employment programme, according to a group of MPs.
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Fifth lender joins government mortgage scheme
15/05/2012
A fifth bank has joined the government’s mortgage indemnity programme for buyers of new-build homes.
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Outsourcing model to fund new build
11/05/2012
A new repairs outsourcing model has been developed that could increase the borrowing power of councils and finance new house building projects.
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Backing for MPs call to lift council debt cap
10/05/2012
Councils and housing bodies have backed the call from a group of MPs for the government to reconsider the local authority borrowing cap.
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Finance report fuels right to buy concerns
09/05/2012
A report from a cross-party group of MPs has raised doubts over the viability of the coalition’s reinvigorated right to buy programme.
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Think tank calls for London welfare changes
08/05/2012
A think tank has called for welfare reforms to be altered in London to address the housing problems faced in the capital.
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Collapse of building firms raises job loss fears
08/05/2012
Industry bosses in Scotland have warned that urgent action is needed to prevent job losses in the construction sector.
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Council seals £150m PFI deal to build new homes
08/05/2012
A London council will build more than 300 new homes after finalising a private finance initiative housing project.
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MPs urge government to scrap council borrowing caps
07/05/2012
MPs have called on the government to rethink the ‘unnecessary’ cap on council borrowing as a way to increase investment in new housing supply.
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Tenants show appetite for right to buy
04/05/2012
English councils warn sharp rise in sales will leave them unable to replace much-needed homes, Inside Housing survey reveals
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MPs to seek clarification over £43bn historic grant
03/05/2012
MPs will next week call for clarification on the status of historic government grant as a potential means to free up billions of pounds worth of investment in social housing.
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Charity urges politicians to tackle 7 year waiting list
01/05/2012
A new study has revealed that it will take more than seven years to clear Scotland’s social housing waiting list at the current rate of letting.
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Contractor sheds 200 jobs through £1bn merger
01/05/2012
The merger of two housing contractors has resulted in 200 job losses.
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Public spending cuts drive down housing starts
01/05/2012
Social housing construction starts suffered a sharp fall in the first quarter of 2012, according to new figures released today.
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Contractor denies fresh takeover rumours
30/04/2012
Repairs and maintenance contractor Morrison has again vigorously denied reports that it will be sold to a rival company.
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Social housing registrations down 54% on last year
27/04/2012
The gap between private and public sector house building has widened still further after new figures showed a huge decrease in the number of registrations for new social housing homes in March.
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LGA criticises ‘unrealistic’ and ‘restrictive’ right to buy plans
27/04/2012
The government’s proposals on how councils can keep and use receipts from future right to buy sales in the local area have been labelled ‘unnecessarily restrictive’ by the Local Government Association.
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Minister’s benefits remarks refuted
27/04/2012
Housing experts have criticised Grant Shapps over comments he made about housing benefit claimants in the wake of the news Newham Council plans to move hundreds of tenants outside the borough.
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Shapps challenged to prove rent claim
27/04/2012
The leader of Islington Council has challenged housing minister Grant Shapps over his latest claim this week that private rents are falling.
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Call for greater clarity over REITs
26/04/2012
The British Property Federation has called for greater clarity from government over the potential relaxation of rules on real estate investment trusts in order to attract new investment into social housing.
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London rents 75 per cent higher than rest of UK
26/04/2012
Private rents in London are 75 per cent more expensive than the rest of the UK, new figures revealed.
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Construction 'key' as UK enters double dip recession
25/04/2012
The construction industry holds the key to kickstarting the faltering economy, according to leading industry figures.
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Landlord given strong credit rating ahead of bond
25/04/2012
A northern housing association is planning a new bond issue later this this year after having its credit assessed by two leading ratings agencies.
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Housing association in biggest bond issue of 2012
20/04/2012
A housing association has issued the most valuable own-name bond in the social housing sector this year.
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Acis creates repairs joint venture
20/04/2012
A 5,500-home landlord has launched a joint venture with Willmott Dixon that could see it sell repairs and maintenance services to other social housing providers.
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Contractor refutes sell-off rumours
20/04/2012
The chief executive of Morrison has launched a robust defence of the repairs and maintenance contractor, quashing reports that a string of worries over poor performance and a £12.7 million loss in the first half of the financial year had seen the company put up for sale.
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Developing landlords face extinction
20/04/2012
Landlords will slash the number of affordable homes they build if there is a further cut to government subsidy in the next comprehensive spending review.
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Sanctuary bond raises £300 million
20/04/2012
Sanctuary Housing has become the latest social landlord to access the capital markets with the largest bond issued so far in 2012.
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Surge in interest from buyers on back of Newbuy
19/04/2012
One of the country’s biggest house builders has said it has seen renewed interest from potential home buyers following the launch of the government’s mortgage indemnity scheme.
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New lender joins mortgage scheme
16/04/2012
A fourth bank has signed up to the government’s Newbuy mortgage indemnity scheme, just weeks after the project came under fire for its failure to attract enough lenders.
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Investors seek revised affordable home definition
16/04/2012
Liberalising the definition of affordable rent in section 106 agreements will encourage investment in the housing sector, according to a group of property industry bodies.
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Brit taxpayers should jump housing queue says MP
16/04/2012
The government’s so-called ‘poverty Czar’ has said that a review of the housing allocation system is required to give priority to British taxpayers.
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Charity calls for 'fairer' private sector rents
16/04/2012
Scotland’s private rented sector has the potential to lead the rest of the UK by building a more affordable market, according to a homelessness charity.
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Contractor denies takeover talk
13/04/2012
A leading repairs firm has scotched rumours that it is on the brink of being sold following the loss of a major London contract and concerns over its performance.
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First social housing REIT set to launch
13/04/2012
A new company is set to take advantage of the government’s attempt to open up tax-efficient property investment vehicles in the affordable housing sector by launching the first social housing real estate investment trust.
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CBI backs move for London mutual fund
11/04/2012
The CBI has backed a move from London’s councils to pool their pension funds in an effort to increase investment in the capital’s infrastructure.
