Places for People has reported a 32% increase in annual affordable completions, alongside a more than £290m increase in its pre-tax surplus.| Inside Housing
North West landlord Torus has recorded a £40m rise in its post-tax surplus for the year amid an income rise of nearly a third from shared ownership sales| Finance and Development
Listed investment trust PRS REIT has reported an 18% dip in profit ahead of the planned sale of its homes to an asset manager next month| Finance and Development
The Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru has recommended housing priorities for the Welsh government’s next parliamentary term, including tackling fuel poverty| Finance and Development
The government must take steps to foster the development of more supported housing, writes Margaret Mullane, MP for Dagenham and Rainham| Finance and Development
Instead of treating nature as something separate to us, like a property we have a right to destroy, we can reassess our relationship to it| Finance and Development
Shadow housing secretary James Cleverly has said that current affordable housing targets are so high they “prevent anything from getting built”| Finance and Development
The National Housing Federation has stressed the need to protect the provision of new affordable homes after reports that the mayor of London is considering slashing the 35% affordable target for new developments| Finance and Development
The Scottish government has reached a funding agreement with Aberdeen City Council to help meet the costs of addressing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in its homes| Finance and Development
Accent Housing has secured government funding of £33.8m through its partnership with Homes England which will go towards building over 300 homes| Finance and Development
Local authority trading companies give councils a mechanism for more direct involvement in development, writes Jemma Shorrock, associate director at Boyer| Finance and Development
Northern Ireland’s social housing waiting list has grown to nearly 50,000 households, the latest official figures reveal| Finance and Development
The Week in Housing is our weekly newsletter, rounding up the most important headlines for housing professionals| Finance and Development
Grant rates are failing to keep pace with construction costs that have risen 30-40% in the last five years, according to a new report| Finance and Development
The Northern Housing Consortium’s parliamentary inquiry into housing-led regeneration will maximise the benefits to Northern communities, writes NHC chief executive Tracy Harrison| Finance and Development
Awaab’s Law will be extended to temporary accommodation, the homelessness minister has announced.| Inside Housing
Although temporary accommodation now costs the taxpayer more than £2bn a year, spending on this type of housing remains largely unexamined. Inside Housing and the i newspaper joined forces to find out how the money is being used. Stephen Delahunty, Peter Apps and Vicky Spratt report on the findings| Inside Housing
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party will move towards a pro-social housing agenda because so many social renters are considering voting for them, Sir Keir Starmer’s former economic advisor has said.| Inside Housing
Inside Housing is partnering with the Northern Housing Consortium and PlaceShapers on a new series focused on the delivery of housing-led regeneration schemes.| Inside Housing
L&Q is to run “precautionary checks” on two buildings in south London and Croydon Council is checking one block after fire safety issues were uncovered in a tower built on the same development.| Inside Housing
We’ve seen first-hand what meaningful devolution can achieve when matched with a commitment to making great places, writes Rebecca Bennett Casserly, corporate director of development at WHG.| Inside Housing
Public services are being stripped bare while councils send millions to private landlords, writes Nye Jones, head of campaigns at Generation Rent.| Inside Housing
Just 42% of social housing tenants in Wales consider their rent to be affordable, according to the latest annual survey by TPAS Cymru.| Inside Housing
The key to changing public opinion on density is good design, writes Nigel Booen, director of design at planning consultancy Boyer| Inside Housing
The president of the Chartered Institute of Housing and a large contractor have called for a national skills strategy to scale up retrofit.| Inside Housing
The latest news, analysis, insight, expert comment, video and CPD learning from the UK social housing sector, provided by award-winning journalists.| Inside Housing
Inside Housing’s latest quarterly update to its live data dashboard reveals the numbers of households with children aged under five living in temporary accommodation and B&Bs| Inside Housing
