Preferred Homes aims to build thousands of affordable homes for older people. Chief executive Findlay MacAlpine tells James Riding about the for-profit provider’s growth plans and US backers.

John Nicholson will lead on The Crown Estate’s urban development projects, which include a potential pipeline of 56,000 homes across the UK.

A Scottish housing association judged non-compliant by the regulator for two-and-a-half years is now seeking a strategic partner as it needs more funding.

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The boss of Platform Housing Group has been appointed chief executive of Sage Homes, the biggest for-profit housing provider in England.

Stock rationalisation deals between regions help landlords boost development pipelines and improve financial capacity, according to new analysis by a major consultancy.

Wirral Council has signed a master development agreement for work to begin on a new garden village on a former gasworks site.

Private equity giant Blackstone has submitted plans to deliver 600 student beds and 71 social rent homes in south London.

Protecting the ‘no re-let’ rule is crucial to making sure renters are protected from this kind of de facto Section 21, writes Tom Darling, director of Renters’ Reform Coalition ...

The emphasis on local connection for councils to support homeless people risks going back to a Victorian approach, writes Phil Kerry, chief executive of New Horizon Youth Centre #UKhousing The Poor ...