We speak with Gavin Smart about the CIH’s current challenges, the state of the sector, and what social housing’s purpose should be.
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Dawn Smithson, head of building support services for Thirteen, will be tasked with growing HouseMark’s estate services club.
77% of people in Wales agree with the statement that everyone should have a right to an adequate home, a CIH Cymru poll found.
Housing providers want to digitise their processes but are put off by the short-term costs of digital devices, a major new survey has revealed.
The housing sector has responded to yesterday’s Spending Review, which featured announcements for housebuilding, infrastructure, and rough sleeping.
Affordability has ‘worsened in the age of COVID-19’, while housebuilding, the housing market, and approaches to homelessness are now all ‘in flux’, the CIH says.
Announcing £30 million of new funding for OPE, the minister hinted the programme could help deliver on pledges to ‘build back better’.
The Homes at the Heart campaign calls for a ‘once-in-a-generation’ investment in social housing, saying this would help drive the UK’s COVID-19 recovery.
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