5 chippy's within a 20 minute walk from me,do you think I am swayed by one having a NW Chippy Of The Year award, or quality & cost?
When starting procurements, are #SocialHousing #UKhousing providers sometimes being swayed by the wrong things?
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#socialHousing landlords :- Do you understand how much each of your #ukHousing method of payments cost ??
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Who should own your #ICT systems and applications ?
The Users or the ICT team ?
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As a sector, maybe #ukhousing needs to go back to school, to inform everyone what housing options are out there for them
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Does (over) 'badged' software catch you out in #ukhousing ? They way it often doesn't integrate maybe?
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Let's consider in the UK, tackling #PayAsYouStay like in Southern Ireland. A different way of dealing with Housing Benefit/UC as safety net.
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Implementation projects are a marathon to prepare for, rare to be satisfied by the crazy mad sprint at the end ..
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Repairs scheduling, if you have a DLO, something you certainly need in #socialHousing
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Scottish rural countryside scene Scotland - HG6TCK
Latest housing statistics prompt fresh warning over Scotland's supply gap
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Made in Sheffield neon sign - 2T0WE16
Park Hill deal delivers a fresh affordable housing boost in Sheffield
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EPC cert for property to rent - 2JWB516
Future Homes Standard welcomed as low carbon heating orders continue rising
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Blocks of socialhousing flats in Walsall - 2R64TRE
New social housing fund boost backs tenant-focused pilots and innovation
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Planning Approved, in scrabble letters - 2KDKR13
Major milestone reached in Wythenshawe social housing and regeneration push
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Beef cattle cow with ear tag farming - 2JJPKT2
Welsh minister rejects calls to halt controversial farmland housing plans
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Screenshot of geocoded Peterborough City Council address data visualised in Leaflet with background mapping from OpenStreetMap
Latest #openaddresses from our pals in local government:
Peterborough City Council (in the East of England) has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad...
I have geocoded the property locations for maps etc
#UKhousing #localgov #proptech #FOI #opendata
🏡📊 Top Stories of the Week: FCA and PRA consider relaxing high-LTI lending rules and UK Finance's Roe to step down as director of mortgages.
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#MortgageStrategy #FinanceNews #UKHousing
Now included in www.thinkhouse.org.uk :: @cihhousing.bsky.social REPORT :: The 2026 UK Housing Review :: Awaiting Editorial Panel assessment. #ukhousing #housingresearch #housingpolicy
Now included in www.thinkhouse.org.uk :: @housingevidence.bsky.social REPORT :: Who should own the value of land? Housing, power and the deep politics of land value capture :: Awaiting Editorial Panel assessment. #ukhousing #housingresearch #housingpolicy
It’s Thursday - but Friday is a bank holiday! - so it's time for an early round-up of the main #UKHousing policy news and events from this week 🏘️📰
Read the full update on LinkedIn ➡️ buff.ly/wZHTeCI
Congratulations to @sheltercharity.bsky.social Their report: Build Up Not Trickle Down: The Case for Need-Led Housing Policy has been selected by our Editorial Panel as one of the 'must read' reports of 2026, www.thinkhouse.org.uk/reports/2026/ #ukhousing #housingresearch #housingpolicy
Shadow Lists of Rents - rents collated 1 October 2024 - 30 September 2025 These are the Lists of Rents compiled in accordance with schedule 3B of the Rent Officers Housing Benefit Functions Order 1997 (as amended), but not used to calculate the local housing allowance (LHA) rates due to DWP policy changes introduced by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2026 (SI 2026/5), maintaining the LHA at those rates previously determined on 31 March 2024. The LHA comprises a set of rates for a number of categories - Categories A to E which are: a) 'Shared Accommodation': Exclusive use of one bedroom and sharing the use of one or more of a: ● kitchen ● bathroom ● toilet ● room suitable for living in b) 1 bedroom dwellings: those with one bedroom and exclusive use of a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet and a room suitable for living in c) 2 bedroom dwellings d) 3 bedroom dwellings e) 4 bedroom dwellings
Shadow Lists of Rents 2026 for England, collected 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025 www.gov.uk/government/p... dataset from HMRC (15.6 MB CSV file)
BRMA boundaries www.gov.uk/government/p...
#UKhousing #opendata
Screenshot of geocoded Arun District Council address data visualised in Leaflet with background mapping from OpenStreetMap
#Openaddresses evening edition:
Arun District Council (in the South East region of England) has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad...
Arundel! Bognor Regis! Littlehampton! Probably other towns, have a poke around
#UKhousing #localgov #opendata
Screenshot of geocoded Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk address data visualised in Leaflet with background mapping from OpenStreetMap
First #openaddresses of the month:
Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk (in the East of England) has released its Council Tax address list as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad...
Thx @bcklwn.bsky.social!
I have geocoded the records for maps etc
#UKhousing #localgov #opendata
... means that there will be further sharp cuts in house building product manufacturing capacity & in skills. So, if and when the house building recovery arrives, capacity & skills constraints mean that the recovery will take longer & cost substantially more. (13/end)
#ukconstruction #ukhousing
... & it is increasingly likely that house building completions will also fall in 2027 as well, due to the lag effects of both the affordability issues & cost rises on house builders. Plus, a 4th & potentially 5th successive annual fall in house building also... (12/n)
#ukconstruction #ukhousing
... from 2026 Q3 & Q4 we are likely to see the full impacts of mortgage rate rises on major house builder demand & the full effect of cost rises. Overall, what this means is that 2026 will see a further fall in house building completions, a 4th successive fall &... (11/n)
#ukconstruction #ukhousing
Most major house builders have forward sales until Summer based on homebuyers with mortgages already approved so demand should hold up near-term but smaller house builder demand will be hit first (& they will also be hit first by the cost increases) whilst... (10/n)
#ukconstruction #ukhousing
... financial markets are currently pricing in 2 interest rate rises for 2026 (compared with 2 interest rate cuts they were expecting just a month ago) & so further increases in mortgage rates can be expected as those rate rises feed through, which will hit demand. (9/n)
#ukconstruction #ukhousing
In terms of affordability, it was already a key issue for many house builders last year & since the Middle Eastern conflict mortgage rates have already risen sharply (the average 2-year fixed mortgage rate rose from 4.83% at the end of February to 5.84% so far &... (8/n)
#ukconstruction #ukhousing
This means that additional government costs on the house building supply chain this year & expected double-digit % construction product price rises due to the Middle Eastern conflict will be coming from an already high base & further hit house builder site viability. (7/n)
#ukconstruction #ukhousing
