{"id":11835,"date":"2026-07-07T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=11835"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:01:15","slug":"tuesday-07-07-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/tuesday-07-07-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: 07\/07\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 07\/07\/2026<\/h6>\n
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Your daily round-up of key housing news, funding, partnerships and policy updates across the UK.<\/div>\n <\/div><\/span><\/h6>\n

Eastleigh Borough Council is preparing to launch a \u00a340m design-and-build tender for a 192-home housing development in Hampshire, with procurement expected to begin later this year as the council advances its residential delivery programme.<\/span> Construction News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a new \u00a3500m financing commitment for small and specialist social housing providers across the UK, with a combined funding of \u00a3700m expected to support the delivery of around 2,900 new affordable homes.<\/span> Lloyds Banking Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bromford Flagship LiveWest has pledged to deliver more than 3,000 affordable homes in rural communities over the next three years, with around one-third of its development programme focused on rural areas to support local housing supply and the economies.<\/span> Bromford Flagship LiveWest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ealing Council is proposing to invest \u00a330.28m to acquire 95 affordable homes at the Bollo Yard development in South Acton. Separately, Shetland Islands Council is investing \u00a32.5m to refurbish 17 homes at the Stendaal housing estate as part of its wider \u00a379m Future Housing Programme.<\/span> Ealing.News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Shetland Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Blue Sky Building has been appointed to lead the \u00a3176m refurbishment of London\u2019s Barbican Centre, securing the construction management role for the landmark regeneration project. Meanwhile, construction has started on 30 affordable homes on the former Braeside Primary School site in Aberdeen, supporting the city\u2019s affordable housing supply.<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hill Group has reported \u00a31.16bn in revenue and \u00a392.5m pre-tax profit for 2025\/26, completing 3,329 new homes across its private and affordable housing developments. Meanwhile, a major shareholder has urged Barratt Redrow to launch an aggressive share buyback programme, warning it may escalate action if the board does not respond.<\/span> The Construction Index<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Glasgow has delivered more affordable homes than any comparable UK city since 2019\/20, while the number of empty homes in London has risen to 105,138, increasing pressure to bring vacant properties back into use. Meanwhile, Camden Council reports 356 void properties, including a social housing block that has remained vacant for two years.<\/span> Glasgow Times<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> London Assembly<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Camden New Journal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

An appeal has been lodged against the Regulator of Social Housing\u2019s decision to deregister Pivotal Housing Association, after the regulator concluded the organisation had been insolvent for more than two years.<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Local Government Association has warned that English councils face a \u00a37bn funding gap within three years, putting housing, homelessness and other local services under pressure. Meanwhile, the Housing Secretary has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to boosting affordable housing delivery, strengthening partnerships with housing providers and supporting long-term sector investment.<\/span> Local Government Association<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The latest S&P Global Construction PMI shows UK construction activity declined again in June, although the pace of contraction eased from May. Meanwhile, a Centre for Policy Studies report questions the cost-effectiveness of large-scale social housing investment, arguing it could increase public spending while delivering fewer homes than expected.<\/span> S&P Global<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Centre for Policy Studies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Council house repair staff in Stoke-on-Trent have resumed strike action in an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions, with further disruption expected to housing repair services.<\/span> Stoke Nub News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Government intervention has unlocked plans for more than 3,000 homes at Grantham Garden Village following an agreement with Anglian Water. Meanwhile, proposals have been submitted for up to 825 homes and a new primary school in Leicestershire. Elsewhere, Urban Splash has unveiled plans to redevelop Swansea\u2019s former Civic Centre with up to 140 homes, and proposals have emerged for almost 140 homes near Glasgow\u2019s Silverburn shopping centre, supporting continued housing and regeneration activity.<\/span> Place Midlands<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Glasgow Times <\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 07\/07\/2026 Eastleigh Borough Council is preparing to launch a \u00a340m design-and-build tender for a 192-home housing development in Hampshire, with procurement expected to begin later this year as the council advances its residential delivery programme. Construction News Lloyds Banking Group has announced a new \u00a3500m financing commitment for small and specialist social housing […]<\/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-11835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835","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=11835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11843,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835\/revisions\/11843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}