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New research jointly commissioned by ARCH, the Local Government Association (LGA) and the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) finds that a post-pandemic building boom of 100,000 new social homes for rent each year would not only meet demand for affordable homes but deliver a £14.5 billion boost to the economy – the equivalent to over half of the entire annual economic performance of Birmingham - new research reveals today.

The Government has published its long-awaited Social Housing White Paper on 17 November 2020. The White Paper, labelled as a “Charter for Social Housing Residents” sets out a range of measures to strengthen the regulation of social landlords and empower tenants and residents to hold their landlord to account and obtain redress where service falls below standards expected.

Results of a survey by the Affordable Housing Commission suggest that social landlords think the Government’s Planning White Paper will lead to fewer social rented homes.

ARCH has been working in partnership with the National Housing Federation, Chartered Institute of Housing, National Federation of ALMOs and Crisis on the Homes at the Heart Campaign - a national campaign and coalition calling for a once-in-a-generation investment in social housing.

The Regulator of Social Housing has published the results of the sixth in its series of monthly surveys of registered providers of social housing assessing how council and housing association landlords and other registered providers are coping with the impact of Covid-19 on housing services.