{"id":11926,"date":"2026-07-14T08:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=11926"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:56:23","slug":"tuesday-14-07-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/tuesday-14-07-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: 14\/07\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 14\/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

Scape has launched the tender for its \u00a31.2bn Regional Construction Works and Services framework, covering projects up to \u00a315m across the Midlands, the East of England, the Home Counties and London, creating major public sector procurement opportunities over four years.<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

WPS has secured a \u00a324m, four-year contract with Winchester City Council to deliver responsive repairs and void maintenance for 5,500 council homes, alongside local employment, skills and social value commitments.<\/span> Wates Property Services<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vistry has partnered with Platform Housing Group to deliver 177 affordable homes at the former Simon Digby School site in Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, providing affordable rent, social rent and shared ownership homes.<\/span> Vistry Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The government has confirmed that the second phase of Awaab\u2019s Law will take effect on 30th November 2026, requiring social landlords to investigate and remedy a wider range of serious hazards, strengthening protections for around 4m social housing tenants.<\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Enabling works have begun on a 2,500-home residential development in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, being delivered by Persimmon Homes and Barratt Redrow. The scheme will create a major new mixed-tenure community.<\/span> Gazette & Herald<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester Jewish Housing Association and Liverpool Jewish Housing Association have merged to form the North West Jewish Housing Association, managing 310 homes across the region. Meanwhile, Magenta Living has secured a \u00a340m funding facility to support affordable housing growth, and Nottinghamshire County Council is investing \u00a31.2m to prepare land at Tollerton Park for a 1,300-home development and 1,500 jobs.<\/span> Housing Executive<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Wirral Globe<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Government\u2019s cladding remediation programme has received a red delivery rating, reflecting significant risks to meeting remediation targets due to ongoing delays. Meanwhile, the Welsh Government has reaffirmed its commitment to deliver 20,000 additional social homes by 2030, built to high energy-efficiency standards.<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Welsh Government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The IPPR has called for housing-led approaches to tackling homelessness, emphasising the importance of prevention and local leadership. Meanwhile, a National Audit Office report estimates the UK will need an additional 445,000 construction workers by 2030 to deliver the Government\u2019s housing, retrofit and infrastructure ambitions.<\/span> IPPR<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> National Audit Office<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stratford-on-Avon District Council has adopted an Interim Policy Position Statement to accelerate housing delivery while directing new development to sustainable locations supported by infrastructure and high-quality design.<\/span> Stratford-on-Avon District Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Planning and regeneration activity continues across the UK. Peel Waters has submitted plans for 526 homes as the first residential phase of its Glasgow Waters regeneration, while 228 affordable homes in Solihull have been recommended for approval. Elsewhere, a planning appeal has been allowed for 200 homes on a former golf range, Southwark Council has approved a 152-home keyworker housing scheme with Bouygues UK, and plans for 140 homes on the eastern edge of Bristol have been approved.<\/span> Glasgow Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place Midlands<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Southwark Council<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Bristol Live<\/span><\/a> \n

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Daily News: 14\/07\/2026 Scape has launched the tender for its \u00a31.2bn Regional Construction Works and Services framework, covering projects up to \u00a315m across the Midlands, the East of England, the Home Counties and London, creating major public sector procurement opportunities over four years. Construction Enquirer WPS has secured a \u00a324m, four-year contract with Winchester City […]<\/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-11926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11926","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=11926"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11932,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11926\/revisions\/11932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}