{"id":13853,"date":"2026-10-28T09:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T09:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13853"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T09:57:09","slug":"wednesday-28-10-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-28-10-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 28\/10\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 28\/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

Chime Housing has launched market engagement for a \u00a31.2bn Herts, Beds and Bucks construction and consultancy framework running from May 2027 to May 2031, with the formal tender notice scheduled for 8th December 2026. <\/span> Construction News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

JV North has secured \u00a395m in Homes England grant funding to build 792 homes across 14 sites in Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire, including 660 for social rent, with total construction value exceeding \u00a3300m. <\/span> JV North<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Magenta Living has secured \u00a377m in financing to support its target of building 1,300 homes across the Liverpool City Region by 2030, including \u00a312m from CAF Bank for energy-efficient social rent homes and \u00a310m from Danske Bank. <\/span> Liverpool Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plus Dane Housing has appointed Next Energy under a five-year contract to deliver \u00a310m of energy-efficiency improvements across hundreds of homes, including insulation, solar panels and replacement windows, supporting its EPC Band C target by 2030. <\/span> TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

NHS SBS has launched a \u00a3400m Hard FM framework providing NHS bodies and wider public sector organisations with access to maintenance, compliance and specialist estates services. Sir Robert McAlpine has secured a \u00a3133m contract to overhaul the Bank of England\u2019s Threadneedle Street estate in the City of London, beating Bovis and Overbury. <\/span> Facilitate Magazine<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vistry and partners Platform Housing Group, Solihull Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority have started work on 177 affordable homes at the former Simon Digby School site in Chelmsley Wood. LiveWest has started construction on 27 social rent homes on St Mary\u2019s in the Isles of Scilly, marking the islands\u2019 first affordable housing development in years <\/span>West Midlands Combined Authority<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Housing Digital<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Warwick District Council is introducing safeguards for homes purchased on new-build estates to ensure affordability, quality and sustainability for tenants. A BBC Panorama investigation has highlighted serious failings in Birmingham\u2019s supported housing system, raising concerns over accommodation provision and oversight. Residents in five-storey flats have been without working lifts for more than three weeks, prompting criticism of the responsible housing association. <\/span> Warwick District Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Birmingham Live<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Reading Chronicle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The government has proposed measures to protect more leaseholders from high costs of addressing serious building and fire safety defects. England had 4.6m social homes at March 2026, an annual increase of 36,000, despite a 1,700-home fall in social rent stock; average social rents rose 3.2%. Scotland had an estimated 2.75m homes at March 2025, comprising 60% owner-occupied, 23% socially rented, 13% privately rented or rent-free, and 4% vacant or second homes <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Scottish Government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Inverclyde Council has unveiled plans for nearly 860 affordable homes to boost housebuilding and attract investment. Plans for 190 homes and a future primary school have been approved in Ludgershall. Stockport councillors considered proposals for 181 homes off Jacksons Lane in Hazel Grove, following approval for 160 homes nearby last month. <\/span> Greenock Telegraph<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Salisbury Journal<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Stockport Nub News<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 28\/10\/2026 Chime Housing has launched market engagement for a \u00a31.2bn Herts, Beds and Bucks construction and consultancy framework running from May 2027 to May 2031, with the formal tender notice scheduled for 8th December 2026. Construction News JV North has secured \u00a395m in Homes England grant funding to build 792 homes across 14 […]<\/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-13853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13853","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=13853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13854,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13853\/revisions\/13854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}