On 2nd July, the Government published a new five step plan for social and affordable housing, titled ‘Delivering a decade of renewal for social and affordable housing’. This high-level strategy sets out how the Government will work with the housing sector to increase the amount of social rent homes and improve quality. A breakdown of […]
Last year the Government consulted on changes to the Right to Buy scheme and on 2 July 2025 published its response to the consultation. The response confirmed reforms to the Right to Buy including: Exempting newly built social homes from Right to Buy for 35 years Increasing the length of tenancy requirements to qualify for […]
The Government has published phase one regulations for Awaab’s Law and electrical safety in social housing, with a statement from the Secretary of State on 25 June 2025. The Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025 set out the first phase of the implementation of Awaab’s Law as set out in s10A of the Landlord […]
A new Council Housebuilding Skills and Capacity Programme (CHSCP) has been launched by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The new programme will be delivered in partnership with Homes England and the Local Government Association to help support councils increase their level of housebuilding. The programme will help: upskill existing council workforces. […]
The new National Housing Bank, announced last month, will be a subsidiary of Homes England. It will manage £16 billion of investment made up of loans, equity and guarantees, looking to support the development of 500,000 new homes. It hopes to accelerate housebuilding and leverage in £53 billion of additional private investment. The approach will […]
As part of the Government’s new five-step plan for social and affordable housing, published on 2nd July, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MCHLG) have launched a new consultation on how to implement rent convergence. The Government recently confirmed, as part of the Spending Review, that social housing rents will be permitted to […]
A long-awaited consultation on new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) in social housing launched last week, with the Government seeking views on proposals until 10th September 2025. The Government is proposing, as expected, that all social homes will be required to meet a Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard of EPC C by 2030. The EPC system […]
Alongside a raft of wider announcements, the Government last week provided additional details on the future of grant funding for affordable housebuilding. The next grant-funding programme had already been announced at the spending review, but taken together with last week’s announcements, we now have a clearer idea of what the next programme will look like. […]
Earlier in June, we were pleased to welcome Selvin Brown and officials from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to see progress being made by NHC members in Greater Manchester to increase energy efficiency of homes. This Greater Manchester tour follows a successful visit we organised with Selvin and his team to Government funded […]
