Priya Nair speaks to Sarah Williams about bringing lessons from infrastructure to her leadership of The Housing Finance Corp. Ltd., leaning in on legacy, and what the organisation’s new strategy means in practice https://lnkd.in/gU2EKKTz #UKhousing #HousingFinance #Finance #SocialHousing #Strategy
Social Housing
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The leading publication for finance, business and governance in affordable housing
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The housing sector's finance publication. Social Housing is dedicated to news, data and analysis covering the most important developments in affordable housing finance, business and governance.
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Abri Group has completed a transaction to bring Octavia Housing into the group, with work under way to shore up the smaller London landlord’s finances and services following a series of low regulatory gradings. https://lnkd.in/eFxhatRP #UKhousing #HousingFinance #Mergers #HousingAssociations
Work under way to ‘stabilise Octavia’s financial position’ as London landlord joins Abri Group
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There have been a number of housing providers registering and deregistering in the past three years. Joe Malivoire takes a look. https://lnkd.in/erMwR7Sa #UKhousing #HousingFinance #HousingAssociations
Trend report: registration and deregistration of housing providers
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A new shared ownership code aimed at increasing transparency around fees and service charges – overseen by the Shared Ownership Council and backed by 27 housing providers and financial institutions – will launch in spring next year. Ann Santry CBE, chair of the Shared Ownership Council; Paula Higgins, chief executive of the HomeOwners Alliance; Kate Henderson, chief executive of the National Housing Federation; and Gavin Smart, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing, provide comment. https://lnkd.in/e7XtwVhU #UKhousing #HousingFinance #SharedOwnership
New shared ownership code has increaesed fee tranpsarency
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Regulator of Social Housing has downgraded the governance grade of two social landlords to G2 and upgraded three to G1 https://lnkd.in/gVSyFbyF #UKhousing #SocialHousing #HousingFinance #Regulation
RSH downgrades two landlords to G2 and upgrades three others to G1
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National Housing Federation has called on the government to carry out an “urgent review” of funding for supported housing as the sector faces a crisis Alistair Smyth https://lnkd.in/gGxjEAa2 #UKhousing #UKgovernment #HousingFinance
NHF calls for ‘urgent review’ of supported housing funding
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Scottish housing providers’ financial headroom has diminished with “significantly reduced” cash reserves, but forecasts show some improvement in the medium term, the Scottish Housing Regulator has found https://lnkd.in/gu7ZsGSh #UKhousing #HousingFinance #Scotland
Additional costs have ‘diminished’ the financial headroom of Scottish landlords
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L&Q is promoting one of its long-serving executives to take over from Waqar Ahmed as its executive group finance director. Ed Farnsworth, who is currently the 109,000-home landlord’s deputy finance director, will take up the job at the beginning of January. https://lnkd.in/eDVSiw9G #UKhousing #HousingFinance #HousingAssociations
L&Q reveals new finance boss to replace Waqar Ahmed
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England’s regional mayors will be handed control of grant funding to drive affordable housing delivery in their areas under the government’s new wide-ranging plans for devolution. louise gittins, chair of the Local Government Association; Samuel Chapman-Allen, chair of the District Councils' Network; and Ian Fletcher, director of policy (real estate) at the British Property Federation, share their views on the government’s English Devolution White Paper. https://lnkd.in/emSdSbJ4 #UKhousing #HousingFinance #Devolution #Housebuilding
Mayors to get control of grant funding and call-in powers under devolution plans
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Clarion Housing Group has reported a near doubling of its half-year surplus as higher rental income and the sale of social homes to other providers offset increased costs. Mark Hattersley, chief financial officer at Clarion, and Jock Lennox, the group’s chair, provide comment. https://lnkd.in/eeBwaRe5 #UKhousing #HousingFinance #SocialHousing
Clarion sees surplus nearly double despite higher costs
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