{"id":13331,"date":"2026-09-24T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13331"},"modified":"2026-09-24T08:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:50:11","slug":"thursday-24-09-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/thursday-24-09-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 24\/09\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 24\/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

Wirral Council has begun the search for a development partner for 100 affordable homes at its \u00a315m-\u00a324m Liscard scheme, supported by nearly \u00a311m in government funding, creating a clear housing delivery opportunity. <\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plymouth Community Homes has launched a 10-year plan backed by \u00a31.2bn investment, including significant existing-home improvements, 1,500 new affordable homes and EPC C upgrades, supported by \u00a3250m Homes England funding. <\/span> Plymouth Community Homes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Test Valley Borough Council has launched a tender for a multidisciplinary design team for the South of Romsey Town Centre regeneration, covering a community facility, bus station, public plaza, green space and decked car park. <\/span> Hampshire Chronicle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

MP Living has started work on a 326-home social-rent development in Ilford following the release of the first GLA grant tranche. The scheme is being delivered with Redbridge Council, which will hold nomination rights. Hull City Council has appointed a contractor following a competitive tender to demolish Henson Villas, with works expected to begin on site next week. <\/span> Show House<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Hull City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

London & Quadrant Housing Trust reported turnover of \u00a31.027bn and net debt of \u00a35.1bn in its audited financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2026. East Midlands Housing (EMH) has reported increased turnover and surplus despite operating in a \u201ccomplex\u201d environment. <\/span> Investing.com<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ealing Council has introduced new standards for future council homes, covering energy efficiency, affordability, residents\u2019 health and the effects of climate change. A2Dominion complaints reached the Housing Ombudsman at more than three times the rate of comparable landlords, according to its latest annual performance report. <\/span> Ealing.News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Ealing.News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vistry is reducing its operating regions from 25 to 12 and plans to cut annual housing output to around 12,000 homes as part of a business reset following a \u00a3661m loss. Barhale has been appointed by Anglian Water to deliver a \u00a314.6m twin pumped rising main supporting future development at Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A Centre for Cities report examines proposals to expand council housebuilding, arguing that a larger programme could increase housing supply, support economic growth in cities and provide homes for people most in need. <\/span> Centre for Cities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Warrington has 1,693 approved homes where development has yet to begin, according to newly confirmed figures. Councillors have approved plans for up to 920 homes at Whitenap in Romsey following debate over affordable housing, infrastructure and a proposed railway bridge. Allies and Morrison\u2019s plans to replace the National Crime Agency\u2019s former headquarters in Vauxhall with more than 500 homes have received planning approval. Salisbury councillors have objected to plans for 220 homes on the edge of the city, citing unresolved flooding concerns and potential risks to nearby communities. Bellway has submitted plans to demolish part of the former Red Bank juvenile detention centre and build 140 new homes. <\/span> Warrington Guardian<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Hampshire Chronicle<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Salisbury Journal<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> St Helens Star<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 24\/09\/2026 Wirral Council has begun the search for a development partner for 100 affordable homes at its \u00a315m-\u00a324m Liscard scheme, supported by nearly \u00a311m in government funding, creating a clear housing delivery opportunity. Place North West Plymouth Community Homes has launched a 10-year plan backed by \u00a31.2bn investment, including significant existing-home improvements, 1,500 […]<\/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-13331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13331","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=13331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13333,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13331\/revisions\/13333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}