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 […]
As part of its commitment to promote the work of the Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury, and begin a dialogue as to how the social housing sector can implement the Jury’s recommendations, the Northern Housing Consortium recently arranged the Social Housing Tenants’ Climate Jury Webinar Series. Recordings of the series are available for all NHC […]
Social housing landlords and residents are being asked to provide evidence to a new investigation, which will explore how social landlords manage reports of noise nuisance and what drives complaints about how those are handled. The Ombudsman has received a “significant” number of complaints relating to noise over the past three years, with over 40% […]
We’re excited to be launching our ambitious new corporate plan in the coming weeks – it sets out what we’ll do over the next three years to help you create better homes and places. This new plan focusses on your unrivalled member experience, it outlines our influencing priorities for the next few years, and it […]
In the run-up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement, the NHC joined the Child Poverty Action Group’s (CPAG) campaign, along with more than 50 other organisations, to call for the Government to increase benefits by at least 8% to match inflation forecasts, instead of the planned 3.1% increase from April 2022. The joint statement led by […]
Ian Byrne, MP for Liverpool West Derby, led a Westminster Hall debate on 15th March about poor quality standards in the private rented sector (PRS). The debate heard from a range of MPs citing evidence of poor housing conditions experienced by their constituents who live in private rented sector homes. Analysis in the Northern Housing […]
The £2bn Green Homes Grant (GHG) scheme was launched by the Government in 2020 to increase the energy efficiency of 600,000 eligible homes by providing discounts to incentivise householders to upgrade their homes. The scheme was announced as part of a wider strategy to meet net zero by 2050, “build back greener” after the pandemic, […]
In November 2020, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) confirmed plans to introduce new rules to ensure social rented homes are fitted with smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. The proposed changes, subject to parliamentary approval, will mean all social landlords must: Install at least one smoke alarm on every storey of their […]
The APPG for Housing in the North, the forum for Parliamentarians to discuss and advance housing and related policy issues, met this month to launch a new work programme for 2022/3. 2021 had proved to be a productive year for the group with a string of Ministerial engagements. The APPG was joined in both January […]
