Entries by dellwood

NHC gives evidence to Select Committee inquiry on land value capture

Last week, the Northern Housing Consortium’s (NHC) Senior Policy and Research Manager, Tom Kennedy, gave oral evidence to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, as part of their ongoing inquiry into ‘Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture’. The inquiry is seeking to understand how land value capture mechanisms, such as Section […]

MRI Software guest blog – Urgent Call for Better Solutions as Temporary Accommodation Costs Spiral

Deborah Matthews, Managing Director, MRI Living for Social Housing. MRI Software Local Authorities are currently facing a challenging and ongoing budget crisis, with some spending over £500,000 each week on temporary accommodation. This situation is not only unsustainable but also deeply concerning, as it drains valuable resources and fails to provide the lasting solutions that […]

Visiting members’ sites across South Yorkshire with DESNZ

This month we had a great day taking colleagues from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) around members’ sites across the South Yorkshire region – highlighting the fantastic work members are doing to install green home upgrades and meet the net zero challenge. DESNZ colleagues included Selvin Brown (Director for Net Zero […]

New NHC appointments to support better homes and places across the North

We’ve boosted our management team with a series of appointments. The new roles will be instrumental in the delivery of our corporate plan, which launched earlier this month.   The new three-year plan sets out how we will deliver our vision to support members to create better homes and places across the North. James Ealey, who […]

Spring Statement 2025 – NHC on-the-day briefing

On 26th March the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves delivered the Spring Statement. The government had previously signalled their intention to deliver only one fiscal event per year, in the Autumn, with a smaller economic forecast update taking place each Spring. As a result, this event did not include a significant number of major […]

Planning and Infrastructure Bill – what NHC members need to know

The government recently published its long-awaited Planning and Infrastructure Bill. This Bill aims to provide a more consistent, streamlined framework for planning decisions, reducing the time taken for decisions on major infrastructure and housing developments. There are five key objectives the Government intend to achieve through the Bill: Delivering a faster and more certain consenting […]

HACT Social Value Conference 2-3/04/25 – Book Your Place

This must-attend event brings together experts in the latest thinking and innovation to challenge, inform and drive the agenda for Social Value. Register your attendance here Our free, two-day, online event draws some fantastic and inspirational speakers covering topics from across the board, encouraging those who are at any stage of their social value journey […]