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  • 151 BRIEF

    What's New?

  • Welsh pension fund confirms £50m investment in clean energy

    August 10, 2022

  • Inflation ‘disastrous’ for local services, warns LGA

    August 10, 2022

  • Consultation opens into care charging reforms

    August 9, 2022

  • ADASS survey: ‘worst fears confirmed for adult social care’

    August 5, 2022

  • GMCA to unlock funds for home energy-efficiency upgrades

    August 4, 2022

  • Levelling up committee calls for urgent boost to social care funding

    August 4, 2022

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  • LGPS
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  • 151 News
  • Blogs
    • David Green
    • Agent 151
    • Dan Bates
    • Richard Harbord
    • Stephen Sheen
    • James Bevan
    • Steve Bishop
    • Cllr John Clancy
    • David Crum
    • Graham Liddell
    • Ian O’Donnell
    • Jackie Shute
  • Interviews
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Housing

    • in Housing · Impact · LGPS · Responsible investing
    • — 3 Aug, 2022

    The case for residential investment: income, impact and resilience

    Partner Content: Emma Gullifer from Columbia Threadneedle discusses the options for pension funds looking to invest in residential property including the Build-to-Rent market. Institutional investors, and particularly pension funds, are[…]

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    • in Development · Funding · Housing
    • — 8 Jun, 2022

    Philip Gregory: making sure ‘no-one is left behind’

    Barking and Dagenham’s director of finance and investment talks to Karen Day about why the borough’s commercial approach is not simply a means to fill a revenue gap. “The council[…]

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    • in 151 News · Housing · Treasury
    • — 1 Jun, 2022

    Optivo agrees £73m borrowing deal with nine councils

    Housing association Optivo has agreed a £73m revolving credit facility (RCF) with nine unnamed local authorities to support the provision of social housing. Optivo, which has a funding portfolio of[…]

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    • in Housing · Regulation
    • — 25 May, 2022

    Tougher housing regulation ‘will make some councils intensely uncomfortable’

    The new regulatory regime for social housing will be more intrusive and is likely to make some councils “intensely uncomfortable”, the director of strategy for the Regulator of Social Housing[…]

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    • in Funding · Housing · Treasury
    • — 12 May, 2022

    Bags of capacity – now to housing delivery

    HRAs have been freed up and councils are starting to invest, but some remain cautious, writes Steve Partridge. He suggests that a minimum of £10bn of additional borrowing could be[…]

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    • in Business rates · Funding · Housing · Levelling up
    • — 11 May, 2022

    Queen’s Speech: an ambitious plan hampered by omissions

    Richard Harbord examines the impact of the government’s legislative proposals on councils, and concludes that local authorities expect and need more from central government. However you view the parliamentary programme[…]

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    • in 151 News · Housing · Infrastructure
    • — 5 May, 2022

    Abolition of section 106 agreements ‘threat to local prioritisation’

    A leading figure in the housing sector has expressed concern at the potential abolition of section 106 agreements in favour of an infrastructure levy. Claire Kober, managing director for homes[…]

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    • in Education · Housing · Social care
    • — 4 May, 2022

    PFI exit – the seven-year itch

    There are around 200 PFI contracts currently managed by local authorities in England, and a good number of these will be within seven years of completion. Amardeep Gill and Lucy[…]

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    • in Blogs · Development · Funding · Housing · Infrastructure
    • — 21 Apr, 2022

    Don’t expect an infrastructure levy any time soon

    The government plans to axe section 106 agreements in favour of an infrastructure levy, but Richard Harbord warns that consultation paralysis, levelling-up concerns and developer opposition could block any progress.[…]

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    • in 151 News · Housing · Private markets
    • — 20 Apr, 2022

    Northern LGPS pool to invest £150m in affordable housing

    The Northern LGPS pool is planning to invest a further £150m in affordable housing projects following a successful investment of a similar size last year. Northern’s previous £150m affordable housing[…]

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  • 151 BRIEFS – WHAT’s NEW?

    • Inflation ‘disastrous’ for local services, warns LGA
    • Consultation opens into care charging reforms
    • ADASS survey: ‘worst fears confirmed for adult social care’
    • GMCA to unlock funds for home energy-efficiency upgrades
    • Levelling up committee calls for urgent boost to social care funding
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