{"id":10729,"date":"2026-04-20T07:59:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=10729"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:50:47","slug":"monday-20-04-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-20-04-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 20\/04\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 20\/04\/2026<\/h6>\n

Equans has been appointed by the City of Doncaster Council to deliver an energy efficiency programme upgrading social and private homes, aiming to reduce energy bills and improve comfort for residents.<\/span> Equans<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

First Choice Homes Oldham has agreed a \u00a315.7m deal with Vistry Group to deliver 101 affordable homes in Fitton Hill, supporting local housing supply.<\/span> The Oldham Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

United Welsh is progressing the next phase of a social housing development in Cardiff, delivering more than 100 social rent homes at the Sanatorium Road site.<\/span> Nation.Cymru<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brighton & Hove City Council has outlined plans to better manage its land and property assets to unlock new housing, improve financial resilience, and protect frontline services.<\/span> Brighton & Hove City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lambeth Council is preparing to take legal action against a tenant management organisation near Brixton, while the West Midlands has exceeded its housing delivery and investment targets for 2025\/26.<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Solihull Observer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Demolition has begun on unsafe council homes affected by subsidence ahead of redevelopment, while Graham has secured a contract to deliver a 960-bed student accommodation scheme at the University of Bath.<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A new parliamentary briefing highlights trends in the energy efficiency of UK homes, including variations by property type and household, alongside the role of insulation measures and government-backed schemes in improving performance.<\/span> Parliament.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A major 2,500-home scheme in Trowbridge, while a decision is pending on nearly 1,000 homes in Hampshire. Elsewhere, proposals include a 218-apartment tower in Preston, nearly 200 homes in Cambridgeshire, and new housing schemes of 180 homes in Kenilworth and 150 homes each in Husbands Bosworth and Stoke Poges.<\/span> Wiltshire Times<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Daily Echo<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Cambridgeshire Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Coventry Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Harborough Mail<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Slough Observer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 20\/04\/2026 Equans has been appointed by the City of Doncaster Council to deliver an energy efficiency programme upgrading social and private homes, aiming to reduce energy bills and improve comfort for residents. Equans First Choice Homes Oldham has agreed a \u00a315.7m deal with Vistry Group to deliver 101 affordable homes in Fitton Hill, […]<\/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-10729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10729","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=10729"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10738,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10729\/revisions\/10738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}