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Consortium launches tenants' discount site
11/04/2012
More than 80 housing providers across the north of England have signed up to support a new scheme offering social housing residents discounts on household goods.
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HCA claims it's 'on target' for homes delivery
10/04/2012
The Homes and Communities Agency has claimed that it is on course to exceed its housing targets for the 2011/12 financial year.
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Landlords rush to claim early grant offer
05/04/2012
Social landlords have brought forward the building of thousands of homes to take advantage of the Homes and Communities Agency’s offer of early grant payments.
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Thames Valley tenants forced out for flat sale
05/04/2012
Thames Valley Housing Association’s decision to sell a block of flats used to house non-priority homeless people could leave up to 40 tenants homeless.
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Construction firm sees turnover pass £1bn
04/04/2012
A house builder has seen its turnover surge beyond the £1 billion mark after a strong performance in 2011, according to its latest set of results.
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Private firms approved to become social landlords
04/04/2012
Three profit-making companies are set to become social landlords after gaining approval from the Tenant Services Authority before the regulator closed last week.
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London council axes contractor
02/04/2012
A London council has cancelled a multi-million pound repairs and maintenance deal, two months after the contractor was handed a warning to improve its service.
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First councils sign up to HCA programme
02/04/2012
Two local authorities have become the first to sign contracts to deliver new affordable housing under the Homes and Communities Agency’s 2011-15 programme.
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Merger creates 32,000-home landlord
02/04/2012
The merger of two housing associations to create a new 32,000-home landlord has been confirmed.
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Housing association in £250m bond deal
30/03/2012
A housing association has raised £250 million through a bond issue and achieved one of the lowest interest rates of any landlord to have tapped the capital markets.
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Conflict of interest hits member's role at watchdog
30/03/2012
A key member of the Homes and Communities Agency’s new regulatory committee will not be involved in specific case work so as to allay fears over conflicts of interest.
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Councils use new-found freedom to borrow £13bn
30/03/2012
English councils took advantage of historically low interest rates to borrow almost £13 billion of public cash as the self-financing revolution went live this week.
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L&Q and Sanctuary plan bond issues
30/03/2012
London & Quadrant is set to become the latest major social landlord to tap the capital markets after going on an ‘investor roadshow’ to attract interest in what is expected to be a £250 million bond.
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New social homes down 41 per cent on last year
30/03/2012
The number of new social homes registered in the UK has fallen dramatically in the three months to the end of February, revealing a widening gap between the public and private sector.
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Government mortgage scheme in crisis
29/03/2012
The government has been forced into emergency talks to save its flagship mortgage indemnity scheme after one of the architects of the project admitted its launch ‘has been far from satisfactory’.
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Builder sees 65% surge in profit as sales rise
27/03/2012
A house builder has seen its half-year profit rise by 65 per cent year-on-year on the back of increased sales.
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New standards mark shift to economic regulation
27/03/2012
Social landlords will have to comply with a value-for-money standard as part of a new regulatory framework published yesterday.
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House sales soar as stamp duty holiday ends
27/03/2012
The biggest agent for England’s government-backed shared ownership vehicle has seen completed sales nearly double year on year ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.
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Welfare champion dies following battle with illness
27/03/2012
A former Conservative social security minister who championed child benefits in the 1980s has died.
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ALMO kicks out tenant for keeping pig
26/03/2012
An arm’s-length management organisation has kicked out one of its tenants after he was found to have kept a pig in his home.
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Landlords fail to disclose judgements findings
23/03/2012
Social landlords are failing to make reference to the findings of regulatory judgements in their own board reports, breaching recommended practice.
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Call for housing sector to push for unlisted REITs
22/03/2012
The British Property Federation has called on the social housing sector to provide a strong response to a government consultation on real estate investment trusts.
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Benefit IT system 'not fully operational' for launch
22/03/2012
The Department for Work and Pensions has admitted that the IT system designed to handle the direct payment of housing benefit to tenants as part of the universal credit will not be fully operational by the time of implementation on October 2013.
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Mortgage lending up for 7th straight month
21/03/2012
Year-on-year mortgage lending increased for the seventh month in a row, according to new figures.
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Charity calls for Budget relief for poor families
19/03/2012
A child poverty charity has called on the chancellor to increase child tax credits and further incentivise working families as part of his Budget this week.
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London council could treble rents
19/03/2012
A London council has unveiled plans to set social rents at up to 40 per cent of net incomes for selected homes, in line with Mayor Boris Johnson’s affordability criteria.
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Landlord takes over homelessness charity
19/03/2012
A homelessness charity has become part of a Manchester housing association in a bid to improve and expand its services.
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Council slammed over family that slept in car
16/03/2012
The Local Government Ombudsman has criticised a London council which refused temporary accommodation to a young family, forcing them to sleep in a car.
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Accounting change sparks concern
16/03/2012
A change in the rules governing the way housing association accounts are reported could result in them having to renegotiate terms with lenders.
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Associations set to join newbuy scheme
16/03/2012
The government’s flagship initiative to kick-start the housing market by offering 95 per cent mortgages could be extended to housing associations as well as house builders.
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Experts blast homes ‘giveaway’
16/03/2012
Councils could receive as little as £5,000 per home sold under right to buy reforms, thanks to huge discounts announced this week.
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Landlords look to Osborne to boost investment
16/03/2012
Housing associations and councils have called on chancellor George Osborne to help them access more private sector investment as part of next week’s Budget.
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Labour claim green deal to be hit with delay
15/03/2012
Climate change Greg Barker has admitted that secondary legislation attached to the green deal will not emerge until after parliament’s spring recess, contrary to previous government statements.
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Coalition nimbys in NPPF plea to Cameron
15/03/2012
A group of Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs has written to David Cameron urging him to ensure that the controversial national planning policy framework protects rural areas.
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Welfare reform warning to Scottish councils
15/03/2012
Audit Scotland has warned of ‘significant implications’ for councils over the introduction of the universal credit as part of the Welfare Reform Act.
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Landlord borrowing up 22 per cent
14/03/2012
Social landlords arranged 22 per cent more loan facilities in the last three months of 2011 than in the previous quarter.
