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All registered providers of social housing in England will need to collect and publish a range of comparable information on areas such as repairs, safety checks and complaints from 1 April 2023 under new tenant satisfaction measures (TSMs) being introduced by the Regulator of Social Housing. Th

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Sector bodies for the not-for-profit social housing sector across the UK have written to new Prime Minister Liz Truss to express their escalating concern over the impact that rising living costs are having on residents and housing providers, urging her to provide prompt and targeted support. The let

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Housing association Hyde Group has won £10.8 million in damages and costs from a contractor after a dispute over defective cladding. Construction firm Mulalley was ordered to pay damages and costs to group subsidiary Martlet Homes in a case relating to tower blocks in Gosport, Hampsh

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A cap on social housing rent increases could be put in place for the coming financial year in England under proposals being consulted on by the UK Government, with options at 3%, 5% and 7% being considered. A consultation has been launched today to invite views from social housing tenants and landlo

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The UK Government’s housing strategy could consume all of England’s carbon budget unless vital action is taken to rapidly reduce the ecological impacts of housing, according to an academic report. New research led by Ecological Economist Dr Sophus zu Ermgassen at the Durrell Institute of

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Leeds City Council is leading a partnership of expert organisations in carrying out a feasibility study into the development of an innovative methodology for deploying domestic heat pumps at a high-density within urban communities. In 2021, approximately 85% of UK domestic heating was provided throu

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The UK Government should intervene to provide private renters in England with a right to buy the property they live in, according to a recent paper by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). This briefing, titled 'Making a house a home: Why policy must focus on the ownership and distribution of h

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The UK's largest housing association Clarion has been hit with a third severe maladministration ruling from the Housing Ombudsman, this time for its cumulative failings in handling repairs to resolve a leak and the problems that followed with the resident’s shower and electrics. In a

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A giant 'sand battery' that can store enough cheap renewable energy to heat 100 homes for up to two weeks has been constructed in Finland. Polar Night Energy’s first commercial sand-based high temperature heat storage is now in operation at Vatajankoski power plant area.

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Wheatley Group board member and chair of Wheatley Foundation, Paddy Gray, has joined a new independent commission to review the housing system in Ireland. Professor Gray is one of two international experts chosen to be on the new Housing Commission set up by the Government of Ireland.

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