Political and business leader came together last week in Manchester for the Convention of the North. The mayors of Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region and North of Tyne converged to discuss levelling up and how to address regional inequalities. Delegates had to opportunity to hear speeches from Secretary of State at […]
On the 17th January, the NHC held its flagship event, The Northern Housing Summit – returning as an in-person event to the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. The Summit displayed the NHC’s ability to convene the sector and wider stakeholders in order the advance the voice of housing in the North on topical issues. […]
Law firm Ward Hadaway has appointed two new solicitors who have joined the firm’s growing Built Environment Team in Newcastle. Based at the firm’s Quayside office in the city centre, the appointments of Philippa Jones and Victoria Chatterton, joining from their previous firms have further strengthened the construction and engineering team, supporting their growing client […]
The Government has announced its new ECO+ scheme which will make £1 billion of funding available for energy efficiency improvements, such as loft or wall insulation. BEIS has confirmed that the new ECO phase, ECO+, will be available to a wider range of groups, helping households who do not currently have access to any other […]
In December, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Housing in the North, for which the NHC acts as Secretariat, met for an online end-of-year wrap-up session. The meeting was organised to bring key stakeholders together to discuss the past and future of Levelling Up and advocate for a continued approach to tackling inequalities that appreciates […]
The Better Social Housing Review, the independent panel on quality and trust in the housing association sector, have published their findings this week. The Review was instigated by the National Housing Federation and Chartered Institute of Housing earlier this year, and was led by Helen Baker, the Chair of Shelter. The report makes seven key […]
A new task force set up to achieve the 30,000 net zero social rented homes by 2038 pledged by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham met for the first time in November. The NHC are pleased to be represented by Executive Director (Policy & Public Affairs), Brian Robson, on the Greater Manchester Truly Affordable Net Zero […]
The NHC’s Brian Robson featured on the BBC’s Politics North (North East & Cumbria) programme in December, highlighting evidence from this year’s Northern Housing Monitor on the North’s poorly insulated and draughty homes which fall below the government’s EPC C benchmark for energy efficiency. Speaking to the BBC’s Robert Cooper, Brian said: “We’ve got an […]
In November 2021, the Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury launched its final report; their views as social housing tenants as to how tenants, social landlords, and other place-based organisations can work together to tackle climate change in our homes and neighbourhoods. Central to the project was the pressing issue of retrofitting homes – making properties […]