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Contractor wins £10 million deal
13/03/2012
A leading repairs and maintenance provider has won a five-year council contract worth £10 million.
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House builders call for VAT cut
13/03/2012
House builders have urged chancellor George Osborne to slash VAT ahead of next week’s Budget in order to feed consumer confidence.
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Surveyors more confident on house prices
13/03/2012
Increased interest from first-time buyers could see an end to falling house prices, according to chartered surveyors.
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Government raises right to buy discounts
12/03/2012
The government will offer increased discounts of up to £75,000 to council tenants who want to purchase their homes when it launches its reinvigorated right to buy scheme today.
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35 social housing providers yet to sign contracts
09/03/2012
Nearly a year after the introduction of the Homes and Communities Agency’s affordable homes programme, a number of social housing providers are still to sign contracts.
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Aster applies to deregister
09/03/2012
Aster plans to deregister its parent company and its care and support arm to reduce regulation.
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Circle to slash repairs cost
09/03/2012
Circle is finalising a trimmed down roster of repairs and maintenance contractors that will produce £120 million of savings as part of a business transformation programme.
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Landlords braced for impact of benefit reform
09/03/2012
Social landlords are preparing to commit significant amounts of extra cash and resources to ready themselves for the impact of the Welfare Reform Bill, which was expected to receive royal assent yesterday.
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Pathfinder court battle looks likely
09/03/2012
A group campaigning to prevent the demolition of thousands of homes looks set to take its battle to the High Court after it applied for a judge to grant a judicial review.
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Private firms bid to be social landlords
09/03/2012
The Tenant Services Authority has seen a rash of applications from private sector companies looking to register with the regulator.
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Housing association joins rush to bond market
07/03/2012
A housing association has become the latest to tap into the capital markets with a £100 million bond issue.
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CIH calls for rethink on right to buy
02/03/2012
The Chartered Institute of Housing has called for a rethink of the government’s right to buy proposals ahead of an expected announcement on discount levels later this month.
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Landlords defy ratings warning with £325m bonds
02/03/2012
Housing associations have defied this month’s decision by credit ratings agency Moody’s to put the sector on a negative outlook by launching a glut of bond deals.
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Warning over right to buy risk
02/03/2012
A high proportion of homeowners who were bailed out by the government’s mortgage rescue scheme in the north of England bought their homes under the right to buy.
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South east landlords to exchange 779 homes
01/03/2012
Two members of the G15 group of London’s biggest social landlords have finalised a stock swap deal that will see 779 homes change ownership.
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House builder in £1.9bn shareholder windfall
28/02/2012
The UK’s second-largest house builder has become the latest contractor to post improved profits for 2011 amid signs of green shoots in the construction industry.
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Family champion should represent social enterprise
28/02/2012
A pressure group has called for the next so-called ‘family tsar’ to be drawn from the social enterprise sector following last week’s resignation of A4e boss Emma Harrison.
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House builder in profit surge
27/02/2012
A house builder has reported a significant rise in turnover and profit for 2011.
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Supported housing boost in HCA programme
27/02/2012
Nearly one in ten of the homes delivered through the Homes and Communities Agency’s affordable homes programme will be for vulnerable or older people.
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London borough in promise to keep homes
24/02/2012
A London borough has pledged not to sell off any of its council homes as part of a new community investment programme.
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House builder posts revenue increase
24/02/2012
House builder Redrow will not pay a dividend to its shareholders despite an improved financial performance in the second half of 2011.
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Government faces court over demolition plans
24/02/2012
A campaign group has issued a legal challenge after the government sanctioned £71 million of public money earmarked for regeneration to be spent demolishing more than 5,000 homes.
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Ujima fraud trial set to get underway
23/02/2012
The trial of the former chief executive of defunct housing association Ujima is set to begin on Monday 27 February after legal proceedings on an alleged £3.5 million fraud case got underway yesterday.
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Local firms net Merseyside repairs contracts
03/02/2012
Fifteen Merseyside repairs and maintenance firms have secured contracts worth more than £43 million from a local provider.
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Adactus first to net HCA’s early payment
03/02/2012
A northern housing association has become the first to benefit from the Homes and Communities Agency’s pledge to offer early payments for early-start projects under its affordable homes programme.
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Councils angry at regeneration funds claim
03/02/2012
Councils have hit back at claims that they misspent government money earmarked for regeneration schemes on major demolition projects.
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Councils demand risk-free borrowing
03/02/2012
Councils are holding detailed talks with the Treasury in a bid to prevent them falling foul of movements in the money markets when they raid government coffers for loans next month.
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Newcastle vows to fight rent increases
03/02/2012
Newcastle Council is expected to launch a campaign to persuade the government to limit huge rent rises for tenants across the country.
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Right to buy likely to fail says report
02/02/2012
The government’s attempt to re-ignite right to buy sales by increasing the discounts available to tenants will fail to deliver the promise of one for one replacements, according to a property analyst.
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Bank predicts house builder recovery
31/01/2012
An investment bank has provided a timely boon to the house building market by recommending investors buy shares in leading contractors.
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Contractor targets growth thanks to order book
31/01/2012
A major contractor has reported that its revenues and earnings are progressing as expected following a good start to the year.
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Government ahead of schedule for releasing land
31/01/2012
Housing minister Grant Shapps has told MPs that the government is ahead of schedule in its plans to release public land to build 100,000 new homes.
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Charity funding to help with shared room rate cut
31/01/2012
A charity has been awarded government funding to help individuals hit by cuts to the benefits available to single homeless people.
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New bond raises £40 million
27/01/2012
Places for People has raised £40 million from investors after officially launching a new retail bond.
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Associations sign £32m repairs deal
27/01/2012
A consortium of housing associations has signed a landmark agreement to procure repairs and maintenance services across Scotland.
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Bigger is not always better, report reveals
27/01/2012
Larger developing housing associations perform worse in housing management than their smaller peers, a new report from the Chartered Institute of Housing, seen exclusively by Inside Housing, claims.
