{"id":7821,"date":"2025-05-14T12:46:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=7821"},"modified":"2025-05-14T12:46:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:46:26","slug":"wednesday-14-05-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-14-05-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 14\/05\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 14\/05\/2025<\/h6>\n

Swindon Borough Council has failed to meet RSH consumer standards. Housing 21, Torus62, and Sovereign Network Group were rated G1 for governance and C2 for consumer standards. All meet viability requirements. <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Abri has completed over 5,000 new homes, reaching the halfway point of its 10,000-home target by 2030, while North Devon Council has adopted a new housing strategy outlining its vision and objectives to address local housing needs. <\/span>Housing Executive<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>North Devon District Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

For-profit registered providers have urged Angela Rayner to remove tax and regulatory disadvantages, saying the sector could raise \u00a33bn in equity annually and deliver 30,000 new homes. Meanwhile, Blackpool Council is considering the use of compulsory purchase powers to address poor housing conditions and enable land redevelopment. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Blackpool Borough Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fusion21 has confirmed that 145 firms have secured spots on its new national Building Safety and Compliance Framework, which is valued at up to \u00a3800m over four years. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A \u00a350m build-to-rent scheme in Barking, east London, is now facing a major rebuild due to the discovery of construction defects. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sureserve has agreed to acquire compliance rival Kinovo in a \u00a356.4m deal to strengthen its position in the social housing sector. Vistry, in its latest trading update, announced plans to reduce borrowing and monitor cashflow closely, with its forward order book falling from \u00a34.9bn in 2024 to \u00a34.6bn in early 2025. Meanwhile, Durkan Ltd has reported its third consecutive year of pre-tax losses. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Wave<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

In 2024-25, GLA Housing Starts on Site and Completions reported 4,411 starts and 4,239 completions, while the Council Homes report showed 266 starts and 3,690 completions. Additionally, Housing Statistics for Scotland, 2023-24, revealed 60% of 2.7m dwellings in Scotland were owner-occupied. <\/span>London Gov.UK<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>London Gov.UK<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>The Scottish Government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

MPs have called for the Building Safety Regulator to target entire organisations and for an oversight mechanism to ensure proper implementation of Grenfell Inquiry recommendations. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

City Hall has approved a 46-storey student tower with 900+ bedrooms in Canary Wharf, despite local council opposition. Oxford planners have backed a community centre and 196 homes in Blackbird Leys. Crown Golf and Fairway Capital revealed a \u00a31bn plan for 3,000 homes on golf course land. Truro could see 300+ new homes from two nearby developments. Surrey residents are giving feedback on a 250-home plan, while Maesteg locals express concerns over access to a proposed 200-home scheme on an industrial estate. <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>This is Oxfordshire<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Cornwall Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Wales Online<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 14\/05\/2025 Swindon Borough Council has failed to meet RSH consumer standards. Housing 21, Torus62, and Sovereign Network Group were rated G1 for governance and C2 for consumer standards. All meet viability requirements. GOV.UK Abri has completed over 5,000 new homes, reaching the halfway point of its 10,000-home target by 2030, while North Devon […]<\/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-7821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7821","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=7821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7824,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7821\/revisions\/7824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}