{"id":13792,"date":"2026-10-23T09:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13792"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:52:37","slug":"friday-23-10-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-23-10-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 23\/10\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 23\/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

Dundee City Council is proposing \u00a321.654m over five years to remediate RAAC in 783 homes, alongside a potential \u00a34m roof repairs tender and a nearly \u00a31m tender for external wall insulation inspections, maintenance and repairs across 5,177 low-rise properties and cottages. <\/span> Dundee City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sheffield City Council has approved \u00a3287,500 in additional funding, taking the 2026\/27 district heating renewal budget to \u00a3488,200, to replace ageing boilers, heating mains and critical components across council housing sites. <\/span> The Star<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Equans has secured a ten-year contract with Havering Council to deliver planned improvements across 11,000 homes, including kitchen and bathroom refurbishments, structural repairs, maintenance, internal upgrades and energy-efficiency improvements. <\/span> Equans<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The RSH\u2019s 2026 Sector Risk Profile warns landlords to balance investment in existing homes with new affordable housing amid rising building safety, retrofit, borrowing and operational risks, urging stronger governance, financial resilience and evidence-based decisions. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brent Council appointed Ballymore as delivery partner for the remaining phases of its \u00a31bn South Kilburn regeneration programme. Urban Splash and Igloo are progressing Liverpool\u2019s 800-home Festival Gardens scheme, targeting a planning application by the end of 2027. Wates secured the Crown Estate\u2019s \u00a323m green housing pilot in Hemel Hempstead, supporting plans for 4,000 homes. Construction has started on a 180-home Wolverhampton estate following demolition of 1960s maisonettes. <\/span> Partnerships Bulletin<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dundee City Council is considering a \u00a31.14m Hardies contract to survey all 12,645 social homes over two years, assessing condition, compliance and energy performance. Its SHIP reports 220+ affordable homes completed in 2025\/26 and 435 affordable rented homes under construction. Haringey Council has secured funding to acquire homes for more than 1,000 residents leaving temporary accommodation, addressing annual costs of nearly \u00a360m. A Bolton report highlights links between poor housing conditions and health inequalities. <\/span> Dundee City Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Dundee City Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Haringey Council<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> The Bolton News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Housing Forum\u2019s report highlights rising construction costs, funding uncertainty, viability challenges, contractor failures, reduced housing association development and high service charges as barriers to delivering affordable council housing. <\/span> The Housing Forum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mace Group reports that UK construction output fell 1% in the three months to August 2026 and was 1.6% lower than a year earlier, amid mounting construction challenges and potential opportunities from devolution. <\/span> Mace Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plans are advancing for around 800 homes at Liverpool\u2019s Festival Gardens and more than 500 homes across two sites in Maidstone, where infrastructure capacity concerns have been raised. Wadebridge has approved 374 homes despite objections, while Midlothian Council approved the first 363 homes at Bannock Wood, part of a 1,000-home development with 25% affordable housing. Persimmon Homes has submitted plans for 240 homes in Dunfermline, including 59 affordable properties, while a decision is expected soon on 146 homes proposed for farmland in Chorley. <\/span> Liverpool Echo<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Kent Online<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Voice<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Dunfermline Press<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Lancashire Post<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 23\/10\/2026 Dundee City Council is proposing \u00a321.654m over five years to remediate RAAC in 783 homes, alongside a potential \u00a34m roof repairs tender and a nearly \u00a31m tender for external wall insulation inspections, maintenance and repairs across 5,177 low-rise properties and cottages. Dundee City Council Sheffield City Council has approved \u00a3287,500 in additional […]<\/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-13792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13792","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=13792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13800,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13792\/revisions\/13800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}