15 April 2019
The UK will only meet its 300,000 homes a year target if it increases funding for affordable housing and moves away from an over-reliance on private sales, according to a new report published by the G15, the National Housing Federation and Homes for the North.
13 March 2019
The Chancellor, Phillip Hammond delivered his Spring Statement on 13 March and announced £3bn of guarantees for housing associations delivering new homes.
Responding to the announcement, Paul Hackett, chair of the G15 and chief executive of Optivo housing association, said...
27 February 2019
The Mayor of London, London Councils and the G15 group of London’s largest housing associations have this morning sent an open letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government warning of the potentially catastrophic effects that a no-deal Brexit could have on affordable housing delivery.
22 January 2019
A new short film about the comforts of home, the quirks of family life and the bonds of community has been launched to champion social housing, its residents and efforts to tackle the housing crisis.
14 January 2019
Homelessness charity Shelter has published a new report calling for 3 million new social homes to be built in England over the next 20 years to help solve the housing crisis.
28 November 2018
G15 members Metropolitan Thames Valley and One Housing have agreed new strategic partnerships with the Greater London Authority (GLA).
G15 members have pledged to form a “united front” with London’s councils to build more affordable homes and launch a new assault on the housing crisis.
6 November 2018
On 14 August this year government launched its social housing green paper: a ‘new deal’ for social housing. Billed as a “wide-ranging top-to-bottom review of the issues facing the sector”, it was intended to kick-start a national conversation on social housing.
29 October 2018
Optivo and Southern Housing Group have become the latest G15 members to become strategic partners of Homes England, the body responsible for increasing the number of new homes built in England.
29 August 2018
Two further G15 members have become strategic partners of the GLA, while three members have been awarded over £270m in grant to start 4,500 homes
15 February 2017
In February 2017 the Government launched a consultation on its latest housing white paper, Fixing our broken housing market. It outlines how government intends to meet its stated aim of building one million homes by 2020.
6 October 2016
The G15 – the group which represents London’s largest housing associations – has launched a report which documents 35 of its estate regeneration projects. It highlights the importance of estate regeneration in solving the capital’s housing crisis and identifies what is required to deliver more.
1 September 2016
Real London Lives was a longitudinal study examining the lives of London housing association tenants, which ran from 2013 to 2015.
