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Morning Briefing: green light for ‘Scotland’s largest build-to-rent scheme’
Details of a large build-to-rent scheme in Glasgow, plus all the rest of the morning’s housing headlines
In the news
Planning permission has been granted for Scotland’s largest build-to-rent scheme, reports Scottish Housing News. Glasgow City Council has reportedly agreed plans from investment partnership Get Living to invest £200m in 727 new build-to-rent homes.
The Guardian has reported on the ongoing Grenfell Inquiry, including comments from lawyers representing survivors saying London Fire Brigade commander Dany Cotton is not fit for office.
You can read The Guardian’s report here. Look out for Inside Housing’s latest inquiry round-up later today.
Staffordshire Live has a report about Universal Credit “desperation”, which has seen Stafford Borough Council spending its Discretionary Housing Payment pot to help claimants at “an alarming rate”.
Inside Housing will be publishing a number of special reports on the impact of Universal Credit later this week.
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Theresa May’s announcement of the scrapping of the council borrowing cap in October was welcomed, but Bethanie Roughley of thinktank Localis argues there are still barriers preventing councils building homes. You can read her piece for Public Finance magazine here.
The latest evidence that rising house prices are affecting areas across the United Kingdom can be found on Wales Online. The website has used Rightmove data to track house price increases in the Swansea and South West area, showing increases in some areas of up to 300% over the last 18 years.
Could community-led housing play a significant role in tackling the housing crisis? Planning & Building Control Today details a report by Housing Futures outlining the benefits of community led-housing.
Tyneside newspaper The Shields Gazette is reporting on a squeeze on social housing tenants’ finances which means rent now takes up 29% of their income.
Is the planning system restricting supply of housing? Former Conservative councillor Caroline Ffiske has criticised the “Soviet-style” planning system in the UK, saying it is slow, restricts new housing and is costly. You can read the piece, published on a website called The Conservative Woman, here.
On social media
Paul Hackett, chief executive of Optivo, has tweeted about the launch of an Anglo-French partnership to help housing association tenants into work:
Looking forward to speaking at the official launch this afternoon in Westminster, of this exciting Anglo-French initiative to help 4,000 HA residents on both sides of the channel into employment, training and self employment. #ukhousing #AngloFrenchPartnership #enterprise pic.twitter.com/XfsPr9yTlA
— Paul Hackett (@PaulHackett10)Looking forward to speaking at the official launch this afternoon in Westminster, of this exciting Anglo-French initiative to help 4,000 HA residents on both sides of the channel into employment, training and self employment. #ukhousing #AngloFrenchPartnership #enterprise pic.twitter.com/XfsPr9yTlA
— Paul Hackett (@PaulHackett10) December 11, 2018
And new National Housing Federation chief executive Kate Henderson is continuing her introduction to the social housing sector by attending a PlaceShapers board meeting:
Really looking forward to joining your Board meeting today and discussing opportunities for collaboration and partnership between @placeshapers and @natfednews #ukhousing
— Kate Henderson (@KateNHF)Really looking forward to joining your Board meeting today and discussing opportunities for collaboration and partnership between @placeshapers and @natfednews #ukhousing
— Kate Henderson (@KateNHF) December 10, 2018
What’s on:
- The Chartered Institute of Housing is hosting a webinar titled ‘Supporting 21st century career development’ from 1pm
- The Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities Committee in the House of Lords will hold an oral evidence session today from 3.20pm
