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

With Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards being applied to social homes for the first time from 2030, how are housing associations approaching compliance, and how might it complicate the path to net zero? Amy Rushton reports for Inside Housing and Social Housing

The government has appointed a permanent chief construction and scientific advisor from Loughborough University.

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

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

Welsh landlord Valleys to Coast Group has appointed James O’Connor as its new executive director of finance and transformation

Procurement specialist Fusion21 has announced a list of suppliers appointed to a new £350m UK-wide responsive repairs and void property framework

Nottingham-based housing association Tuntum has appointed a new chair

Inside Housing’s monthly round-up of top-level housing sector appointments details the main moves in September 2026

The Regulator of Social Housing’s Financial Forecast Returns 2026 predicts landlords’ interest cover levelling out and a small rise in completions

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

Maidstone Borough Council has reopened its Housing Revenue Account as it aspires to deliver 1,000 new affordable homes across Kent

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

Ealing Council is considering selling six stalled housing sites in the borough after two contractors working on them collapsed

Trust Housing Association has appointed David Knight as its chair

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

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

Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith has confirmed plans to scrap Section 106 agreements, the Community Infrastructure Levy and Future Homes Standard

Hundreds of investors are suing Home REIT for more than £850m over alleged misleading claims the investment trust made about its business model

Liverpool City Region has become the first authority to sign a new type of agreement with Homes England aimed at giving places more control over housing delivery

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

Stonewater has concluded the transfer of 1,700 homes from Mount Green, which merged with the large Leicester-based landlord in 2024

Changeworks, an Edinburgh-based social enterprise, says the long-term solution is to reduce energy demand by making homes more energy efficient

The English regulator is reviewing its economic regulation of the sector, and the consultation on its proposed new “risk-based” approach closed on 30 September. Grainne Cuffe sets out what sector bodies think of the plans

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

An investment company owned by Places for People has made two new senior appointments

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

Wheatley Group’s operating surplus rose by £6.5m to £167.9m after accounting for new grant income and other non-cash items

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

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

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

Accent named a former long-serving Orbit executive as its interim chief financial officer to replace the incumbent, who is set to join another large landlord

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

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski is expected to call for a three-year ban on rent rises in the private rented sector to give tenants “breathing space”

Under new reforms, Natural England will focus on planning proposals that present the greatest risks or opportunities for nature, allowing it to prioritise complex cases and engage earlier

The Local Government Association has announced the launch of the four-year £104m Brownfield Land Release Fund

A number of sector professionals have warned that the introduction of the Building Safety Levy will risk constraining development pipelines already facing “significant viability pressure”

L&Q has called on the government to lift the shared ownership income cap from £90,000 to £120,000 for families with children in London as they are being locked out of all housing tenures

As the director of housing at Crisis, Chris Hancock will arguably oversee the most significant upheaval in its 60-year history. Grainne Cuffe reports

At the heart of the debate about the role of the national agency is a conversation about power, writes Richard Blakeway, former housing ombudsman

Hackney Council postponed £281m of its capital spending, including £65m earmarked for housing after it had to replace a contractor that collapsed

In association with legal firm Sharpe Pritchard, Inside Housing surveyed housing organisations about how they are handling their ‘golden thread’ building safety data

SettleParadigm spent £302m acquiring 3,454 homes from L&Q in January, according to its accounts

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

Labour’s new Your First Home scheme may help some people become homeowners, but it fundamentally misunderstands the issue of housing affordability and risks making the problem worse, writes Grace Brown, Kerslake fellow at the New Economics Foundation

Town halls in London are aiming to build 50,000 homes over the next decade, a survey has revealed