Half a million more of us are renting

The latest research by nationwide buy-to-let specialist, Sequre Property Investment, has revealed the areas which have seen the biggest swings toward renting when compared to homeownership in recent years. Sequre analysed data on dwellings across each area of England since... View Article

Tenants are most likely to feel at risk from fire

Social housing tenants are the group who most fear a fire breaking out at their home, although the vast majority of residents still feel safe in their homes according to the most recent English Housing Survey results. For the first... View Article

The private rented sector in figures

Nearly one in five households in England live in the private rented sector, making it the second largest tenure. Just over 4.4 million households live in the private rented sector in England, 19 per cent of all households. By comparison,... View Article

Social housing EHS main findings

There are 4 million households in the social rented sector. The sector is home to more vulnerable groups than other tenures, likely due to the way social housing is allocated on the basis of need. Over half, 54 per cent,... View Article

Building Safety Bill: mixed response from NHF

The long-awaited Building Safety Bill setting out the legislation for the new building safety regulatory regime to ensure the safety of people and their homes, has left lots of questions unanswered. The National Housing Federation welcomed the Bill, but has... View Article

Huge demand for household adaptations revealed

Around 1.9 million households in England had one or more people with a health condition that required adaptations to their home, according to the latest English Homes Survey findings. In 2019/20, 8 per cent of all households in England (1.9... View Article

Multi-Occupancy and The New Age of Fire Safety

The demand to assess and successfully manage fire safety within high-rise residential buildings has never been greater. And with 2021 introducing reformed regulations, how is this new age of fire safety shaping up? For multi-occupied residential buildings, fire safety responsibility... View Article

Hightown agrees £100m Unsecured Green Private Placement

Hightown Housing Association is delighted to have agreed a £100m Unsecured Green Private Placement across 12-15 year maturities, with five supportive institutional investors. The issue was over three times oversubscribed. NatWest acted as sole Private Placement agent and sole ESG... View Article