Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook MP has written to Chief Executives and Council leaders to update them on safety legislation. He intends to share further details about future regulation on quality and safety over the coming weeks to give providers the certainty they need “to quickly ramp up investment in existing and new stock”. The full […]
The sector’s views are currently being sought on a number of key areas through consultations and calls for evidence running over the summer and into the autumn. The NHC plans to respond to several of these on: Consultation on new draft consumer standards by the Regulator of Social Housing. The NHC is also running two […]
With Rishi Sunak reaching 100 days of his premiership in early February, the prime minister decided to reset his government with a Cabinet reshuffle and a reshaping of departments. Sunak has created four new departments, resulting in a split to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The new departments formed out of […]
The north of England’s first tenants’ climate jury will host its inaugural session tonight. The Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury is made up of 30 tenants from project partners First Choice Homes Oldham, Karbon Homes, Salix Homes, Thirteen Group, and Yorkshire Housing. The project is being led by the Northern Housing Consortium (NHC), which represents […]
The 2019 General Election returned 140 new MPs to Parliament; of these, 40 represent constituencies in the North of England. Traditionally, new MPs arrive in Westminster and deliver their first speech to the House that gives some personal and constituency background, as well as briefly setting out the issues they aim to confront in the […]
Northern Housing Consortium 2019 Election of Directors The overall management and strategic direction of the Northern Housing Consortium is entrusted to the Board of Directors who are subject to election each year from Full Member organisations. Under the Consortium’s governance arrangements, all nominations for the position of Director will be reviewed by the Board (or […]
