{"id":13045,"date":"2026-09-07T09:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13045"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:29:06","slug":"monday-07-09-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-07-09-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 07\/09\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 07\/09\/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

The University of Birmingham has begun market engagement for a refreshed construction framework covering refurbishment, redevelopment, building services renewals, lifecycle asset replacement, and net-zero projects. <\/span> Construction News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

ClwydAlyn spent \u00a33.25m on energy efficiency upgrades and added 210 homes to its portfolio, signalling continued investment in housing decarbonisation and potential retrofit opportunities. <\/span> Wrexham.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cameron Homes has forward sold 66 homes at its \u00a340m Hawksley Rise development in Redhill, Nottinghamshire, to emh Group in a \u00a315m deal, with the homes to be offered for social rent and shared ownership. <\/span> TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Anchor completed 408 new homes during the year to March 2026, comprising 146 social rented, 73 affordable rented and 189 shared ownership homes, while investing \u00a376.6m in existing properties. Basildon Council is forecasting a \u00a34.5m overspend on its housing budget this year, with officers warning that the authority\u2019s reserves are becoming a serious concern. <\/span> Anchor<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ealing Council has agreed to pay \u00a33,600 compensation after the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found it at fault for an 18-month delay in moving a mother and baby from unsuitable temporary accommodation. Bury Council says it is improving its housing services through a renewed focus on tenant feedback and complaints. <\/span> Ealing.News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Bury Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cala Group reported a \u00a316.3m pre-tax loss for 2025 after setting aside \u00a320.5m for newly identified building safety remediation issues, with further sites added to its remedial works programme. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A housing association boss has called for a long-term plan and additional funding to create more construction placements for young people. <\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Construction output fell at a faster pace in August, with housing activity recording its sharpest decline since February. Commercial construction also contracted, while civil engineering activity fell at its fastest pace since October 2020. The Building Safety Regulator\u2019s June to August 2026 data marks 12 months since its Innovation Unit was established to deal exclusively with new-build higher-risk building applications. <\/span> S&P Global<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plans for more than 1,000 homes, a 200-plus bedroom hotel, offices, shops and leisure space at York Central have been recommended for approval. Middlesbrough Council and Capital&Centric are consulting on 462 homes in Middlehaven, while Vistry Cotswolds plans 235 homes at The Meadows in Swindon. Elsewhere, developers are seeking changes to road improvement conditions on a 516-home Poulton-le-Fylde estate, and nearly 150 homes could extend an existing development in Wiltshire. <\/span> Place Yorkshire<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Lancashire Telegraph<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Swindon Advertiser<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 07\/09\/2026 The University of Birmingham has begun market engagement for a refreshed construction framework covering refurbishment, redevelopment, building services renewals, lifecycle asset replacement, and net-zero projects. Construction News ClwydAlyn spent \u00a33.25m on energy efficiency upgrades and added 210 homes to its portfolio, signalling continued investment in housing decarbonisation and potential retrofit opportunities. Wrexham.com […]<\/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-13045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13045","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=13045"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13047,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13045\/revisions\/13047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}