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High ratings for landlords
27/01/2012
More housing associations are set to go into the capital markets after a raft of recent credit ratings.
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Manchester to build 250 homes
27/01/2012
Manchester Council will use a £25 million pension fund investment to develop nearly 250 new private rented homes.
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Property fund to help homeless
27/01/2012
A homelessness charity has joined forces with a fund manager to launch a property fund to invest in homes.
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QSH to raise £250m for rent-to-buy plan
27/01/2012
A new private company has targeted £250 million of private investment in rent-to-buy affordable home properties, ahead of the potential launch of a real estate investment trust.
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Morrison under pressure as councils criticise
26/01/2012
Repairs and maintenance provider Morrison is facing the threat of losing two major council contracts amid concerns about its performance.
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Auditor slams work programme
24/01/2012
The government has so far spent £63 million winding up welfare to work contracts, including settlements with 10 providers that went on to win contracts on the work programme.
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Homeless project a success - report
24/01/2012
Rough sleepers who attended a No Second Night Out ‘hub’ in London were significantly less likely to return to sleeping on the streets than those who didn’t, according to a six-month report on the project.
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Homelessness charity gets boost from artists
24/01/2012
Some of the world’s leading artists have joined forces in support of homelessness charity Shelter.
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Government to push through welfare reforms
24/01/2012
The government has vowed to fight on with its controversial plans to cap benefits after losing another House of Lords vote on the Welfare Reform Bill last night.
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Council approves rent rise of almost 10 per cent
20/01/2012
Rotherham Council has approved a recommendation for an inflation-busting rent rise of 9.45 per cent - one of the biggest hikes anywhere in the country.
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Eurozone crisis drives up loan price
20/01/2012
The price of bank loans to the social housing sector has shot up on the back of the deepening eurozone economic crisis.
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Orbit secures £150m in loans
20/01/2012
Orbit Group has arranged two new bank loan facilities totalling £150 million.
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Stock transfer councils in plea over RTB receipts
20/01/2012
Councils are calling for the government to adapt the new right to buy policy, amid fears authorities that have transferred properties to housing associations will be unable to pay for replacement homes.
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THFC issues £131m bond
20/01/2012
The Housing Finance Corporation has issued a £131 million bond on behalf of ten housing association borrowers, breaking the 5 per cent yield barrier.
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Landlord submits revised plans for 3,600 homes
19/01/2012
A housing association has teamed up with a private property developer to provide 1,200 affordable homes as part of a £1 billion rail and road development in Chelmsford.
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Council calls for government rethink on rent
17/01/2012
The government is coming under increasing pressure to cap rent increases for council tenants after local authorities warned that 8 per cent hikes are likely to affect the most vulnerable residents.
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Hughes warns benefit cap will ‘break up families’
16/01/2012
The deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats has attacked the government’s plans to cap benefits as part of its overhaul of the welfare system.
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Guidelines issued to protect against rogue bailiffs
16/01/2012
Tenants are to be given extra protection from rogue bailiffs after new government guidelines were issued.
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Housing scheme launched for low wage workers
16/01/2012
A London council has launched a pilot programme for low wage workers who have not previously been prioritised for social housing.
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Bovis social housing completions up by a third
16/01/2012
A leading house builder has announced a sharp increase in social housing completions for 2011.
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White House advisor calls for housing investment
16/01/2012
A top US homelessness advisor has praised Scotland’s efforts to tackle the problem and called for further investment in social housing as a ‘number one priority’.
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House prices edge up in December
13/01/2012
House prices in England and Wales edged up slightly in December, according to a new survey from LSL Property Services.
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Rent cap hampers affordable homes scheme
13/01/2012
A major private landlord has criticised the Homes and Communities Agency after a council capped the amount the landlord could charge tenants on a new scheme being developed under the affordable homes programme.
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Tenants face 8 per cent rent hike
13/01/2012
Just four of England’s 50 largest social landlords are planning to protect tenants from significant rent increases next year.
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Council taps pension fund for PRS scheme
12/01/2012
Manchester Council is set to tap into billions of pounds’ worth of institutional investment as it prepares to green light a programme to fund new private rented housing.
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Audit office to investigate affordable rent scheme
12/01/2012
Scrutiny will be cast over the financial viability of housing providers taking part in the Homes and Communities Agency’s affordable homes programme after the National Audit Office launched a probe into the £1.8 billion scheme.
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Affordable homes cash hits £1.6 billion
12/01/2012
Two of the UK’s biggest house builders became the latest organisations to sign contracts under the Homes and Communities Agency’s affordable homes programme.
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Northern merger to create 32,000-home landlord
12/01/2012
The merger of two northern housing associations has been given the green light by residents, paving the way for the creation of a new 32,000-home landlord.
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Cantona stands up for housing in 'presidential bid'
10/01/2012
Eric Cantona’s apparent bid for the French presidency has been revealed to be a publicity stunt to help raise political awareness of the country’s growing housing crisis.
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Councils to choose auditors after shake up
05/01/2012
The inspection of local authority housing services will be shaken up after the government outlined plans for councils to be able to appoint their own auditors.
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Funding for 600 Traveller pitches announced
05/01/2012
More than 600 new pitches for Gypsies and Travellers will be delivered in England by 2015 after the Homes and Communities Agency announced £47 million of funding.
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Building society lending hits two-year high
04/01/2012
Home buyers are increasingly turning to building societies for their mortgages after lending by mutuals hit its highest level for two years recently.
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£200m troubled families fund announced
03/01/2012
The government has confirmed the appointment of the eight companies that will administer a £200 million service to help members of England’s most troubled families find work.
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Charity investor funds housing provider
03/01/2012
A specialist charity investor has injected £400,000 into an organisation that provides housing access for vulnerable people.
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ALMO chief exec stands down amid review
03/01/2012
The chief executive of an arm’s-length management organisation in the north east of England has stood down as a review of local housing services in the area is launched.
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Housing figures recognised in New Year honours
03/01/2012
The head of affordable housing at the Homes and Communities Agency is one of several leading figures in the sector whose work has been acknowledged by the Queen in the New Year honours list.
