Bolton Council is the latest local authority to put Locata’s Housing Related Support (HRS) module at the heart of its management of housing support applications. The system will go live this Friday and will help officers manage a pathway of referrals into accommodation with support or floating support. Bolton’s new HRS module assists the officer […]
3%, 5%, 7%, or as you were at CPI +1% – which could mean 12% rent increases for English social housing in 2023. Which is it to be? Government insists it is an open consultation – but has made its position clear, that it is minded to implement a 5% cap on social housing rents. […]
Developing a Net Zero retrofit strategy without regret. All straightforward in the world of sound-byte isn’t it. ‘No Regrets’, ‘Fabric First’, ‘Worst First’ and so on. Then we have the reality of taking a critical view of our housing stock, often with a limited dataset and out-of-date information which is held in multiple locations with […]
The Unlocking Success Bursary Scheme, funded through the Northern Housing Consortium Charitable Trust, awards bursaries of £500 to help tenants develop learning and skills to support future employment. Since its launch in 2019, the scheme has awarded 73 bursaries to 43 member organisations. To hear some of the success stories from past successful applications, see […]
Common Purpose is a global leadership organisation devoted to developing leaders who can cross boundaries, both at work and in society. A not-for-profit organisation founded in the North of England over years ago, we deliver face-to-face and online leadership programmes for multiple generations of leaders: from young leaders to senior leaders in organisations and society, […]
With a new prime minister generally brings a new Cabinet and Liz Truss has decided on an extensive reshuffle as her government attempts to move away from the past leadership of Boris Johnson. Truss has appointed former BEIS secretary Kwasi Kwarteng as the new Chancellor – Kwarteng delivered his mini-budget last week alongside the publication […]
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) recently outlined new guidance for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rented homes which is due to come into force on 1st October 2022. Housing Minister Eddie Hughes MP has written to sector representatives with an update on new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm requirements (full letter below). The new regulations have now been laid before […]
We are revamping our offer to members in this area to ensure it remains relevant and of value. We currently host the following: Building Safety Network Annual Health & Building Safety Conference Disrepair Network Repairs and Maintenance Network Annual Asset Management Conference Our plan is to replace the Repairs and Maintenance network with a new […]
In the corporate plan we are committed to three cross-cutting themes – sustainability, wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion – which run through everything we do. The aims of the sustainability group are to minimise our own environmental impact across the organisation and embed sustainability as a core principle. Act on sustainability in its widest […]
New report reveals the need for urgent reform across private rented home sector. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are facing calls to accelerate reforms to protect tenants following a new report that reveals residents of private rented homes across the North of England face low standards, rising rents and a chronic lack of stability. The […]
