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Short on time? Tuesday’s housing news in five minutes
A round-up of the top stories this morning from Inside Housing and elsewhere
Top story: Bromford pulls out of two council areas as it narrows focus
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West Midlands landlord Bromford has ended its presence in two council areas and is aiming to sell off more properties as part of an ongoing rationalisation strategy.
The move to offload 86 homes across Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands is part of a four-year strategy by the group.
Imran Mubeen, head of treasury at Bromford, told Inside Housing: “It was deemed to be much more efficient and strategically beneficial.”
London housing association moves step closer on 990-home scheme but affordable share reduced
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G15 landlord Catalyst has moved a step closer in its plans to regenerate a major west London housing estate, but the share of affordable housing is being reduced on the scheme.
The proposal for 990 new homes on the Friary Park Estate now includes 45% affordable housing, compared with the 50% allocated when plans were made public in January.
Lunchtime long read
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Our deputy editor Peter Apps has run the rule over whether Boris Johnson is correct in his assertion that he “massively outbuild Labour” as London mayor.
Quote of the day
“It’s hard to avoid the impression of a party determined to do no more than look like it is addressing the structural crises in homelessness, social housing, fire safety and homeownership.”
Our columnist Jules Birch dissects the Conservative manifesto.
In the papers
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A study by thinktank the Resolution Foundation suggests that child poverty could rise to a 60-year high under a Conservative government, The Guardian reports. However the report also says that while Labour’s £9bn of extra spending would mean 550,000 fewer children in poverty, it would not see current poverty rates fall.
In an effort to highlight the “bleak reality” of the housing crisis, The Mirror reports on a couple who are struggling to get by living in a privately rented one-bed flat with their eight-month-old baby in Richmond, south-west London.
Jeremy Corbyn is set to announce a “radical overhaul” of adult social care, according to The Mirror’s front page. Among seven pledges, the Labour leader will reportedly promise to guarantee free day-to-day personal care for OAPs and a £10.8bn investment in social care services.
Local news
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Fewer than 10 new homes for social rent were delivered in the whole of Cambridgeshire last year, Cambridgeshire Live reports.
Picking up on the government’s figures published last week, the papers notes: “The fact is, then, that while the headline total of new ‘affordable homes’ is indeed going up, the number available for social rent – often the cheapest and most secure option for the very poorest – is falling nationally and barely features in the conversation in places like Cambridgeshire.”
In the North West, Salford City Council is set to raise the amount developers have to pay in Section 106 contributions and increase affordable housing requirements on schemes, property website Place North West reports. It comes after the council launched an affordable housing division, Dérive, earlier this month.
