The ARCH Community Champion Award recognises the dedication, willingness, inspiration and devotion that our tenants freely give to others, and it is hoped that this can motivate and inspire others as
Working with tenant representatives and officers from Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, the ARCH Tenants Group is delighted to bring back their annual tenants conference this year, to be held at
On 7 February, DLUHC launched a consultation on a new competency and conduct standard for senior housing managers.
The Building Safety Regulator has published a Safety Case Toolkit to help officers responsible for preparing safety case reports for existing high-rise buildings.
In preparation for full implementation of the new regulatory regime for social housing, the Regulator of Social Housing will shortly be writing to all registered providers with the names of their key
“The much-anticipated Chief Officers Conference is rapidly approaching (21 & 22 March 2024), and I just wanted to remind you that as an ARCH member you have a place at the conference absolutely free o
For the many newly elected MPs, the House of Commons Library has published a useful briefing on Affordable Housing in England.
The ARCH Community Champion Award recognises the dedication, willingness, inspiration and devotion that our tenants freely give to others, and it is hoped that this can motivate and inspire others as
In a statement to the House of Commons on 30 July, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced plans to reform national planning policy.
Following a significant rise in complaints about disrepair, the Housing Ombudsman is calling for evidence from landlords and residents about issues in housing maintenance.
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry published its second and final report on 4 September. The report is 7 volumes and 1,700 pages and sums up the Inquiry's findings as follows...
In March 2024, Southwark Council hosted a summit with 20 of the
largest council landlords in England to discuss the shared
challenges and ambitions for the future of council housing.
It was dec
In January the Government consulted on
plans to reform the rules for allocating council housing, as
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The Government published its Renters’ Rights Bill on 10 September.
Both Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook have recently summarised the action they have taken on housing since the general election.
Savills has published research assessing the impact of increasing rents for general needs social housing by CPI +1% for the next 10 years.
The government has invited and published guidance on applications for the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (formerly known as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 3).
The requirement for local authorities, along with other Registered Providers, to report annually on a suite of Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) has revealed that councils are not following a consis
ARCH, together with the National Federation of ALMOs and the Councils with ALMOs Group, has submitted a joint representation to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review.