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Read the latest housing sector news, blogs, and commentary from ARK.
Scottish Housing Day 2024: Reflections on Homes for Life by Kirsty Wells
Kirsty Wells, Director at ARK Consultancy, reflects on her experiences in housing over the past 30 years, exploring what truly …
Reflecting on a Decade of the Scottish Social Housing Charter: Progress, Challenges, and Lessons from Grenfell
The article discusses 10 years of data from the Scottish Social Housing Charter, comparing it to the Grenfell tragedy and …
Will Supported Housing Take Centre Stage in the General Election?
The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act came into force in August last year. However, we have been waiting for the …
Are you ready for the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023?
If you are a supported housing provider, you need to be aware of the new regulations that are about to …
Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP)
We look at the key aims of the Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP) and what you need to do to …
Strategic failure of Right to Buy is damaging ambitions to Level Up.
Research revealed in the CIH UK Housing Review 2022 has reinforced what we all knew – that the Right to …
The pros and cons of the government cracking down on rogue landlords
On 17 March, Eddie Hughes, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Rough Sleeping and Housing, made a statement on the quality …
Government launches £266m housing fund for vulnerable people
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has recently (18th July 2020) launched the ‘Next Steps Accommodation’ Programme. Councils and their local partners …
Supporting homelessness initiatives
On Sunday the Guardian reported that £160m would be bought forward by Government (click here to view article) to support …
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