{"id":7555,"date":"2025-04-07T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=7555"},"modified":"2025-04-07T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:44:00","slug":"monday-07-04-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-07-04-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 07\/04\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 07\/04\/2025<\/h6>\n

Ancho tenants have officially joined Cairn Housing Association following a successful transfer that took effect on 1st April, marking a new chapter for residents and the organisation alike. <\/span>Cairn Housing Association<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

CHP has formed a long-term partnership with NewArch Homes, part of the Octopus Affordable Housing Fund, selling 220 homes – 59 in development and 161 tenanted – across affordable rent and shared ownership. Meanwhile, Your Housing Group has bought 112 affordable homes in Partington from L&Q, strengthening its North West presence. <\/span>UK Property Forums<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Southway Housing Trust has unveiled plans to grow its housing stock by 50% over the next five years as part of a major expansion drive to address increasing housing demand. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Barratt and David Wilson Homes are expanding their footprint in the Scottish Highlands, having acquired three sites in and around Inverness with plans to deliver over 800 new homes. <\/span>Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The LHC Procurement Group has launched the Northern Procurement Alliance (NPA) to deliver region-specific procurement solutions across the North of England. In Scotland, Glasgow-based M Squared has made a seven-figure investment in EBS Construction, forging a new local partnership in repairs and maintenance. <\/span>Housing Digital<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Private equity-owned builders\u2019 merchant MKM continued its expansion in 2024 despite a contracting market but reported mounting losses as a result. <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mace topped the March contracts league for the second month running, driven by its Euston Tower project win. However, overall new work for the top 50 contractors fell 16% to \u00a33.56bn, with project awards dropping from 132 to 122. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Building safety minister Alex Norris says the regulator is spending too much time on team setup, causing delays. He urged faster progress to improve outcomes. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Green Heat Finance Taskforce\u2019s second report highlights the wide benefits of cleaner building heat and energy use, focusing on finance solutions, heat networks, place-based delivery, and social housing retrofits. <\/span>The Scottish Government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Outline planning has been granted for 120 homes in Letchworth. In Horsmonden, Tunbridge Wells Council has approved controversial plans for 120 homes and a medical centre despite strong opposition. In south Essex, proposals for nearly 2,500 homes around Billericay are progressing. A decision is pending on almost 300 homes on a former factory site in Leicestershire, while Sandwell Council\u2019s housing blueprint suggests building up to 175 homes on a golf course. <\/span>The Comet<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Kent Online<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Yellow Advertiser<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Leicestershire Live<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Express & Star<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 07\/04\/2025 Ancho tenants have officially joined Cairn Housing Association following a successful transfer that took effect on 1st April, marking a new chapter for residents and the organisation alike. Cairn Housing Association CHP has formed a long-term partnership with NewArch Homes, part of the Octopus Affordable Housing Fund, selling 220 homes – 59 […]<\/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-7555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7555","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=7555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7556,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7555\/revisions\/7556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}