{"id":12190,"date":"2026-07-22T08:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=12190"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:41:21","slug":"wednesday-22-07-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-22-07-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 22\/07\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 22\/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

Procurement for Housing (PfH) has appointed 86 suppliers to a \u00a3480m, four-year national maintenance framework covering higher-value responsive repairs, void refurbishment and disrepair works for social housing providers. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tower Hamlets Council has approved \u00a3143m for the first 10 sites of its Accelerated Housing Programme, delivering 351 homes initially, with the wider programme targeting up to 3,300 homes across 42 council-owned sites. <\/span> Tower Hamlets Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nottingham City Council has secured \u00a324.5m in government funding to improve council home energy efficiency and support low-carbon heating skills, including \u00a34.5m in provisional SHDF Wave 3 funding towards its EPC C target by 2030. <\/span> Nottingham City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

North East Mayor has unveiled a plan for homes aiming to deliver 15,000+ social and affordable homes over the next decade. Backed by \u00a3143m, it will unlock 4,600 homes by 2030 and support regeneration, infrastructure, land remediation and construction skills. <\/span> North East Mayoral Strategic Authority<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Galliford Try has secured a place on the Crescent Purchasing Consortium Construction and Capital Works Framework, opening access to future public sector construction opportunities. Meanwhile, Downwell Group has started work on London Square\u2019s Westminster Tower transformation into residential apartments, while Falcon Fox has been appointed to deliver 93 homes in Vaux, Sunderland. Elsewhere, construction has begun on 58 affordable homes at Glasgow\u2019s Athletes\u2019 Village, and Banks Homes has secured a Homes England contract for 52 homes in Morpeth. <\/span> Galliford Try<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North East<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Glasgow Times<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Place North East<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Taylor Wimpey North Thames will contribute around \u00a34.7m towards infrastructure improvements through its Chaulden Meadows development in Hemel Hempstead, including \u00a33.7m for a new primary school. Meanwhile, Lloyds Living has added 980 homes to its rental portfolio through a deal with Barratt Redrow. Separately, Berkeley and TfL have agreed a land deal enabling the next phase of Royal Arsenal Riverside, delivering 575 homes within the wider 5,000-home Woolwich development. <\/span> Hemel Today<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Harrow Council faced more than 1,000 social housing complaints in a year, with concerns raised over repair response times and declining tenant satisfaction, highlighting pressure on housing services. <\/span> MyLondon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has called for stronger building safety reforms, urging the Government to modernise fire safety guidance to deliver safer and more inclusive buildings across England. <\/span> National Fire Chiefs Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plans for 586 homes in Kingston and Merton have been approved despite more than 1,000 objections, with the scheme redeveloping three gasholder sites. Elsewhere, Muller Property Group has proposed 448 homes in Winsford, while plans are progressing for 400 homes near Derby as part of a wider 2,300-home new village. Further proposals include 380 homes near Cirencester, 215 homes in Uckfield, and 170 homes in Banbury, including 111 affordable homes. A 110-home village development has also been approved despite Green Belt concerns. <\/span> MyLondon<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Derbyshire Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Cotswold Journal<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Argus<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Vistry Group<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>
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Daily News: 22\/07\/2026 Procurement for Housing (PfH) has appointed 86 suppliers to a \u00a3480m, four-year national maintenance framework covering higher-value responsive repairs, void refurbishment and disrepair works for social housing providers. Construction Enquirer Tower Hamlets Council has approved \u00a3143m for the first 10 sites of its Accelerated Housing Programme, delivering 351 homes initially, with the […]<\/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-12190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12190","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=12190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12191,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12190\/revisions\/12191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}