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RTB might not deliver one-for-one replacement
22/12/2011
The government will not be able to deliver on its promise to provide a replacement affordable rent home for every sale under the right to buy without additional subsidy, it has been claimed.
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Right to buy discounts to treble
22/12/2011
The government will treble the discount available to council tenants looking to buy their homes in some parts of the country as details of the reinvigorated right to buy scheme have emerged.
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Pilot areas announced for 'community budgets'
22/12/2011
The government has revealed the 14 areas that will pilot the new ‘community budgets’ funding strategy.
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Social housing co-op given thumbs up
22/12/2011
Tenants have given Rochdale Council the go-ahead to create England’s largest social housing co-operative.
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Mears funds growth plans with £120 million loan
21/12/2011
Mears Group has agreed a £120 million refinancing with two of its major relationship banks to support its growth plans.
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Private rents down for first time since January
16/12/2011
Private rents in England and Wales fell for the first time in 10 months in November, according to the latest buy-to-let index from property services firm LSL.
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Birmingham wins £92m HRA debt cut
16/12/2011
When the Communities and Local Government department issued its latest indicative settlements as part of the review of the housing revenue account system, Birmingham was one of the clear winners.
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Durham in talks to transfer homes
16/12/2011
Durham Council is in talks to hand over ownership of its 19,000 homes to a housing association in one of the largest stock transfers for several years.
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Leeds predicts homelessness rise as enquiries grow
16/12/2011
Leeds Council has warned that it expects homelessness to increase dramatically after a massive leap in enquiries to its housing team.
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Government tries to calm fears over borrowing
14/12/2011
Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, has moved to allay fears that councils will be slaves to the money markets when they borrow to meet the extra debt burden forced on them through self financing reforms.
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Six per cent rise in homelessness acceptances
08/12/2011
The number of homeless households in England has risen by six per cent between July and September compared to the same period last year, the latest figures show.
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Minister hails landlords' roles in communities
08/12/2011
The minister for decentralisation and cities has hailed social housing providers as an example of how localism can improve communities.
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Rental yields rise for private landlords
07/12/2011
Increased demand has driven up returns for the private rented sector over the last quarter, according to a new survey.
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Minister pledges to end ‘digital apartheid’
06/12/2011
Millions of social housing tenants could be set to gain internet access for the first time after housing minister Grant Shapps committed himself to ending ‘digital apartheid’.
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Housing association enters market rent sector
05/12/2011
A landlord has moved to diversify its portfolio by buying a number of homes in the market rent sector.
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Debt advice could save landlords £50 million
05/12/2011
Housing associations should invest in debt advice programmes to avoid evictions and tackle homelessness, a new study claims.
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Tax exemption could save associations millions
02/12/2011
A change to VAT regulations, announced in the chancellor’s autumn statement earlier this week could save housing associations tens of millions of pounds.
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Council to bring 3,000 empty homes back into use
02/12/2011
A Yorkshire council is planning to use its new homes bonus to bring as many as 3,000 empty homes back into use.
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Special needs investment vehicle secures £20m
02/12/2011
A former social worker has secured £20 million of bank funding to set up a new company to provide special needs housing.
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Spending cuts blamed for rising benefit bill
02/12/2011
Housing bodies have blamed swingeing government spending cuts for adding nearly £2 billion to the cost of housing benefit over the next five years.
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Housing to gain from £30bn infrastructure fund
28/11/2011
The social housing sector could be in line to benefit from a multi-billion pound government deal to encourage pension funds to invest in infrastructure projects.
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Canada Life steps into loan vacuum
25/11/2011
A major institutional investor has pledged to step into the vacuum created by the end of long-term bank lending to the social housing sector.
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Young people to be frozen out of homeownership
23/11/2011
A ‘transformation’ of the housing market has meant that young people are set to remain frozen out of homeownership, according to a senior adviser at the Bank of England.
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Landlords told to pick their battles over welfare
23/11/2011
Labour’s former welfare minister has told housing associations that they need to pick their battles if they are to have any influence over the government’s wide-ranging welfare reform plans.
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Procurement alliance for 1,000 landlords launched
23/11/2011
Three social housing buying consortia have joined forces to launch a strategic procurement alliance for more than 1,000 landlords.
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Council views sought on £29bn debt hand out
22/11/2011
The government has launched a consultation with councils ahead of the introduction of controversial self-financing reforms.
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Review to examine bars to institutional investment
21/11/2011
The government will launch an independent review into investment in the private rented sector as it seeks to spark institutional investment.
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Government launches mortgage guarantee scheme
21/11/2011
The government has pledged to support first-time buyers by offering security on low-deposit mortgages.
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£3.5bn shared owner plan
18/11/2011
A property investment company plans to unlock up to £3.5 billion of capital per year from the social rented sector by converting 40,000 social homes into shared ownership.
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Increase in tenants writing off arrears
18/11/2011
Social landlords have claimed advice agencies are helping tenants to write-off their rent arrears by advising them to obtain debt relief orders.
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Landlords plan £500m bond deals
18/11/2011
Some of the largest developing housing associations will try to raise more than half a billion pounds on the bond markets in the coming months.
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Major landlords to offer short-term tenancies
18/11/2011
At least three major housing associations have said they will seek to introduce minimum tenancies of less than the default five years proposed in the government’s Localism Bill.
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Housing association has credit rating confirmed
17/11/2011
Credit rating agency Moody’s has confirmed its A1 rating for Genesis Housing Association and given a stable outlook.
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CBI backs government PFI probe
15/11/2011
The CBI has backed the government’s decision to review the use of the private finance initiative in a move that many see as the beginning of the end for the controversial funding scheme.
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Health and housing combine for Wirral scheme
15/11/2011
A housing association in the north west of England has joined up with a local primary care trust to develop a £10 million health centre and housing project.
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High cost of capital forcing people to share
15/11/2011
New research has shown that high rents and living costs are forcing London tenants to live in shared homes.
