4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (293+ words) Housing association Orbit has created a new role aimed at strengthening the quality and consistency of its empty-homes programme. Jonathan Hazeldine will take on the position as head of empty-homes renovations at the 47,000-home landlord. He joins the housing association…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (270+ words) A landlord in Northern Ireland has appointed a new director of HR and corporate services. Radius Housing has hired Kelly Looker, who looks to bring senior leadership experience across human resources, organisational development and operational management to the role. During…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1765+ words) “I feel like a proper tour guide,” Lara Joyce jokes. “Please stay seated until we come to a stop.” She is standing at the front of a coach with a microphone, facing the dozen or so social housing sector geeks…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (425+ words) Scotland’s former chief auditor has been named as the new chair of Wheatley. Caroline Gardner will succeed Jo Armstrong and oversee the board of the 96,000-home landlord for the next five years. Before joining Wheatley’s board in 2021, she spent eight…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (389+ words) A pair of housing associations operating in Southern England have traded almost 600 homes as part of plans to improve their operations. A2Dominion has transferred 582 properties in the region to Vivid, alongside other assets including a community centre, play park and parking…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (726+ words) A second London landlord in two months has completed a multimillion-pound sale of its private rented business. Kennedy Wilson is the preferred party to buy Notting Hill Genesis’ (NHG) 2,079-home private rental business. Reported by Inside Housing Living yesterday, it…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (325+ words) Credit rating agency S&P Global has revised its outlook on Housing Plus Group from negative to stable, reflecting “strong progress” on its merger as cost savings offset elevated demand for repairs. S&P also affirmed its ‘A’ long-term credit rating…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1700+ words) Homes England revealed this morning that just three of the 33 strategic partners outside London in the first £10bn wave of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme are local authorities. Stephen Delahunty rounds up the new strategic partners’ reaction The government trialled…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (680+ words) The government has launched a consultation on a new standard Section 106 template, while promising to “engage intensively” with councils on ways to expand their social housing stock. Alongside initial funding allocations under the Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP), the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (452+ words) Housing Plus Group has completed a major funding programme after securing £961m from five banking partners. Nationwide, NatWest, Santander, AIB and Barclays have backed the landlord with the multi-million-pound investment to support investment in existing homes, deliver new homes and strengthen…...