On 12 May, BEIS and the Turner & Townsend team working on the Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator (SHRA) led a funding guidance workshop for Wave 2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund. Slides from this workshop can be accessed here, with information on likely policy for Wave 2, as well as how to access support […]
The demise of section 106 and everything else you need to know The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, announced in the Queen’s Speech started its progress through Parliament with its first reading on 11 May. This is one of the flagship bills of the Parliamentary session and, of all the bills announced in the Queen’s Speech, […]
Public Practice, the social enterprise with a mission to build the public sector’s capacity to improve places, is expanding its placement programme to the North of England, to include the North-West, North East and Yorkshire & the Humber regions. This announcement comes as Public Practice’s national Local Authority Resourcing and Skills Survey finds that difficulties […]
We’ve launched our ambitious new corporate plan – it sets out how we’ll support you over the next three years to help you create better homes and places. Created by our full staff team alongside our member-led Board, our Corporate Plan has been shaped by our members – through engagement activity, shared future challenges and […]
Citizens Advice Gateshead, independent charity and longstanding member of the national Citizens Advice network, has provided first line support to hundreds of families who are already living the reality of the cost-of-living crisis. Chief Executive Alison Dunn is determined to raise awareness amongst policy makers and support services of the real truths behind the ‘heat […]
Last month the Northern Housing Consortium was delighted to join colleagues across Cumbria to discuss the just transition to Net Zero and what this looks like for housing. Joining NHC members in the area as well as stakeholders with an interest in housing and climate change, the NHC used the meeting to promote the findings […]
The 2020 Social Housing White Paper confirmed a review of the Decent Homes Standard, the first time the Standard has been updated since 2006. The first phase of the review – focused on establishing a case for change to the current standard – concluded last Autumn, with the NHC having played an active role as […]
Kate Maughan, Director of Member Engagement You said, we did We know that NHC members value the opportunity to come together. The challenges of the last two years have meant we needed to adapt and modernise the way we deliver our programme of events and engagement opportunities. As we emerge from the worst of the […]
Ahead of the Government’s Energy Security Strategy published this month, there were hopes within the housing sector and beyond that BEIS and Treasury would use this opportunity to strengthen their approach to reduce the amount of energy we use by improving the energy efficiency of homes. Unfortunately, these expectations were not met and no new […]
Earlier this month we supported the call, led by Shelter, to urge Government to bring the Social Housing Regulation Bill to parliament as soon as possible. The open letter urged Secretary of State Michael Gove to prioritise making law the proposals outlined in the Social Housing White Paper, published in November 2020. The white paper […]
