Uk & International

An independent review ordered by England's Housing Ombudsman into how Orbit Group has handled damp and mould has made 15 recommendations to the landlord.

The UK Government has missed an opportunity to regulate embodied carbon to meet its net zero legal commitments, according to the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).

English housing association Origin Housing has now joined the Places for People Group (PfP) Limited, unlocking an additional £100 million of investment into customers’ homes.

Salvation Army Housing Association (Saha) has changed its brand identity, corporate strategy and name to Salvation Army Homes and refreshed its mission to Safe Homes, Transforming Lives. Together, the housing association said these changes underpin a commitment to providing homes for people who

Propertymark has called for the UK Government to bring parity between the social and private rented sectors in England regarding qualification requirements to work in either sector.

The UK Government has been accused of watering down planned protections for renters in England with a series of reported changes to its Renters Reform Bill.

One of the largest providers of affordable housing and care in England has been ordered to pay almost £15,000 in compensation following a number of failings including vulnerable children living in damp and mould for three years and another resident with fungi growing in one of the bedrooms.

Social enterprise Places for People and its fund management business, Thriving Investments, have acquired Rosewood Housing, the for-profit registered provider of high-quality, affordable homes, from FRP, the administrator of Inland Homes PLC.

Residents of an English local authority have been awarded £40,000 after they were left in dire damp and mould conditions.

The Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing at Aston University has completed a two-year project with Birmingham City Council (BCC) exploring in depth the connections between harmful gambling and tenancy security – the first study of its kind in the UK.

Pay strikes by Sanctuary workers in London are set to resume this month with the cancellation of more repair jobs from initial industrial action set to worsen.

Work is due to begin on developing seven new one-bed small homes as Places for People expands its homelessness accommodation and support services for homeless people in Bristol.

The Housing Ombudsman has made six findings of severe maladministration for Birmingham City Council for how it handled leaks and damp and mould, as well as the associated complaint handling.

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation report into Hammersmith and Fulham Council, finding that failures throughout a number of cases left residents “feeling anything but secure in their homes” and causing wellbeing and financial consequences for those residents.

Planning proposals aimed to speed up brownfield development in England will not go far enough to increase the required supply of homes in London, a group of housing associations has warned. The G15, which represents London’s 11 largest housing associations, said housebuilding in Lond