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Carl Brown

England, London

Head of Content at Building

Head of Content at Building Design News

Head of Content at Housing Today

Housing & construction journalist. Head of Content at @BuildingNews @Housing_Today & @BDonline . Likes running @lcfc @49ers Formerly Inside Housing

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Articles

  • ‘I’m going to deal with this’ - Riverside boss Paul Dolan opens up about personal and professional resilience

    1 week ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Carl Brown

    Paul Dolan was on his very first day in his “dream job” as chief executive of 76,000-home housing association Riverside last May when his phone kept ringing. “I was out doing the meeting and greeting, out and about with the direct labour organisation [staff] and the management team when this number kept coming through on my phone”, he explains. “I ignored it once and then twice.

  • Mid-Devon District Council found to have breached rent standard due to incorrectly charging 2,800 residents

    2 weeks ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Carl Brown

    Council charged wrong amounts to all of its tenantsA council that charged more than 2,800 residents incorrect rent amounts has today been formally found in breach of the Regulator of Social Housing’s rent standard. Mid-Devon District Council last year realised that 1,243 of its tenants had been overcharged rent and 1,622 undercharged.

  • Clarion increases completions 12% but undershoots target

    2 weeks ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Carl Brown

    Housing association giant boosts turnover and surplus but warns overall surplus figure in accounts will be impacted by £20m building safety impairmentClarion Housing Group has increased its annual completions by 12%. The housing association giant, in a trading update for the year to 31 March, said it completed 1,727 homes in the 2024/25 year, up from 1,538 the previous year. It however narrowly missed its original target of building 1,828 homes.

  • ‘Act now to save supported housing’ - sector leaders warn Starmer and Reeves

    2 weeks ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Carl Brown

    Letter signed by 170 organisations warns a third of providers may have to stop providing supporting housing due to looming financial crisisMore supported housing schemes will close across the country unless the government acts in the spending review to tackle a funding crisis, a letter to the prime minister and chancellor signed by 170 organisations has warned.

  • ‘Early engagement is essential’ - G15 publishes guide for housebuilders seeking section 106 deals

    3 weeks ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Carl Brown

    New report by London housing association group is latest attempt to tackle section 106 slowdownThe G15 has published a guide to help housebuilders more easily secure section 106 deals with housing associations.

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