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Today’s announcement from the Department for Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities that the accessibility standard for all new homes will be raised is a significant step towards tackling the UK’s acute and growing shortage of accessible homes.

29 Jul 2022 07:09 AM

Habinteg Housing Association has appointed Christina McGill as its Director of Social Impact & External Affairs.

20 Jul 2022 04:06 PM

On 21^st June, 2022, the Housing Ombudsman found severe maladministration of a report of a race hate-related anti-social behaviour (ASB) incident from July 2020.

21 Jun 2022 10:50 AM

Read about how Mike Nevin, a wheelchair user and member of Habinteg’s Insight Group, had to move from his home in Somerset to Durham, NE England because there were no suitable properties in Somerset.

20 Jun 2022 04:00 PM

With the Government planning to build 300,000 homes a year, Cllr David Renard, housing spokesperson for the Local Government Association, fears no progress for disabled people unless councils & the Government collaborate on housing.

19 Apr 2022 03:40 PM

Habinteg’s Communications team's hard work to establish Habinteg as the go-to experts in accessible housing is paying off with BBC Radio 4 reaching out to us recently to contribute to its documentary series, My Name Is.

9 Mar 2022 08:11 PM

Since 2019, the TCPA has been campaigning for changes to national legislation to raise the standard of new housing, and the association has drafted the Healthy Homes Bill to show how to achieve that in practice.

1 Mar 2022 03:34 PM

Habinteg Housing Association has appointed Nic Bungay as its Director of Housing and Assets to help deliver its ambitious five-year strategy, Towards 2026.

7 Jan 2022 09:47 AM

Habinteg has appointed the former Chair of RNIB, Eleanor Southwood MBE, as its new Chair. Eleanor will take up the role from December 2021, starting with a handover period with outgoing chair Manny Lewis.

29 Nov 2021 09:46 AM