{"id":13348,"date":"2026-09-25T09:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13348"},"modified":"2026-09-25T09:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:28:42","slug":"friday-25-09-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-25-09-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 25\/09\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 25\/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

Brent Council has approved grant agreements for a cladding-safety programme covering seven Kilburn residential blocks, with potential Homes England funding of \u00a34.69m. The initial \u00a3667,500 award for The Oaks supports pre-contract activity. <\/span> London Daily News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Salix Homes has secured more than \u00a32.2m in Government HNES funding to improve communal heating at five Salford tower blocks, benefiting over 500 residents, with work expected to begin next year. <\/span> Salix Homes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Regulator of Social Housing has identified 2,078 social housing buildings over 11 metres with life-critical fire safety defects in external wall systems, with 1,593 expected to be remediated within five years. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Havering Council scrutiny papers reveal the scale of its contracts, largest suppliers and agreements approaching expiry, with the council\u2019s contracts reportedly having a combined value of \u00a32bn. HG Construction has been awarded the contract to build 326 homes in residential towers on the former Harrison Gibson department store site on Ilford High Road, east London. Weaver Vale Housing Trust has started site preparation works for a 54-home affordable housing development in Winterley, Crewe. <\/span> The Havering Daily<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hackney Council has postponed \u00a3281m of capital spending, with construction industry issues including the collapse of Ardmore contributing to delays. <\/span> Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Wokingham Borough Council\u2019s executive is set to consider a \u00a324m programme to buy up to 165 affordable and specialist homes to help address the borough\u2019s housing waiting list. <\/span> Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Wokingham Today<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

S&P Global Ratings has lowered Notting Hill Genesis\u2019 long-term issuer credit rating from A- to BBB+, with a negative outlook, alongside the same rating change for its core subsidiary Notting Hill Home Ownership. <\/span> S&P Global<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Merton Council aims to deliver a minimum of 2,500 new homes over the next decade, including 1,500 affordable homes, subject to grant funding. <\/span> Merton Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A former Wandsworth Council tenant has been ordered to pay nearly \u00a365,000 after fraudulently subletting her social housing property while living elsewhere. <\/span> Wandsworth Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A housing association serving Greenstead residents has been criticised after a family found the kitchen floor had collapsed when they arrived at their new home. <\/span> Wandsworth Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Clacton Gazette<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

An estimated 196,900 net additional homes were delivered in England between 1st April 2025 and 31st March 2026, according to Government housing supply figures. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A Government report examines \u201ctrigger points\u201d such as moving home that could encourage households to adopt energy-efficiency measures and low-carbon heating, supporting efforts to decarbonise England\u2019s housing stock. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Detailed plans for almost 240 homes forming part of a 1,100-home urban extension project in Northamptonshire have received planning approval. Plans for nearly 400 new homes in Barton-upon-Humber have been approved. Darlington councillors have approved plans for 230 homes as part of the long-term Burtree Garden Village development. Councillors have approved plans to demolish more than 150 properties damaged by Storm Babet flooding nearly three years ago. <\/span> Insider Media<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Northern Echo<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> STV News<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 25\/09\/2026 Brent Council has approved grant agreements for a cladding-safety programme covering seven Kilburn residential blocks, with potential Homes England funding of \u00a34.69m. The initial \u00a3667,500 award for The Oaks supports pre-contract activity. London Daily News Salix Homes has secured more than \u00a32.2m in Government HNES funding to improve communal heating at five […]<\/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-13348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13348","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=13348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13357,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13348\/revisions\/13357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}