{"id":9574,"date":"2025-12-09T12:38:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=9574"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:11:49","slug":"tuesday-09-12-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/tuesday-09-12-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: 09\/12\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 09\/12\/2025<\/h6>\n

England faces a severe social housing shortage, with 180,067 homes lost in the past decade. Stricter affordability checks exclude many low-income applicants, with 31% of associations and 39% of larger ones reporting offers are often deemed unsuitable, driving homelessness, while harmonised allocation systems help reduce refusals and empty homes. <\/span>Crisis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Housemark\u2019s Pulse data shows median tenant satisfaction at 75.5% in September, up 2.5 points year-on-year and above 75% since June. Continuous surveys report slightly higher satisfaction at 74.5%, outperforming single-point and phased surveys. <\/span>Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The RSH has launched a consultation on updates to the Tenant Involvement & Accountability Standard, the Consumer Standards Code of Practice, and Tenant Satisfaction Measures. Separately, a new Residential Stock Condition Survey Code, developed with RICS, seeks to standardise how landlords assess housing quality. <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>National Housing Federation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

GreenSquareAccord\u2019s half-year update shows turnover falling from \u00a3116m to \u00a3102.5m and a reduced surplus, mainly due to scaling back open market sales as the organisation withdraws from that part of its business. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

An auditor flagged \u201csignificant weaknesses\u201d in Tower Hamlets Council, risking continued government intervention. Lambeth Council called for stronger rules on failing Tenant Management Organisations amid concerns over the Loughborough Estate. Birmingham Council may leverage its buying powers to address 12,209 privately owned empty homes. Worthing Borough Council blames rising homelessness for a \u00a32m overspend, with 30% of its budget spent tackling the issue. <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Love Lambeth<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Birmingham Live<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

CHIC has launched a Lifts and Mobility Aids Framework, giving members a compliant way to procure, install, and maintain lifts and mobility equipment across the UK. Meanwhile, Bruntwood and Trafford Council have also begun procuring a contractor for the first major residential phase of the \u00a3210m Stretford Mall redevelopment, with \u00a3175m of works out to bid. <\/span>Housing Executive<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Unsecured creditors of Tucker Mechanical & Electrical, owed \u00a34.8m, are now \u201clikely\u201d to receive a payout, administrators say. Companies House has suspended a warning notice for Ardmore Group over late accounts. Mulalley reported a \u00a33.2m loss due to London\u2019s public-sector slowdown and rising costs, while Keller Group boosted its leadership amid a record order book. Q3 2025 timber imports show a mixed but slightly improving market. <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Wave<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Construction Industry Training Board has announced further cuts to training grants and funding for several popular courses, despite holding a \u00a379m cash reserve, prompting sector concern over skills development. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Government funding cuts threaten hundreds of planned social homes in Northern Ireland, with delivery over the next two years potentially dropping from 2,092 to about 1,100, putting nearly half of the pipeline at risk, the NIFHA warns. <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plans include 900 homes, a primary school, and a local centre on Leicester\u2019s outskirts. Rotherham Council may invest \u00a3123m in 500 council homes. In Derbyshire, campaigners have filed over 1,000 objections to a 200-home Green Belt project, while Wyre Council approved Baxter Homes\u2019 142-home development at Great Eccleston on 88 acres. <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Place Yorkshire<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Derbyshire Live<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 09\/12\/2025 England faces a severe social housing shortage, with 180,067 homes lost in the past decade. Stricter affordability checks exclude many low-income applicants, with 31% of associations and 39% of larger ones reporting offers are often deemed unsuitable, driving homelessness, while harmonised allocation systems help reduce refusals and empty homes. Crisis Housemark\u2019s Pulse […]<\/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-9574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574","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=9574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9579,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574\/revisions\/9579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}