Would you want retrofit work done on your home? How do you like your landlord to communicate with you? What language should we use to talk about energy efficiency? Those are just some of the questions which were discussed at a focus group with the tenant advisory group for the cross sector retrofit communications project. […]
Northern Housing Consortium chief executive, Tracy Harrison, and Executive Director (Policy & Public Affairs), Brian Robson, met new Housing Minister, Rachel Maclean MP, in Westminster yesterday to brief her on some of the key issues facing the sector in the North – and the things you our members tell us. We were pleased to brief […]
Climate change is the defining challenge of a generation and tackling it will require organisations and individuals to play their part in creating a more sustainable future. The task of becoming a sustainable organisation is a mandatory one and cannot be left solely to sustainability departments to implement. However, without the knowledge to do so, […]
With Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement coming on the 15th March, the NHC has submitted a budget representation to the Treasury. The NHC has long-term asks on investment in energy efficiency of existing homes, on brownfield land remediation and local authority capacity, which we set out in our 2021 Spending Review Representation. However, at […]
In June 2022, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) published its White Paper, A Fairer Private Rented Sector, which outlines the Government’s long-term vision for the private rented sector (PRS). The Government has confirmed that the proposals are to be implemented this Parliament through a Renters’ Reform Bill. The proposals in the […]
Blog by: Luke Cross, Director, Social Invest ESG and sustainable finance are so last season, don’t you agree? No, me neither. In actual fact, ESG and sustainable finance are now part of the landscape for the UK social housing sector. We are beyond the idea that ESG is some sort of fad, that it’s simply […]
In September 2022, the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) published the outcome of its consultation on Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs). As a result, from the 1st April 2023 all registered providers of social housing will need to collect and publish a range of data on areas such as repairs, safety checks and complaints – in […]
The Social Housing White Paper published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) in November 2020 set out wide ranging reforms designed to improve the quality of social housing, and ensure residents felt safe, listened to, and had access to redress when issues arise. The Levelling Up White Paper reinforced this commitment […]
Prior to Christmas an early present from Government came in the form of the consultation package Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy. In addition to a revised National Planning Policy Framework ‘prospectus’, the Government is also seeking views on National Development Management Policies, further policy to support the levelling up agenda, and how […]
This month the NHC and Ward Hadaway’s dedicated Safety in Neighbourhoods Network held a special session focussing on improving partnership working between housing providers and other local agencies. Partnership working and information sharing are key to tackling ASB effectively, ensuring that the full extent of the issues are known and the most informed decisions can […]
