Housing Today

Housing Today is a fresh media outlet designed to assist housing experts in understanding the fast-evolving housing environment. This shift includes the merging of public and private housing sectors, where housing associations are now constructing homes for sale, while private builders are focusing on rental properties. The private rental market is also changing, with professional build-to-rent developers coming into play, leading to a new comprehensive housing model where developers are involved in the entire process of designing, building, and managing homes.

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PBSA to be included in Scottish rent controls after cross-party committee backs amendment

1 week ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Daniel Gayne

Property sector warns of impact on investmentMSPs have voted to include student accommodation in the rent control plans set out in the Housing (Scotland) Bill. The devolved parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee passed an amendment to the bill, which was tabled by Scottish Conservative MSP Graham Simpson and backed by the Scottish Green Party and Scottish Labour.
‘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.
London council slashes temporary accommodation bill £6m by cutting hotel and B&B use by 84%

1 week ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Daniel Gayne

New social homes and targeted supports help Greenwich make progress Greenwich Borough Council has reduced its use of hotels and bed and breakfasts for temporary accommodation by 84% over a year and a half. Figures for March 2025, showed that the number of households in hotels had dropped to 44, down from the 269 recorded in 18 months before in September 2023.
Hill Group picked for Dolphin’s 208-home Hackney regeneration scheme

1 week ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Daniel Gayne

Developer also wins grant funding from London mayor Dolphin Living has appointed Hill Group to deliver its plans to redevelop the New Era estate in Hackney. The new scheme, which was designed by architects Allies & Morrison, will replace the existing 1930s complex in Hoxton with 208 new homes and 384 sq m of retail floorspace set across buildings ranging from three to 13 storeys. Source: Black Point Design Of the homes, 109 will be for sale and 99 will be available for intermediate rent.
Geopolitical uncertainty has had ‘no immediate impact’ on business, says Persimmon CEO

2 weeks ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Daniel Gayne

Housebuilder remains on track to deliver targeted completionsRecent uncertainty in the global economy triggered by the new US president’s tariff regime has had no impact on Persimmon’s business, according to the firm’s boss. Last month, Donald Trump announced a minimum 10% tariff on all US imports, triggering frantic negotiations with trading partners, escalating the trade war with China, and creating significant uncertainty for firms in the UK.
Housebuilding workload picture ‘marginally less negative’ than last quarter, RICS finds

2 weeks ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Daniel Gayne

Surveyors raise concerns about financial and regulatory obstaclesPublic and private housing both posted marginally improved results in the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Construction Monitor. The body revealed that the series for both sectors revealed marginally less negative net balance readings in comparison to Q4 of 2024. Public housing moved to -1% from -7% and private housing moved from -5% to -2%.
Northern Housing Consortium announces new senior appointments

2 weeks ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Daniel Gayne

Boss of group’s commercial procurement arm named deputy chief executiveThe Northern Housing Consortium made a series of promotions to bolster its senior management team. The NHC, which represents housing associations in the north of England, has appointed James Ealey, previously executive director of NHC Procurement, as deputy chief executive.
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.