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Housing association to slash pay for care staff
15/11/2011
Around 400 social care and support staff at Family Mosaic are facing pay cuts following the slashing of its supported housing budget.
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Dale Farm legal challenge dropped
11/11/2011
Basildon Council has seen off a legal challenge against the clearance of the Dale Farm Travellers’ site.
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Housing recovery 'critical' to economic health
11/11/2011
The recovery of the housing market ‘is critical’ to the economic health of the nation, according to a new report.
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CIH: ‘more capital subsidy is vital’
11/11/2011
The Chartered Institute of Housing has slammed government housing policies, saying they ‘carry considerable risks’ to future financing for social landlords.
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End of the line for long-term lending
11/11/2011
Long-term lending to the social housing sector has been consigned to history because the last major banks to provide loans of up to 25 years will no longer do so without regular repricing opportunities.
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Bovis to clear debt by year end
08/11/2011
Bovis Homes has said it expects to return to profit by the end of the year after reporting increased sales for the year so far.
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Landlord heads to China and Middle East for funds
04/11/2011
A landlord will look to private investors in China and the Middle East to fund future development as it seeks to diversify its sources of debt.
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Redundancies costing landlords millions
04/11/2011
Housing associations have doled out millions of pounds in redundancy and severance packages as the effects of the recession on their workforces continued to take their toll.
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International landlords 'could become a reality'
02/11/2011
A cross-border housing association could be a reality within five years, according to the founder of an international housing consultancy.
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Chief exec says housing sector nearing 'a cliff edge'
01/11/2011
The chief executive of one of the UK’s largest social landlords has attacked the new affordable rents regime, claiming it is ‘not a long-term solution’ to the housing crisis.
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House prices still falling
31/10/2011
House prices in England and Wales fell once again in October as the supply of housing continued to outstrip demand in the private sales market
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Latest affordable homes contracts revealed
28/10/2011
Orbit Group has signed the second most valuable contract so far awarded under the Homes and Communities Agency’s affordable homes programme.
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Five-year tenancies would only work for 'one in 10'
28/10/2011
Only 10 per cent of social housing tenants who have been living in their homes for five years would be able to move out of the sector, a new report has found.
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Four become one at Sovereign
28/10/2011
Sovereign Housing Group says its decision to amalgamate its subsidiaries into one housing association will free up more stock to use as security for future borrowing.
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Private landlord planning shift to social sector
28/10/2011
The UK’s largest listed private landlord is cementing a proposal to register as a social landlord.
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Residents slam ALMO safety after fire
27/10/2011
Tenants of a block of flats hit by fire have accused their landlord of ignoring recommendations to improve safety measures.
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Tenants' home swap scheme launched
27/10/2011
A new nationwide scheme that will allow social housing tenants to swap homes to be closer to new jobs or their families has been launched.
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Willmott Dixon wins major repair contract
25/10/2011
Wilmott Dixon has won a £147 million repairs and maintenance contract with Home Group.
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Construction firm faces safety probe
25/10/2011
A construction and maintenance firm will have its employees surveyed over safety fears.
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Plans for 2,450 homes to be submitted
25/10/2011
A planning application will be submitted this week for the redevelopment of one of London’s most iconic sites as the two remaining bidders for the development contract have made their final pitches.
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Government must tap pensions to tackle crisis
25/10/2011
The government should look for investment from local authority pension funds if it is to tackle the growing housing shortage, according to a new report.
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Councils face extra £2bn debt burden
21/10/2011
An extra £2 billion will be added to councils’ debt as a result of the jump in inflation revealed by the government this week.
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REITs offer a new investment option
21/10/2011
A government move to relax property investment rules could see housing associations pool their stock to create a new private rental market.
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Synergy gets OK to collapse structure
21/10/2011
The Tenant Services Authority has given the go-ahead for the housing associations that make up Synergy Housing Group to merge.
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Council pledges £20m for decent homes
20/10/2011
North West Leicestershire District Council has pledged to meet the government’s decent homes standard for every one of its homes by 2015 after outlining a £20 million investment programme.
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Mortgage lending up but warning issued
20/10/2011
Mortgage lending rose in the third quarter of 2011, but industry analysts warned that the latest inflation and unemployment figures will weaken household confidence in the coming months.
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Scottish house prices falling
19/10/2011
Year on year house prices in Scotland continued to fall, according to market specialists.
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Tenants facing rent hike as inflation rises
18/10/2011
Housing association tenants are facing a second straight year of rent hikes after the government revealed its highest rate of inflation for two decades.
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Major provider merges subsidiaries to save cash
18/10/2011
Sovereign Housing Group has collapsed its subsidiaries into a single organisation in a cost-cutting move for the 33,000-home landlord.
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Dutch engineering firm buys EC Harris
17/10/2011
Consultancy EC Harris has been bought by Dutch engineering firm Arcadis.
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REIT changes could appeal to landlords
17/10/2011
The Treasury has proposed changes to the rules governing real estate investment trusts that could make the structures more attractive to housing associations.
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Councils urged to draw up development plans
17/10/2011
Local authorities must ensure they are ready to take on new planning powers, the British Property Federation has warned.
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Figures reveal decline in building work
17/10/2011
Government figures have revealed a sharp decline in construction output over the summer.
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Cuts threaten one in three family support services
17/10/2011
Almost one in three intensive family support services have closed or are at risk of closure as a result of the government’s public funding cuts, a charity has warned.
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London landlord signs biggest HCA contract
14/10/2011
Notting Hill Housing Trust will deliver 2,310 new homes in London after landing the biggest grant yet under the Homes and Communities Agency’s affordable homes programme.
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Commercial property demand slumps
14/10/2011
The recovery in the commercial property market has come to a halt as occupier demand fell during the last quarter for the first time in a year.
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Contractor reveals big loss on interest payments
14/10/2011
Social housing contractor Keepmoat has recorded a loss of £88 million for the last financial year as a result of interest paid on its debt pile.
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Council moots transfer to limit right to buy hit
14/10/2011
A London council is considering carrying out a stock transfer to a tenant and council-run housing association in order to prevent the loss of its properties and rental income through the reintroduction of the right to buy.
