Clarion has boosted its operating surplus by six per cent from £289m to £306m for the financial year 2017/18, while its operating costs fell from £495m to £478m. The association, which already owns 125,000 homes, built 1,263 homes in the... View Article

A London housing association has appointed a contractor to deliver one of the first phases of its work on the giant Thamesmead regeneration project in the south east of the capital. Peabody has named Durkan as the contractor for the... View Article

The tallest remaining tower block built using the same large panel system as Ronan Point is set to be demolished due to concerns about its “long-term structural integrity”. Leicester’s deputy mayor approved proposals to knock down Goscote House, a 23-storey... View Article

The Mears Group has blamed delays to work orders following the Grenfell Tower tragedy as a major factor in its profits falling by almost eight per cent over the past year. The contractor carries out repairs and maintenance work for... View Article

Housing contractor Wates has enjoyed a successful start to the year with a series of positive outcomes across its repair and maintenance, regeneration and new build business areas. Wates Group’s results for 2017 showed a 5.9 per cent increase in... View Article

A community housing association in Wales has been fined £30,000 after it failed to effectively manage its employees’ exposure to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) over a prolonged period of time. Following the company’s introduction of health surveillance in May... View Article

Mergers in the social housing sector continued with several completed deals being announced in different parts of the country, as the drive for efficiency savings and bigger volumes to deliver new development work persists. In East Anglia, Cambridge based King... View Article

A record six-figure fine has been imposed on a Birmingham landlord after the city council discovered well over 30 fire safety issues in four properties she let as houses of multiple occupation. Lelia Amjadi, of Sutton Coldfield, was ordered by... View Article

Liverpool City Council has told landlords to stop converting family homes into student accommodation in part of the city, unless they obtain specific permission to do so after complaints from residents about anti-social behaviour. The council’s cabinet has approved plans... View Article

The Residential Landlords Association has asked the Government to reconsider the way landlords are taxed after a report from the Resolution Foundation claimed 16 per cent of young people will never own their own home. Responding to the report RLA... View Article

The majority of local councils in England are struggling to find stable housing for homeless people in their area, leaving them forced to place more and more people in unstable temporary accommodation. A new report from the charities Crisis and... View Article