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Short on time? Monday’s housing news in five minutes
A round-up of the top stories this morning from Inside Housing and elsewhere
Top story: NHS investigated Sanctuary care home months before police probe
Concerns over the quality of service at a housing association care home led to an official probe by NHS groups six months before a police investigation was launched, Inside Housing can reveal.
Documents show that a series of reviews were carried out into the Garside House care home earlier in the year by Central London and Hammersmith & Fulham clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) after they were made aware of concerns about the quality of care.
Sanctuary said it was sorry that standards had slipped below where it wanted them and the CCG said an improvement plan had been put into operation.
Sadiq Khan deeply disappointed by lack of response to cladding letter
Sadiq Khan has told housing secretary Robert Jenrick that he is “deeply disappointed” by the government’s failure to respond to a letter sent before Christmas urging action on building safety.
The London mayor wrote to Mr Jenrick on 23 December asking ministers to act on six areas relating to fire safety.
The letter, signed by members of the Homes for Londoners board, including two housing association chief executives, requested the government to expand its cladding remediation funds to all types of unsafe cladding and give residents “realistic” timescales for the work.
Lunchtime long read
Take a trip down memory lane in an archive section this week that serves as a reminder of how little changes. Think the regulator’s concerns over leaseback funding or the sector’s worries about the extension of the Right to Buy are new? Think again.
Quote of the day
“I can’t make head nor tail of housing these days. One minute it is all about mergers and whizzbang technology (that’s the way to slash the headcount and cut costs).
“Then I see that the same landlord is winning awards for helping people into work. What’s going on? Is there some sort of revolving door? As soon as HR boots you out, the community investment types haul you back in.”
Alistair McIntosh, chief executive of the Housing Quality Network, writes about the sector’s relationship with tech.
In the papers
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The Guardian has a piece about the high number of homes set to be built on land at risk of flooding, with 11,410 homes planned for flood plains in coming years.
The BBC has published what it describes as a “housing briefing” explaining why there are so many difficulties with housing in this country.
Also in The Guardian is a report on Rebecca Long-Bailey’s challenge to her leadership rivals to commit to building more council housing.
Local news
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The Birmingham Mail has a report on a “desperate” mum who has applied for 650 council homes without getting a single offer.
And the North West England Mail says that Barrow Council has made £1.3m selling off surplus property and land.
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