COVID-19

The nominations for the 2022 Northern Housing Awards are now officially open – and this year, they’re bigger than ever.

Reinventing Homes will look at how the challenges of COVID-19 and the climate crisis are affecting the housing sector.

The government has announced it will provide an extra £60m to local authorities to support the adult social care response to COVID-19 in January.

A nurse and a police officer are among the first to benefit from the scheme, which offers homes at a discount to local first-time buyers and keyworkers.

The Home Connections report found 5% of the 26,000 properties analysed received 500 bids or more in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of social-rented homes provided by the sector fell during the pandemic, despite an overall rise in housing provision, according to the regulator.