Daily News: 20/11/2025
Quarterly survey data shows social landlords spent £9.3bn on repairs and maintenance in the 12 months to September 2025, up from £8.4bn the previous year, with forecast spend for 2025/26 rising slightly to £10.4bn to maintain and improve housing assets. GOV.UK
England’s housing supply in 2024-25 totalled 208,600 net additional dwellings, representing a 6% decrease compared to the previous year. In contrast, affordable housing completions rose to 64,762, up 1% and marking the highest level since 2014-15. GOV.UK, GOV.UK
The government has launched the £950m LAHF 4, its largest to date, giving councils funding to expand temporary accommodation and cut reliance on costly nightly-paid or B&B options. GOV.UK
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has launched a £1bn Good Growth Fund, with £400m set to deliver nearly 3,000 homes, 22,000+ jobs, and 2m sqft of employment space. Homes England’s Impact & Places Partnership will create 2,250+ homes and mobilise £860m in underinvested areas, while a planned Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead could unlock 25,000 homes and 10,000 jobs. Greater Manchester Combined Authority, GOV.UK, and BBC
The largest housing associations saw a 12% rise in operating surpluses in 2024/25 despite lower development activity. Gateshead Council’s housing service is reportedly “moving in the right direction” after earlier repair and complaint concerns, while Guildford councillors will finally access a long-awaited £19m housing repairs report. Housing Today (register), Chronicle Live, and Surrey World
Flat Britain highlights the need for more homes in UK cities to ease the housing crisis, improve transport efficiency, and strengthen urban economies. While Clarion Housing Group has called for a new social contract for housing to address threats to quality of life across UK communities. Centre for Cities, Clarion Housing Group
Winvic has won a £130m contract to deliver Oasis, a 456-home build-to-rent scheme on Kent Street, Birmingham, funded by Heim Global Investor and developed by McLaren Living. In addition, Mellior will build a 200-home waterfront neighbourhood in Salford after Bentry Capital acquired the Irwell Gardens site for £12m. The Construction Index, Construction Enquirer
Belfast-based Totalmobile will help L&Q modernise its £60m housing repairs service across 250,000 homes using its Field First platform. Grainger, has doubled profits from property valuations and rental income, aiming for 30% growth in the coming years. News Letter, Housing Today (register)
As of October 2025, 5,570 residential buildings over 11 metres in England have unsafe cladding, up 12 since September, with remediation progress monitored. Meanwhile, the Great British Insulation Scheme has delivered 107,900 energy efficiency measures across 82,200 households up to September 2025. GOV.UK, GOV.UK
The Scottish Government has announced a one-year delay to the Scottish Building Safety Levy and confirmed it will not introduce a Heat in Buildings Bill in the current parliamentary session, citing delays to the UK Government’s Warm Homes Plan and uncertainty over energy costs. Scottish Housing News, The Scottish Government
Councillors approved 369 homes on a former hospital site, half affordable. A 450-home Green Belt scheme near Bristol and Yate has been submitted. Persimmon is consulting on a 350-home scheme near a Cornish town. Bloor’s 300-home Littleborough development awaits a decision, while Plymouth Civic Centre is set for conversion into 140 flats. Enfield Dispatch, Bristol Live, The Packet, Place North West, and Construction Enquirer