FINANCE & LEGAL

The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration within Great Yarmouth Borough Council for failings that had a “significant impact” on a resident.

Salix Homes has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from a major high street lender to develop its “highly sustainable” housing development in Salford.

Social housing residents will be better protected as part of a review to ensure they are listened to, the minister for Rough Sleeping & Housing has said.

Sovereign Housing Association has chosen 17 solicitors’ firms it will work with over the next five years as it bolsters its commitment to social value.

The New Start partnership includes Karbon Homes, Your Homes Newcastle, North Tyneside Council, Northumberland County Council, Changing Lives, and Bernicia.

The Welsh government has said it wants to make the “biggest change” to housing law in the country for decades.