{"id":7691,"date":"2025-04-25T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=7691"},"modified":"2025-04-25T12:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:41:55","slug":"friday-25-04-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-25-04-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 25\/04\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 25\/04\/2025<\/h6>\n

Over 150 organisations have urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor to act on the supported housing crisis, warning that 70,000 homes are at risk of closure. The sector supports 500,000 people in England with complex needs to live independently. <\/span>National Housing Federation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stonewater is introducing assured tenancies for all new and existing tenants, providing improved protections ahead of the Renters\u2019 Rights Bill. In addition, over half of Lambeth\u2019s larger council homes were allocated to families outside of the bidding system in the second half of last year, a move criticised by housing groups as unfair. <\/span>Housing Executive<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>South London Press<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Housing for Complex Needs report calls for integrated housing and health\/social care planning in Scotland to support housing solutions for people with learning disabilities and complex needs. Additionally, new guidance from London Councils suggests that greater collaboration with leaseholders and legal changes could help reduce energy bills in flats. <\/span>NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>London Councils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Edinburgh Boiler Company has been appointed to the Scottish Procurement Alliance\u2019s Retrofit and Decarbonisation (N9) framework, supporting energy efficiency and sustainability projects. Meanwhile, Thakeham has signed a contract with housing association Aster Group to deliver 100% affordable homes in Yapton, West Sussex. <\/span>Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Sussex World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The cement industry has launched the world\u2019s first carbon ratings system for cement and concrete, designed to reduce the environmental impact of construction materials. This system will help track and manage the carbon content of these materials. <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

In the quarter from January to March 2025, 466,000 Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) were lodged for domestic and non-domestic properties in England and Wales, a 4% increase from the same period in 2024. Furthermore, Eurocell’s analysis shows around 12.8m homes in England have a rating of D or below, highlighting the need for significant energy upgrades to meet the 2050 Net Zero target. <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Eurocell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The first quarter of 2025 saw the highest Q1 investment in Build to Rent (BTR) since 2022, with 17,300 BTR homes completed, highlighting the sector’s ongoing contribution to UK housing delivery. <\/span>Savills<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nottingham’s planning committee has approved a 247-bed student accommodation scheme, while the government approved 173 new homes in an Essex town despite local opposition. Clarion Housing Group\u2019s Clare House redevelopment in Bow will deliver 145 social rented homes and a community facility. Sunderland’s city councillors are set to decide on plans for almost 300 new homes next week. Places for People has acquired a site in Thornton Cleveleys for 130 homes. Plans for 121 residential units at a derelict South London hospital have been updated, and Story Homes has submitted plans for 108 houses in Dumfries. <\/span>TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Essex Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Housing Executive<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Northern Echo<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>MyLondon<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>News & Star<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 25\/04\/2025 Over 150 organisations have urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor to act on the supported housing crisis, warning that 70,000 homes are at risk of closure. The sector supports 500,000 people in England with complex needs to live independently. National Housing Federation Stonewater is introducing assured tenancies for all new and existing […]<\/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-7691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691","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=7691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7696,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691\/revisions\/7696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}