{"id":12133,"date":"2026-07-20T08:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=12133"},"modified":"2026-07-20T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:43:09","slug":"monday-20-07-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-20-07-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 20\/07\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 20\/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

Tower Hamlets Council has launched a tender for a \u00a331m contract to deliver the Albert Jacob House scheme in Bethnal Green, replacing a former council office with a 53-home, low-carbon social housing development and commercial space. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Wakefield Council is set to appoint a strategic regeneration partner to advance the Castleford regeneration programme, supporting housing, employment, transport and town centre regeneration projects to unlock long-term economic growth. <\/span> Place Yorkshire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kier has been appointed by the City of Edinburgh Council to deliver a \u00a323m retrofit of 114 council flats in Craigmillar and Peffermill, improving energy efficiency, accessibility and fire safety through upgrades including insulation, new windows, lifts and sprinklers. <\/span> Kier Group plc<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Citizen has completed a \u00a32.1m refurbishment of its award-winning post-war Coventry maisonettes, with Equans delivering energy efficiency and fabric improvement works supported by public funding. Wealden District Council has completed energy efficiency upgrades to hundreds of social homes, using Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund support to improve insulation, reduce energy bills and cut carbon emissions. <\/span> The Construction Index<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Sussex World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Severn Trent Water is preparing to launch market engagement for capital delivery frameworks worth up to \u00a325bn, covering infrastructure works across the Midlands over the next 8\u201315 years. Railpen has secured planning approval for the major retrofit of its 12 Smithfield office building in the City of London. Milton Keynes City Council has appointed Muse to lead the Bletchley Station Quarter regeneration, delivering new homes, commercial space and public realm improvements ahead of the arrival of East West Rail. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Legal & General Affordable Homes reported a \u00a324.2m pre-tax loss despite higher turnover, with property revaluations impacting its financial performance. A Basildon Council tenant survey found that almost one-third of social housing tenants do not feel safe in their homes, highlighting concerns around tenant safety and wellbeing. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Government has announced proposals to replace two-tier local government with new unitary councils across 14 areas in England, as part of the next phase of local government reorganisation. <\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A new report warns the Government’s \u00a315bn Warm Homes Plan risks falling short unless it is supported by stronger public sector delivery and community engagement to accelerate heat pump installations and home retrofit. <\/span> The Ecologist<\/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> Essex Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Daily Echo<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Express & Star<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Echo<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Wales Online<\/span><\/a>
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Daily News: 20\/07\/2026 Tower Hamlets Council has launched a tender for a \u00a331m contract to deliver the Albert Jacob House scheme in Bethnal Green, replacing a former council office with a 53-home, low-carbon social housing development and commercial space. Construction Enquirer Wakefield Council is set to appoint a strategic regeneration partner to advance the Castleford […]<\/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-12133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12133","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=12133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12135,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12133\/revisions\/12135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}