The group partnerships director at house builder Vistry will retire next year and be replaced by a senior director from financial services firm L&G

A severely disabled man has secured a £20,000 settlement from the London Borough of Redbridge after bringing legal action over inadequate housing

A significant number of London landlords have only been granted 40% of what they bid for from the capital’s pot of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme, Inside Housing understands

Scotland’s housing secretary and social landlords have welcomed the nation’s version of Awaab’s Law coming into force this week

The government has launched a consultation on extending Awaab’s Law to temporary accommodation and the private rented sector

Planning policy must not prioritise family housing over actual local need, writes Alice Moore, associate director at consultancy Boyer

Merging organisations requires compassionate and thoughtful leadership, writes Mary Gibbons, chief operating officer at housing association Abri

Seven housing associations are among the 10 successful bidders for £12.2m in government funding to upgrade old and inefficient heat networks

North Devon Council has returned to direct provision of social housing a quarter of a century after transferring its historic stock to a housing association

Trust Housing Association has appointed David Knight as its chair

South Liverpool Homes has appointed Clive Elliott, a specialist in organisational transformation and former university leader, as its new chair

Bield, one of Scotland’s largest providers of housing and support services for older people, has launched a four-year people strategy

Nottingham-based housing association Tuntum has appointed a new chair

First Choice Housing Association, which provides specialist housing across Wales, reported 19% year-on-year growth in operating surplus in its latest accounts

Hafod, a 6,000-home Welsh landlord, has kept its compliant status, but the government’s housing regulation team has issued a series of recommendations

Councillors in Surrey have urged the developer of a large data centre to make sure that waste heat is used to warm nearby flats

English councils receive more than one request every day from victims and survivors of domestic abuse needing safe accommodation, a new survey shows

The Regulator of Social Housing has downgraded a for-profit registered provider to the lowest possible governance and financial viability ratings

The Regulator of Social Housing has handed GSA two non-compliant grades after finding it relies on multiple “unintegrated” systems five years after its merger

Scottish landlord Albyn Housing Society has decided to look for a new permanent chief executive after a review of its “strategic options”

More than 325,000 residents in supported housing and temporary accommodation will no longer face a drop in income when they increase their working hours

Partnerships can deliver more effective services for residents, but they take work to be successful. Samir Jeraj explores what makes the best partnerships

This week we discuss the now-in-force Competence and Conduct Standard with Richard Blakeway and Nic Bliss

I fear that when January comes, supported housing telecare systems won’t work, leaving millions of people at risk, writes lived experience advisor Debra Edwards

The National Housing Federation has added four chief executives to its board

The latest data from the Scottish government shows 17,057 new homes were finished and construction started on 15,543 over the 12 months to the end of June

Figures compiled by Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities underscore the need for “urgent action now”, the CIH Northern Ireland has said

A rule change giving people fleeing international crises access to immediate housing help in Wales is set to be made permanent

Sarah Elliott, chief executive of housing and homelessness charity Shelter, has announced she will leave her role on 16 October

The London Fire Brigade confirmed a file has been submitted on it by the Metropolitan Police to the Crown Prosecution Service following the investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire

The Charity Commission has escalated involvement with a charity providing housing to adults with support needs, due to governance and management concerns

Housing association Aster Group has appointed Richard Blakeway, who served as housing ombudsman until this summer, as a non-executive director

More than 1,700 people, including 51 children, died while experiencing homelessness in the UK in 2025, new research has found

Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) faces “reputational risks” after delaying publishing its annual accounts for the third time in the past five years, S&P has warned.

Two councils have been found to have “serious failings” in how they are meeting the English social housing regulator’s consumer standards

The Metropolitan Police has submitted all its files related to the Grenfell Tower fire to the Crown Prosecution Service for charging decisions

Large Midlands landlord PA Housing has installed an industry veteran known for taking on interim chief executive roles as its temporary head.

Councils should not be “pitted against” housing associations when it comes to delivering more social homes, the former leader of a local authority said

The Scottish arm of major housing association Riverside has appointed a former banker as chair

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have revealed that police files on them have been handed to the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to the Grenfell Tower fire

Balancing the well-being of both the victim and the alleged perpetrator is critical, says Agony Aunt Kelly Street

Rupali Court represents a bold and innovative approach to meeting the housing needs of older people, writes Dawn Carr, co-housing partnership manager at Housing 21

As one of only two housing associations that are members of both the G15 and Homes for the North, we understand that what works to tackle deprivation in Barnsley is different to London, writes Paul Dolan, chief executive of Riverside

The director of social change at Homeless Link told the Labour Party conference on Monday that “we need a homelessness plan that extends beyond Christmas”

A letter shared exclusively with Inside Housing has revealed more information on how Homes England will work within regions as “a more responsive place-based delivery partner”

Councils could be handed new powers to refer homeless households to registered providers, who will only be able to reject them if they have can show reasonable grounds for doing so.

Tom Copley, deputy mayor of London for housing and residential development, said there had been “a huge amount of interest” ahead of cash allocation announcements

Some councils will be “rebuilding from scratch” in terms of housing delivery and maintenance, an MP told the Labour Party conference on Monday

Housing association Sanctuary has said it is introducing a system to improve how it identifies vulnerable residents after a coroner’s report into the death of an 88-year-old tenant from a fall at her home

The chief executive of the National Housing Federation has called for a 10-year funding settlement specifically for supported housing