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Amid ongoing reforms to England’s private rented sector, Prof Ken Gibb explores Ben Cooper’s call for a new housing quality standard to tackle the crisis of substandard rental homes. Against the backdrop of the legislation moving through Westminster to reform the private rented sector in

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A landmark report has been published that sets out a comprehensive plan to tackle England’s housing crisis, including three reforms which would alone provide 100,000 affordable homes. While the housing crisis in major cities traditionally dominates headlines, the report from the District Counc

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The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Sage Homes to conduct an independent review which found failings in Sage Home’s approach to addressing vulnerabilities and safeguarding concerns. The review followed an Ombudsman investigation that found the landlord failed to adequately address a residents&rs

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Miller Homes has agreed to buy English housebuilder St Modwen Homes. The deal sees Miller Homes acquire 19 live sites, totalling around 3,500 plots for new homes, and a further five strategic sites, growing its business in the West Midlands, East Midlands and South regions and entering the South Wes

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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has reiterated its concern about emissions of fine particulate matter PM2.5 caused by domestic wood burning, after new research found the biggest source of the most dangerous type of air pollution in England comes from wood burning stoves.

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