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EU bank crisis hits landlords’ lending
14/10/2011
The ability of housing associations to raise fund in the future has come under threat from the European banking crisis.
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LMH extends pilot in-house care scheme
14/10/2011
Liverpool Mutual Homes is piloting an in-house Supporting People project that could see the housing association provide care services to thousands of its vulnerable residents.
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MPs attack coalition welfare plans
13/10/2011
A communities and local government committee report on the coalition’s Welfare Reform Bill has called for councils to retain administrative responsibility for housing benefit.
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Council credit rating 'constrained' by HRA reform
12/10/2011
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has said that it has ‘constrained’ the rating of Birmingham City Council because of additional debt it will take on as a result of the housing revenue account reform.
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Benefit changes to hit poverty, report claims
11/10/2011
More than a million children and adults will be pushed into poverty by 2013 according to a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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MP calls for end to 'feudal' landlord laws
10/10/2011
A Labour & Co-operative Party MP will this week call on the government to create a new form of co-operative housing tenure and end ‘feudal’ land ownership laws.
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Nat Fed starts 'week of action' on welfare bill
10/10/2011
Social landlords are backing the National Housing Federation’s campaign to force a rethink of the government’s controversial proposal to cut housing benefit.
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HCA affordable homes deals top £300m
10/10/2011
The total value of contracts signed under the Homes and Communities Agency’s affordable homes programme passed £300 million last week after six more providers inked deals with the HCA.
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New chairman for Black Country Housing
07/10/2011
Black Country Housing Group has appointed a new chairman following the death of Sarah Webb last month.
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Right to buy sales hit rock bottom
07/10/2011
The number of homes sold under right to buy fell by 97 per cent in less than a decade, it has been revealed.
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Council finance reform under threat
07/10/2011
Councils could be saddled with millions of pounds of extra debt as a result of government attempts to revive the right to buy, sector experts have warned.
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Rochdale to create largest co-operative
07/10/2011
Rochdale Council’s arm’s-length management organisation has been given the green light by the housing minister to create England’s largest social housing co-operative after it proved it could raise finance from commercial lenders.
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Unsecured bonds the future for PfP
07/10/2011
Places for People has pledged to replace almost the entirety of its £1 billion bond portfolio with unsecured debt as its existing bonds reach maturity.
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Southern consortium nets £20m HCA contract
06/10/2011
A consortium of landlords in the south of England has signed a contract to provide 1,600 new homes as part of the Homes and Communities Agency’s affordable homes programme.
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New HA bond hits market
06/10/2011
Seven housing associations have clubbed together to launch a £100 million bond after the price of government borrowing plunged to historic low levels.
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Olympic Park plans to deliver 6,800 homes
05/10/2011
Plans for up to 6,800 new homes at the Olympic Park in east London were submitted today, with as many 2,400 affordable homes earmarked for the site.
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Landlord aims for £30m surplus
05/10/2011
A2Dominion Group has targeted generating a £30 million surplus by 2014 as it aims to develop a sizeable commercial arm to support its social housing provision.
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Merger to create 32,000-home northern giant
04/10/2011
Two northern housing associations have agreed a merger deal that will result in the creation of a 32,000-home landlord in the north west, Cumbria, Staffordshire and Yorkshire.
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Northerners 'mugged' by welfare bill says Fed
03/10/2011
The National Housing Federation’s regional head, Derek Long, has claimed that Tory proposals to cut housing benefit to under occupiers would leave 250,000 tenants in the north of England out of pocket.
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Great Places inks largest HCA deal so far
03/10/2011
Great Places Housing Group has signed the most valuable contract so far agreed with the Homes and Communities Agency under its £1.8 billion affordable homes programme.
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Riot death man's family call for fairness for rioters
03/10/2011
The family of the man whose death sparked widespread rioting across the UK in August have called for fair legal representations for suspects arrested on charges connected to the disturbances.
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Associations’ spare cash soars towards £1bn mark
30/09/2011
Housing associations have seen their average surpluses increase by 33 per cent in 2010/11 as the total across the sector heads toward the £1 billion mark.
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Genesis land values plummet by £20.7m
30/09/2011
The value of land owned by Genesis Housing Group has plummeted by more than £20 million - almost a third of the total losses predicted for all housing associations.
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Major cities ranked for housing satisfaction
26/09/2011
Residents in Liverpool are less likely to be satisfied with their housing than those in any other major English city, according to a new survey.
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HCA contracts pass £100m mark
23/09/2011
The Homes and Communities Agency has signed a further six contracts with landlords this week under the affordable rent programme, taking the total value of contracts signed over the £100 million mark.
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Catalyst’s surplus rises
23/09/2011
Catalyst Housing Group has reported increased surplus and turnover.
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NHF asks landlords to review strategy
23/09/2011
The National Housing Federation has called on eight housing associations to lead a review of members’ satisfaction with the trade body.
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Redundancies cost Gentoo £2 million
23/09/2011
Gentoo Group spent nearly £2 million on redundancy payouts last year as the economic slowdown and grant funding cuts hit its construction arm.
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Welfare reform fears could hit landlords’ bonds
23/09/2011
Fears more tenants will fall into rent arrears as a result of welfare reforms have hit landlords’ creditworthiness, according to sector analysts.
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Mortgage lending reaches two-year high
22/09/2011
Gross mortgage lending rose 10 per cent year on year in August, reaching its highest level for two years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
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Cameron reassures planning critics
21/09/2011
David Cameron has confirmed his commitment to the ‘presumption in favour of sustainable development’ as the row over proposed planning reforms continues to rage.
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Landlord removed from TSA supervision
21/09/2011
Derbyshire’s Three Valleys has been removed from supervision by the Tenant Services Authority.
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Court delays Dale Farm eviction
20/09/2011
The residents of Dale Farm have won a last-minute court order delaying their proposed eviction from the Essex site.
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Number of families involved with FIPs rising
20/09/2011
The number of families involved in family intervention projects and services rose dramatically in the year to March 2011, according to the latest figures from the Education department.
