Daily News: 07/07/2025
Sanctuary Housing Association has published its 2024/25 results, revealing a group revenue of £1,179.3m, an 8.7% increase (£93.9m) from the previous year’s £1,085.4m. Sanctuary Housing Association
Hyde Group has launched a five-year plan to 2030, aiming to become the UK’s most diverse housing and community services provider. Meanwhile, Wrexham Council cut borrowing on its social housing by £9m to focus on home improvements. In Devon, tenant complaints rose by a third to 276 across 4,000+ homes. Hyde Group, Wrexham.com, and Devon Live
Homes England, Aviva, Moda, NatWest, and WMCA have sealed a £200m deal to deliver 1,000 rental homes in Digbeth, Birmingham, boosting regeneration and accelerating high-quality housing delivery. GOV.UK
Social housing procurement body Prosper has selected 34 firms for a £1bn national energy efficiency retrofit framework. In parallel, Powys County Council is seeking a long-term partner for a £772m redevelopment of its older people’s care homes. Additionally, Watford Community Housing has signed a four-year agreement with Travis Perkins Managed Services to enhance property maintenance. Meanwhile, First Choice Homes Oldham is launching a £6.1m retrofit programme to boost the energy efficiency of 645 homes. Construction Enquirer, Construction News (register), Housing Digital, and Housing Digital
Sigma Capital Group and Vistry Group will deliver 415 homes across four sites worth around £100m. Elsewhere, Capita & Centric has been chosen to develop 100 architect-designed homes by Peter Barber at Shrewsbury’s Flaxmill Maltings site. Vistry Group, Housing Today (register)
The number of construction firms entering administration in the first half of 2025 has reached 150, surpassing figures from the same period in 2024. According to Creditsafe data, 28 firms went under in June alone. Construction News (register)
Five major contractors, Bam, Kier, Morgan Sindall, Stepnell, and Wates, have become founding members of the new Centre for Construction Best Practice to address persistent project delivery issues. At the same time, new fire safety laws for flats will come into force in 2027, a decade after the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Construction News (register), BBC
A new MHCLG-commissioned report by AECOM outlines the practical, technical, and economic impacts of reducing embodied carbon in new buildings, highlighting achievable reductions and the challenges developers may encounter. GOV.UK
Henry Boot has gained approval for 576 homes and a National Cyber Innovation Centre in Cheltenham, part of a 2,500-home scheme. Over 400 homes got the green light in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, while 600 homes are proposed for a village of 3,000. BDW’s 435-home Allington plan is nearing a decision. Keepmoat is consulting on 260 homes in Brislington, and 200 homes are planned off a rural Leicestershire lane. Housing Today (register), Birmingham Live, BBC, Kent Online, TheBusinessDesk.com, and BBC