Policy

Fiona MacGregor was speaking at Housing 22, following the announcement that she is to step down as CEO of the Regulator of Social Housing next year.

Climate Change Minister Julie James said addressing fire safety defects in medium- and high-rise buildings “must go beyond cladding”.

Levelling Up Committee chair Clive Betts has written to Michael Gove expressing a series of concerns regarding the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill.

The UK government has launched a £150m Help to Build scheme to help boost home-ownership and “enable people to overcome prohibitive mortgage costs”.

The government has promised to extend the Decent Homes Standard to the PRS as it seeks to “redress the balance” between landlords and tenants.

The call came from the interim NIFHA chief executive Patrick Thompson as he addressed the organisation’s annual conference.

Climate solutions charity Ashden says a nationwide retrofit programme would cut emissions, reduce fuel poverty, and boost local employment.

Two in five respondents to the Places for People Scotland survey said they believe neighbourhoods with social housing are more crime-ridden.

A coalition representing London’s 32 boroughs has reflected on the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire in 2017.

The new homes will be delivered as part of the Bristol Temple Quarter regeneration, which is also set to create “thousands” of jobs.