{"id":8798,"date":"2025-09-15T12:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8798"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:42:20","slug":"monday-15-09-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-15-09-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 15\/09\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 15\/09\/2025<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mind the Gap report warns London\u2019s housing delivery is in \u201cmajor crisis\u201d as site investment collapses, putting the Government\u2019s 1.5m homes target at risk. With 440,000 homes expected from the capital, it says ambitions will be \u201cimpossible\u201d without urgent action. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbf.co.uk\/documents\/14913\/Mind_the_Gap_Examining_Londons_housing_shortfall.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home Builders Federation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stonewater will acquire Porthove Housing Association and the Rotary Club of Hove Housing Society on 31 December through a transfer of engagements. The two providers, owning 97 homes in total, will be dissolved, with Stonewater taking over management. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/stonewater-to-acquire-two-small-housing-associations-on-31-december\/5138147.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Housing REIT (SOHO) saw a 19% rise in net rental income in H1 2025. A citywide survey of Wheatley Homes Glasgow tenants found nine in 10 are satisfied with their service. Perth and Kinross Council continues to deliver strong housing and homelessness support, while Melville Housing Association reported net arrears of just 1.7% in 2024\/25, maintaining its status as a top-performing landlord. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/social-housing-reit-boosts-income-by-19\/5138137.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheatleyhomes-glasgow.com\/news\/90-of-tenants-are-happy-with-scotlands-biggest-social-landlord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheatley Homes Glasgow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pkc.gov.uk\/article\/24800\/Housing-Services-delivering-high-value-for-people-and-families-in-Perth-and-Kinross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perth and Kinross Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/housingdigital.co.uk\/melville-housing-association-reports-1-7-net-arrears-and-100-case-completion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Digital<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only 42% of social housing residents in Wales consider their rent affordable, with many citing high rents relative to income, rising living costs, and poor value for money, according to a report by TPAS Cymru. Meanwhile, a senior local authority official has warned that Scotland\u2019s housing emergency is worsening and that the system is \u201cbroken\u201d. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/less-than-half-of-social-tenants-in-wales-feel-their-rent-is-affordable-finds-tpas-report\/5138138.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c059n9e94l9o.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social housing maintenance contractor Mears has paid \u00a39.5m to take over Pennington Choices Group Limited. Meanwhile, Coventry-based Vidi Construction has gone under after nearly 10 years in business. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/compliance-acquisition-for-mears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/09\/15\/vidi-construction-collapses-into-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costs to refit two Muirhouse tower blocks in Edinburgh have soared from \u00a351.4m to \u00a386m, with the council now considering demolition due to challenges in securing contractors to work on the unique buildings. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/news\/edinburgh-news\/two-edinburgh-tower-blocks-facing-32465256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edinburgh Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regal won Tower Hamlets Council approval for a 1,300-bed student housing-led scheme in London\u2019s Docklands. Cole Waterhouse received the go-ahead for its \u00a3200m Old Trafford project in Manchester, delivering 382 apartments and 412 student homes. In Scotland, Briar Homes secured planning for a \u00a340m, 137-home development in Kennoway. Meanwhile, proposals for 242 homes in Leicestershire face local opposition, and 110 homes near Pickering will return to councillors for further review. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/regal-wins-approval-for-1300-bed-student-housing-scheme-in-londons-docklands\/5138133.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placenorthwest.co.uk\/all-clear-for-cole-waterhouses-200m-old-trafford-resi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place North West<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.co.uk\/news\/planning-permission-granted-137-new-35894054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">insider.co.uk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/fears-raised-242-home-leicestershire-10486870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leicestershire Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazetteherald.co.uk\/news\/25461783.110-pickering-homes-plan-go-back-councillors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gazette &amp; Herald<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 15\/09\/2025 The Mind the Gap report warns London\u2019s housing delivery is in \u201cmajor crisis\u201d as site investment collapses, putting the Government\u2019s 1.5m homes target at risk. With 440,000 homes expected from the capital, it says ambitions will be \u201cimpossible\u201d without urgent action. Home Builders Federation Stonewater will acquire Porthove Housing Association and the [&hellip;]<\/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-8798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8798","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=8798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8800,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8798\/revisions\/8800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}