{"id":13284,"date":"2026-09-22T11:19:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13284"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:19:43","slug":"tuesday-22-09-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/tuesday-22-09-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: 22\/09\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 22\/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 government has allocated \u00a321.8m to the Council Housebuilding Support Fund, helping around 75 councils develop affordable housing pipelines, strengthen capacity and prepare bids for the \u00a339bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme.<\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Two Rivers Housing has secured a \u00a320m loan from Principality Building Society to invest in existing homes through its warmer homes programme and support new affordable housing across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and surrounding areas, targeting EPC C or above by 2030.<\/span> Two Rivers Housing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is considering a \u00a35.5m scheme enabling housing associations and registered providers to install solar panels and battery storage in social homes until August 2027, with more than 40 providers already interested.<\/span> New Start<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Home Team, a subsidiary of Govan Housing Group, has secured \u00a3200,000 in new contracts with Cernach, Elderpark and Provanhall housing associations, covering grounds maintenance, fabric inspections and property repairs across Glasgow.<\/span> Glasgow Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vistry has exchanged contracts with Zen Housing to deliver 71 affordable homes at Oakridge Grange in Kent. HG Construction has secured a \u00a376m contract for student accommodation and affordable housing in South Acton. Demolition of 40+ empty council homes in Blyth is underway to unlock land for new affordable rented homes. Morgan Sindall Construction has started work on a new sixth form building at Abbeyfield School in Chippenham, while Haringey Council has approved a contractor for nine four-bedroom council homes in Tottenham.<\/span> Vistry Group Plc<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Belfast Telegraph<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Northumberland Gazette<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Pagabo<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Housing Digital<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Henry Boot reported a \u00a36.3m first-half loss, with falling land sales and sluggish housing demand affecting performance as its new chief executive seeks to turn its land bank into cash.<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stonewater\u2019s completions fell 28% year-on-year, which it attributed to the phasing of its development programme. River Clyde Homes\u2019 routine repair times have tripled over three years, highlighting longer waits for repairs across Inverclyde. Powys County Council is purchasing properties to provide additional affordable council homes for people unable to secure housing on the open market, while Caerphilly Council has reduced empty properties from 359 to 266 in a year through its vacant homes programme.<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Greenock Telegraph<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Powys County Times<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> South Wales Argus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A coalition of Scotland\u2019s major business organisations has called for planning reform, recommending housing be treated as economic infrastructure and a publicly reported national target of at least 25,000 new homes annually.<\/span> CBI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The University of Cambridge has secured outline permission for a further 2,500+ homes at Eddington, while Doncaster\u2019s masterplan identifies a potential 2,000-home development pipeline. Birmingham\u2019s Rackhams Place consultation covers 500+ homes and 21,000 sq m of offices, and Peel is seeking consent for 450 homes in Warrington. Plans for 281 homes in Graveley are recommended for approval, while North Somerset Council has approved 142 homes at Haywood Village.<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place Yorkshire<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Birmingham Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Comet<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> The Weston Mercury<\/span><\/a> \n

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Daily News: 22\/09\/2026 The government has allocated \u00a321.8m to the Council Housebuilding Support Fund, helping around 75 councils develop affordable housing pipelines, strengthen capacity and prepare bids for the \u00a339bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme. GOV.UK Two Rivers Housing has secured a \u00a320m loan from Principality Building Society to invest in existing homes through its […]<\/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-13284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13284","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=13284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13286,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13284\/revisions\/13286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}