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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Housing Ombudsman urges social landlords to ‘renew and improve’ relationships with leaseholders

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

Watchdog says system can seem ‘unresponsive’ or ‘indifferent’ to leaseholders needsThe housing ombudsman has published findings from 12 cases of failings by social landlords which he said illustrates how the system can appear “unresponsive or “indifferent” to the needs of leaseholders.
CIH vice-president election 2025: a guide to the candidates

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

CIH vice-president election 2025: a guide to the candidates By Carl Brown2025-06-18T06:00:00 Chartered Institute of Housing members can now vote in the election for the institute’s president in 2026. Here is a guide to the five candidates Voting is under way in the Chartered Institute of Housing’s vice-president election.
£39bn AHP could support 500,000 new homes, says JLL

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

But £100bn would be needed in private finance to plug the viability gapThe £39bn Affordable Homes Programme announced by the chancellor last week could help deliver 500,000 homes over a decade assuming an overall average grant rate per unit of £80,000, according to JLL. Rachel Reeves last week announced a 10-year AHP worth £3.9bn in grant a year on average. JLL said the funding could provide the starting tranche for 50,000 homes a year, if overall grant is around £80,000 per home.
House prices show ‘unusual dip’ in June

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

Higher than expected prices in April and May partly explain drop, along with competitive marketHouse prices fell by 0.3% in June compared to the previous month in what Rightmove described as an ‘unusual dip’. Rightmove’s latest house price index show average house price was £378,240 in June, down £1,277 month on month. The figure was 0.8% up year-on-year. It said: “The continued decade-high level of buyer choice is also continuing to put downwards pressure on prices.
Former Homes England and Hyde boss Peter Denton among recipients in King’s birthday honours list

1 week ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Matilda Battersby

Urban Splash founder Tom Bloxham and former North Star boss Angela Lockwood also among those honouredPeter Denton, former chief executive of Homes England and Hyde, has been named in the King’s Birthday Honours for his “services to housing and to major urban regeneration”. Denton accepted a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) medal in an honours list that honoured several figures in the housing and construction industry.
Notting Hill Genesis reveals £129m deficit

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

G15 landlord hit by losses to the value of private rental properties, new building safety costs, writedowns and cost overrunsNotting Hill Genesis (NHG) will report a deficit of £129m in 2024/25. The G15 landlord, in an unaudited trading update for the year ending 31 March, revealed it will post a large deficit for the second successive year, following last year’s figure of £90.2m. NHG said the latest deficit is due to several factors.
L&G agrees to buy 200 affordable homes from Hill’s Coventry regeneration scheme

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

Full first phase of development will deliver 991 homesHill Group and institutional investor L&G have agreed a partnership to deliver affordable homes in Coventry. Under the deal, L&G will buy 200 affordable homes built by the housebuilder in the first phase of the regeneration of the City Centre South site, which is located near the city’s railway and historic market.
Housing associations hoping £2.5bn in spending review will be used for amortised grant funding model

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

Talks are continuing with government about solution to interest cover squeeze that is restricting developmentHousing association leaders are hoping that a £2.5bn funding pot announced in the spending review can be used on a proposed model aimed at easing a short-term balance sheet squeeze that is currently restricting development.
The spending review was a bold step which provides opportunities to think differently about delivery

2 weeks ago | housingtoday.co.uk | Paul Rickard

The spending review on Wednesday delivered what many in the housing sector have long hoped for: a serious commitment to affordable housing, with £39 billion pledged over the next decade. It’s a powerful statement of intent from the government, one that recognises the scale of the challenge we face, and one that could potentially unlock and supercharge the delivery of affordable housing.
The chancellor’s £39bn boost buys time for social housing - now innovative private finance models must help deliver at scale

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

The chancellor’s £39bn boost buys time for social housing – now innovative private finance models must help deliver at scale By Carl Brown2025-06-12T11:53:00 The Labour government is prioritising funding for grant-heavy, and much-needed, social rented homes while also promising to ramp up delivery to 1.5 million homes a year. Innovation to draw in private finance can help square the circle, says Carl Brown The housing sector gave a massive sigh of relief yesterday.