London councils could save over £500m a year with new temporary accommodation funding approach, report

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It’s Friday, and time for our round-up of the main #UKHousing policy news and events from this week 🏘️📰

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In this podcast Dr Liz Riley from Betknowmore UK & Dr Kelly Henderson Addressing Domestic Abuse) talk about their research that explores the complex links between gambling harms and domestic abuse and the impacts this can have on women’s housing security
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Latest #openaddresses from local government:

Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council, in the South East of England, have both released their Council Tax address lists as open data www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad... (with download links)

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In his latest piece, HQN CEO alistair mcintosh takes a look at the Regulator of Social Housing's most recent inspection reports hqnetwork.co.uk/news/opinion... #ukhousing

We're delighted to welcome Ocean Housing to the Leasehold Network. Thank you for joining – we're looking forward to working with you! #ukhousing

We're delighted to welcome Lincoln City Council to the People and Culture Network. Thank you for joining – we're looking forward to working with you! #ukhousing

We're delighted to welcome Bath & North East Somerset Council to the Housing Management Network. Thank you for joining – we're looking forward to working with you! #ukhousing

We're delighted to welcome Greatwell Homes to the People and Culture Network. Thank you for joining – we're looking forward to working with you! #ukhousing

As I keep highlighting, the government’s problem is not 1.5 million new homes in England in 5 years or not 1.5 million. House building has fallen for the last 3 years & is falling this year. The government’s problem is to stop it falling further next year as well. (16/end)
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... now we are beginning to see the effects of conflict-driven further fall in housing affordability play out in terms of starts, as renewed conflict-driven rises in oil & energy costs (& mortgage rate) accelerate again. (15/n)
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As I have highlighted many times, affordability & site viability were already key problems before the Middle East conflict. The conflict is making them both worse (combined with government adding more & more extra costs on to house building) &... (14/n)
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... the government Building Safety Levy starts adding extra cost onto house building in October & the government's Future Homes & Building Standards adds extra cost onto house building in March, which will all make site viability even worse. (13/n)
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The return of oil prices above $100 per barrel in September (& more importantly the sharp rise in industrial energy prices) will lead to even more construction products price rises & house building cost rises over the next 6-9 months, &... (12/n)
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... firms are currently doing business planning & budgeting for the year ahead, & will be expecting house building activity remains flat at this year's low level at best & potentially falls again in 2027 (especially in H1), so they will plan further capacity cuts. (11/n)
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Firms supplying into the early part of house building (i.e. house building starts) have already cut capacity by around 21% on average. These capacity cuts have focused on the older, more inefficent factories so they won't be brought back &... (10/n)
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This is the 4th consecutive year of low housing demand (& demand is currently slowing) & sharply rising costs, so many firms have already cut capacity & skills signficantly during the last 18 months. (9/n)
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Deliveries year-to-date (January to July) in 2026 were 10.4% lower than a year ago & 31.7% lower than at the recent peak in 2022, which is concerning, especially as we are only just beginning to see the effect of the conflict on housing demand & costs from July. (8/n)
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