{"id":13584,"date":"2026-10-15T09:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13584"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:13:56","slug":"thursday-15-10-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/thursday-15-10-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 15\/10\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 15\/10\/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 West Midlands Combined Authority has opened its \u00a33.8bn Futures Fund to private-sector developers, with over \u00a3400m allocated to affordable and social housing and \u00a3545m earmarked for projects. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The government introduced the Remediation of Unsafe Cladding Bill, proposing stronger enforcement, penalties of up to \u00a3500,000, a register of medium-rise residential buildings and powers for councils and Homes England to intervene when responsible parties fail to act. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

RSH published judgements for eight landlords, issuing C3 grades to Kirklees and Kingston upon Thames for stock data, safety and service failings. Kirklees has 2,500 fire safety actions outstanding; Broadacres improved to C1, Onward and Wealden received C1, and Abri, Babergh and Mid Suffolk received C2. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Orwell Housing Association has awarded two scaffolding contracts worth \u00a3330,000 combined to Apex Scaffolding Anglia and S P Scaffolding, covering repairs, voids, planned maintenance and building safety until January 2029. <\/span> Scaffmag<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bromford has started phases two and three of its Old Gloucester Road development in Cheltenham, delivering 171 homes for sale, shared ownership and social rent. Ealing Council has concluded that completing five unfinished housing developments abandoned after Henry Construction collapsed would be too costly and risky; its subsidiary Broadway Living awarded the \u00a340m contract in 2022. The Hill Group has begun work on the first tower at Coventry\u2019s City Centre South after completing demolition and groundworks, delivering 200 affordable homes for Legal & General. <\/span> Bromford Housing Association<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gentoo\u2019s open-market sales business reported a \u00a35.4m income decline and deficit, affecting its operating margin and interest cover, while Codi Group recorded an 18% increase in housing completions. S&P Global Ratings affirmed Peabody Trust\u2019s \u2018BBB+\u2019 and Hyde Housing Association\u2019s \u2018A-\u2019 long-term issuer credit ratings, both with stable outlooks. Great Places Housing Group published its latest Environmental, Social and Governance report outlining its reported impact on customers, communities and stakeholders. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> S&P Global Ratings<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> S&P Global Ratings<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Great Places Housing Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Oxford City Council confirmed that more than 4,000 families are waiting for social housing, highlighting demand for genuinely affordable homes. Wirral Council is considering proposals to bring more homes into council ownership to address rising affordable housing demand. Lambeth Council\u2019s Cabinet will consider plans on 21st October to protect three estates from demolition and introduce a new approach to delivering council and social housing. <\/span> Oxford City Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Wirral View<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Lambeth Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Habinteg\u2019s 2026 briefing, The Adaptability Gap, examines UK public attitudes towards accessible and adaptable housing. A parliamentary report on new towns warns that declining UK construction-material manufacturing capacity is increasing exposure to global supply-chain volatility. Meanwhile, Great Britain\u2019s construction output fell by 1.0% in the three months to August 2026, with new work down 1.4% and repair and maintenance down 0.3%, marking the second consecutive decline. <\/span> Habinteg<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Parliament UK<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Office for National Statistics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Consultation on Langwith Village, a proposed 3,339-home garden village near York, is due to open on 19 October. Warrington councillors will consider 240 affordable town-centre apartments, while plans for 185 homes and 60 homes for older people in Chelmsford have been approved. A 160-home development on agricultural land outside Bishop\u2019s Tachbrook has also been approved despite councillors\u2019 frustration. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Warrington Guardian<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Echo<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Warwickshire World<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 15\/10\/2026 The West Midlands Combined Authority has opened its \u00a33.8bn Futures Fund to private-sector developers, with over \u00a3400m allocated to affordable and social housing and \u00a3545m earmarked for projects. Housing Today (register) The government introduced the Remediation of Unsafe Cladding Bill, proposing stronger enforcement, penalties of up to \u00a3500,000, a register of medium-rise […]<\/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-13584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13584","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=13584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13585,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13584\/revisions\/13585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}