{"id":12112,"date":"2026-07-17T09:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=12112"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:41:20","slug":"friday-17-07-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-17-07-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 17\/07\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 17\/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

Brighton & Hove City Council has approved the procurement of specialist consultants and an \u00a311.5m four-year Fire Safety Framework to deliver council home fire safety improvements, supported by \u00a36.01m Homes England Cladding Safety Scheme funding for facade remediation and Building Safety Act compliance.<\/span> Brighton & Hove City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mayor Sadiq Khan has proposed delivering up to 558,000 homes by 2037. A published draft London Plan restores the 35% affordable housing fast-track threshold while supporting sustainable growth, jobs and strategic Green Belt releases.<\/span> London Gov.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Walsall Housing Group (WHG) has increased its annual operating surplus by \u00a310m, reflecting improved financial performance.<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle City Council has reported significant improvements in its housing repairs service, with a transformation programme increasing completed repairs and improving overall service performance.<\/span> Newcastle City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Government has launched an investigation into Basildon Borough Council over serious cultural and governance concerns, examining the authority’s leadership, governance and organisational practices.<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Developer Hill Residential has told Broadland District Council that rising construction costs mean it can no longer deliver the 79 affordable homes originally promised within its 239-home Thorpe St Andrew development. Bellrock Group has been appointed to help Wakefield Council transform facilities management across its 1,600-property estate through a new data-led Integrator FM model.<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> FMJ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has allocated \u00a310.5bn since 2016\/17 to programmes designed to unlock land for around 713,000 homes. By December 2025, 57,671 homes had been delivered on land unlocked through these legacy programmes.<\/span> Parliament.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sefton Council is progressing plans with The Sovini Group to deliver 1,000 affordable and social homes, including the next 230-home phase. Meanwhile, Cumberland Council has approved 580 new homes, while Keepmoat Homes has submitted plans for 310 homes on Green Belt land in Bolton. Elsewhere, Enfield Council has approved 300+ homes near North Middlesex University Hospital, Peel Land has secured consent for 282 homes in Salford, Habiko will deliver 228 affordable homes in Solihull, Hill Group is set to start the 208-home New Era Estate regeneration in Hackney, and plans have been submitted for almost 140 homes near Glasgow\u2019s Silverburn Shopping Centre.<\/span> Liverpool Business News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> News & Star<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Enfield Dispatch<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Muse<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Scottish Housing News <\/span><\/a>\n

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Published daily on weekdays.<\/div>\n <\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 17\/07\/2026 Brighton & Hove City Council has approved the procurement of specialist consultants and an \u00a311.5m four-year Fire Safety Framework to deliver council home fire safety improvements, supported by \u00a36.01m Homes England Cladding Safety Scheme funding for facade remediation and Building Safety Act compliance. Brighton & Hove City Council Mayor Sadiq Khan has […]<\/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-12112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12112","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=12112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12113,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12112\/revisions\/12113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}