Housing

View article Lead development partner announced for East Bank Urban Village

Lead development partner announced for East Bank Urban Village

Hull City Council has announced its intention to appoint ECF, a partnership between Muse, Legal & General, and Homes England, as its lead development partner for East Bank Urban Village following an extensive procurement exercise. Marking a significant milestone for this major regeneration, the council plans to enter into a 15-year development agreement with ECF […]

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View article Hull Housing Growth Plan to deliver almost 6,000 homes from 2025 – 2031

Hull Housing Growth Plan to deliver almost 6,000 homes from 2025 – 2031

Hull City Council’s Cabinet has adopted its Housing Growth Strategy for 2025-2031, which outlines its plans to facilitate the delivery of 5,958 new homes to the city’s housing stock. Of these homes, 1,452 will be in the more affordable homes category in order to meet identified need, it is estimated 800 will be for rent […]

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View article Affordable Warmth grants support community groups in Hull in 2025

Affordable Warmth grants support community groups in Hull in 2025

Affordable Warmth, a citywide initiative to help residents with the cost of living this winter, will begin from Thursday 2 January 2025. The three-month initiative, which has seen 28 voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations receive funding, means more than 30 warm space venues will be open across Hull.  This is in addition to the […]

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View article East Riding and Hull City Council work with letting agents to counter damp and mould in the private rented housing sector

East Riding and Hull City Council work with letting agents to counter damp and mould in the private rented housing sector

East Riding of Yorkshire Council, alongside Hull City Council, is among the local authorities selected by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to run pilot projects which raise awareness among private tenants and landlords of the dangers of damp and mould and the statutory requirements to resolve them. Working together, both councils […]

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View article Hull City Council serves closure order following drug dealing and nuisance behaviour

Hull City Council serves closure order following drug dealing and nuisance behaviour

Hull City Council’s Neighbourhood Nuisance Team, working with Humberside Police and the Council’s Neighbourhoods and Housing Service, has been granted a three-month closure on a property, owned by the council, in Arundel Close in the Drypool area of the city.  Tenants have been removed from the house which had become a focal point for drug […]

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View article Council Leader calls for urgent clarity over Household Support Fund’s future

Council Leader calls for urgent clarity over Household Support Fund’s future

Cllr Mike Ross, leader of Hull City Council, has welcomed the government’s decision to extend the Household Support Fund, but sought clarification over long-term support for those most vulnerable. Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, announced that £421 million will be distributed to local authorities in England to help people most in need with the […]

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View article Local artists welcomed for new street art on replacement hoardings

Local artists welcomed for new street art on replacement hoardings

Hull City Council is engaging with local artists to create new street art on new hoardings around the Clarence Mill site. The land was surrounded by hoardings which have deteriorated over time and are now damaged beyond repair, posing a health and safety risk to the public. The council has commissioned a contractor to remove […]

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View article 20 of England’s largest local authority landlords call for the new government to save council homes

20 of England’s largest local authority landlords call for the new government to save council homes

Hull City Council has today joined with England’s other largest council landlords – including Southwark, Bristol, Sheffield, Leeds, Birmingham and Dudley – to jointly publish five solutions for the new government to ‘secure the future of England’s council housing’. Back in March, Directors from this cross-party group of 20 local authorities gathered at a Summit […]

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View article Hull City Council awards money for empty homes to be brought back into use

Hull City Council awards money for empty homes to be brought back into use

Hull City Council has allocated funding to Giroscope to bring up to ten empty homes back into use as social housing. West Hull-based Giroscope, which specialises in buying and renovating long term empty homes, has received £370,000 from the Right to Buy Replacement Programme Fund.  There is also the option for further discretionary funding (up […]

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View article Trial launched to explore benefits of heat pumps for council tenants

Trial launched to explore benefits of heat pumps for council tenants

Ideal Heating has launched a heat pumps trial with Hull City Council. The Living with Heat Pumps project will explore the benefits of living in a home with an air source heat pump compared to a traditional gas boiler. Ideal Heating has worked with Hull City Council and regional net zero campaign, Oh Yes! Net […]

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