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Homelessness bodies seek to address reoffending
20/09/2011
Four in five ex-offenders who are homeless are reconvicted within a year, a new study has found.
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Housing association issues £150m bond
16/09/2011
Moat has become the latest housing association to enter the capital markets after issuing a £150 million bond.
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Housing probe calls on pension funds
16/09/2011
Representatives of large pension funds are being asked to give evidence to MPs in a bid to find out what is stopping them investing in social housing on a large scale.
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Orbit: ‘Home sales must jump by 72%’
16/09/2011
Orbit Group is set to be one of the first large housing associations to sign its development contract with the Homes and Communities Agency for its share of funding under the £1.8 billion affordable homes programme.
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Partick to build 117 homes with £18m loan
16/09/2011
Glasgow landlord Partick Housing Association has negotiated an £18 million, 30-year loan facility with long-standing lender Barclays Corporate to help deliver 117 affordable homes in the west end of the city.
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London rents hit all-time high
15/09/2011
The cost of renting a property in London has reached a record high, despite the continuing economic slowdown.
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Profit and revenue up at Apollo
15/09/2011
Apollo has increased its operating profit by 66 per cent from £7.5 million last year to £12.4 million.
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Extra care provides health boost for residents, says report
13/09/2011
Residents in extra care housing are less likely to end up living in institutional accommodation, new research has revealed.
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HCA unveils first affordable rent contracts
12/09/2011
The first four contracts of the Homes & Communities Agency’s affordable homes programme have been signed, with £36 million of funding committed for 2,170 homes.
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Moat bond given credit rating
12/09/2011
Credit rating agency Moody’s has assigned the third highest possible rating for Moat’s debut bond issue.
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Price rises boost Redrow profits
09/09/2011
House builder Redrow has seen its profits soar on the back of a hike in sale prices.
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Landlords to fight NBS debt re-price
09/09/2011
Up to 40 housing associations are fighting an attempt by Newcastle Building Society to re-price long-term debt after the lender took the rare step of invoking clauses in its loan agreements that could cost the sector tens of millions.
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MPs launch housing finance probe
06/09/2011
A parliamentary committee is set to address the growing housing crisis with the launch of an inquiry into the financing of new stock.
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Mayor green lights Croydon tower
06/09/2011
Plans for a controversial 54-storey development in Croydon have been given the green light by London Mayor Boris Johnson.
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800-home Yorkshire scheme goes for planning
06/09/2011
A developer has put forward plans for a £100m development in East Yorkshire
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Labour call for housing surveys defeated in Lords
06/09/2011
A call by a Labour peer for local authorities to address the housing crisis by drawing up a detailed analysis of supply and demand was thrown out by the House of Lords yesterday.
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Benefit cuts to widen rich-poor gap
02/09/2011
Reforms of the housing benefit system are likely to heighten the gap between Britain’s richest and poorest areas, according to academics.
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Greater Manchester to assess all public land
02/09/2011
All publicly owned land across Greater Manchester will be assessed for its suitability for development in a bid to build new housing.
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Orbit business brings in £100k
02/09/2011
Orbit Group has sold £100,000 worth of back office functions to rival housing providers since launching a stand-alone external services business earlier this year.
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Swap cash calls put development at risk
02/09/2011
Housing associations may put development plans on hold for years as they are forced to use their homes as security to ensure they don’t default on complicated loan agreements.
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Council to become first to enter bond market
01/09/2011
Wandsworth Council is set to become the first local authority to tap into the bond market with a £250 million issue to fund a major housing stock improvement project.
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Social lettings at highest level for decade
01/09/2011
Social lettings are at their highest level this century as a percentage of all new lets, according to a survey from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
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House prices expected to continue falling
31/08/2011
House prices continued to fall in August, leaving them 3.7 per cent down on the same time last year, according to housing research firm Hometrack.
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Bovis profits double as construction costs fall
30/08/2011
Bovis Homes has seen its profit more than double over the first six months of 2011 on the back of increased margins and lower construction costs.
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Private cash scheme to help deprived families
30/08/2011
The government hopes to raise up to £40 million in private finance to fund social intervention projects as part of a new pilot scheme.
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Private landlords optimistic about future
26/08/2011
Landlords are more optimistic about the future of their lettings businesses than at any time since the beginning of the financial crisis four years ago.
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Banks blamed for Strathclyde demise
26/08/2011
Scottish construction groups have criticised banks for exerting too much pressure on house builders after the collapse of Strathclyde Homes.
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Home build plans up by a fifth
26/08/2011
Applications to build new homes in the UK rose by almost 20 per cent year-on-year in the three months to the end of July.
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Landlords face bank bill for tens of millions
26/08/2011
Plummeting stock markets could trigger short-notice cash calls on ‘swap’ deals, advisors warn
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Amnesty backs calls to halt traveller evictions
25/08/2011
Amnesty International has called on Basildon Council to stop the eviction of more than 300 travellers.
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Investment in advisory services saves money, says report
25/08/2011
Investment in programmes to support residents in their handling of household finances could save landlords money.
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Construction SMEs suffer sales drop
24/08/2011
Over a quarter of SMEs in the construction sector have suffered a downturn in sales of at least 20 per cent, according to research from Baker Tilly and Company Watch.
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United House wins second City redevelopment project
22/08/2011
United House has won a £2.8 million contract from City of London Corporation for the second phase of a refurbishment project in the Middlesex Street Estate.
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Key workers prioritised in London 'pod' development
22/08/2011
Specialist west London housing association Ducane has prioritised key workers in a new development that will see 44 new units build on top of existing stock.
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ALMO faces sex and race claims
19/08/2011
An arm’s-length management organisation is facing sexual and racial discrimination claims from a male employee who was overlooked for a management role.
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Intervention surge predicted
19/08/2011
Social landlords could be pressed to make greater use of family intervention projects as the government seeks to address social problems behind last week’s riots in England.
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Welsh housing association launches private development arm
16/08/2011
North Wales Housing has responded to the Welsh Assembly’s social housing budget cuts by launching its own private development arm.