{"id":10500,"date":"2026-03-23T12:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=10500"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:45:30","slug":"monday-23-03-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-23-03-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 23\/03\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
Daily News: 23\/03\/2026<\/h6>\n

The government has proposed seven new towns as part of its most ambitious housebuilding programme, with each town expected to deliver at least 10,000 homes and several sites potentially providing up to 40,000 homes. <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The first phase of a \u00a3350m new build housing framework in Edinburgh is now live, marking a significant step in the city\u2019s plans to deliver up to 25,000 new, affordable homes and support long-term housing growth. <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Wates Property Services (WPS) has secured a five-year repairs and maintenance contract with Castle Point Borough Council, covering the borough\u2019s social housing stock in Essex and reinforcing its long-term housing support strategy. <\/span>Facilitate Magazine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hyde Group and Legal & General (L&G) have launched a new joint venture to deliver more affordable homes. The partnership combines L&G\u2019s annuity portfolio investment with Hyde\u2019s national housing expertise to develop, manage, and service affordable homes at scale. <\/span>Legal & General Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Waltham Forest Council is asking tenants, leaseholders, and shared owners for feedback on its repairs service ahead of a contract re-tender. The current agreement with Morgan Sindall Property Services (MSPS), in place since 2019, expires on 1st April 2027. <\/span>Waltham Forest Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The NHS Northern Procurement Hub has opened the tender process for a \u00a31bn decarbonisation framework, aimed at supporting trusts and public bodies with major energy and carbon-reduction upgrades.<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Milton Keynes tenants are seeing faster, higher-quality repairs after the council\u2019s new contract with Mears, delivering 32,000 jobs across 11,000 homes in six months.<\/span> Milton Keynes Borough Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The West of England takes a \u00a34m step forward in housing, aiming to deliver over 7,500 homes annually.<\/span> West of England Combined Authority<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hastings Borough Council has acquired over 150 homes through its housing programme, providing affordable, high-quality temporary accommodation to help address the town\u2019s housing crisis.<\/span> The Argus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

West Oxfordshire District Council reports strong quarterly performance across housing, planning, and customer satisfaction.<\/span> West Oxfordshire District Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Guildford Borough Council has outlined its climate and nature priorities, setting a clear pathway to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030.<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 23\/03\/2026 The government has proposed seven new towns as part of its most ambitious housebuilding programme, with each town expected to deliver at least 10,000 homes and several sites potentially providing up to 40,000 homes. GOV.UK The first phase of a \u00a3350m new build housing framework in Edinburgh is now live, marking a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10500"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10510,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10500\/revisions\/10510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}