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The findings of our research show that home ownership in England has fallen significantly over the past two decades 👇
Broken Ladder: The Affordability Gap is live on our website now 📄
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
A fab write up by our sister publication today on one of the new towns that has some celebrity naysayers living.insidehousing.co.uk/analysis/mee...
I visited Birmingham to find out about plans to build social housing on Church of England land >
www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insi...
Doctors to strike for five days during winter over jobs and pay
www.channel4.com/news/doctors...
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Alex Notay as our new Chief Executive Officer. housingforum.org.uk/alex-notay-a...
We’re proud to have joined with over 40 organisations including campaigners for tenants, homelessness and debt advice charities, landlord organisations and others in calling on the UK government to unfreeze local housing allowance at the upcoming budget.
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#UnfreezeLHA
With heavy hearts we release our findings of our annual investigation into the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in 2024.
Read more on our site here:
museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...
A photo of Ben Twomey from Generation Rent, left, Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook MP, centre, and Niamh Evans from Renters' Reform Coalition, right. All are dressed in suits and smiling at the camera.
Thank you to @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social for meeting with us today.
Along with @generationrent.bsky.social, we discussed the end of Section 21 evictions and the pathway to securing decent standards for rented homes. 🏡
Illustration of the precinct shopping centre in Coventry, with its shiny 1960s architecture, walkways and colourful flower planters
“An example of the town of the future is Coventry.... Traffic and pedestrians are kept apart and the roads are planned to let traffic flow smoothly”
(Our Land in the Making, 1966)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
The New Towns Taskforce recommendations show a strong commitment to affordable housing, a key step to solving the housing crisis.
Our members are ready to work with local partners and the government in building new towns – creating sustainable homes and thriving mixed communities.
The headline figure from Labour’s manifesto of building 1.5 million new homes in five years is now a well reported ambition of Government, in order to “recapture the dream of homeownership [and to] support families & communities”.
Jennifer Heron's full blog: lichfields.uk/blog/2024/oc...
New blog post, Pragmatic Planning Guidance: The New Flood Risk PPG
simonicity.com/2025/09/21/p...
Uncertainty about the application of the sequential test is causing real problems for housebuilders across the country.
To ensure a proportionate, pragmatic and consistent approach to surface flood risk, we have today updated Planning Practice Guidance 👇🏻
www.gov.uk/guidance/flo...
Second red box.
This time, as minister for local government and homelessness. So much to do to rebalance our economy and make sure there are no more forgotten places, no more forgotten people.
With my mug from my time as a member of the best London borough, Southwark 💜
Specialist surveys will help Historic England Archive reduce carbon emissions while preserving 15 million historical records and photographs.
The number of new homes that received planning permission in England during Q2 was 17% lower than the same quarter in 2024
Our latest Housing Pipeline report is live. Here are the key statistics you need to be aware of 👇
Scotland’s housing secretary has pledged almost £5 billion of cash over the next five years to build around 36,000 affordable homes.
news.stv.tv/scotland/hou...
“For too long, social housing failures have been dismissed as second-tier concerns, largely because the tenure is for people on lower incomes.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Professor David Mosey appointed to Construction Playbook team to review public procurement frameworks https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2021/02/09/lawyer-to-lead-review-of-construction-frameworks/
#TransformingConstruction
NEW @e3g.bsky.social analysis - Heat pumps have potential to *halve* UK heating bills.
But policies need to change if these savings are to be accessible to the mass market 🔌💡
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Over the past year, our New Homes Accelerator has expedited the delivery of almost 100k homes on large-scale housing developments across England.
From today, six new sites will receive targeted support – speeding up the delivery of another 12k homes to buy and rent.
Birmingham City Council has issued fines totalling £450,000 to landlords of unlicensed rental properties as it enforces one of the country’s most comprehensive property licensing schemes.
thenegotiator.co.uk/news/regulat...
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A piece from me about some interesting questions in housing research right now and how submissions to @thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social might help to answer them. Get your papers in by 25th September.
Loving this month's cover @insidehousing.bsky.social!
