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Housebuilding Today briefing: Friday 6 November 2026
Five stories from the last 24 hours and one date for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Reading proposes wider Article 4 area to curb small HMO conversions in five wards
Reading Borough Council wants landlords in more of Park, Redlands and Katesgrove and parts of Church and Thames wards to seek planning permission before converting houses into three-to-six-person HMOs.
Social housing tenant satisfaction rises to 74% as repairs performance improves, RSH says
The Regulator of Social Housing's 2025/26 Tenant Satisfaction Measures show overall satisfaction up two points, on-time repairs at 83% and safety checks at or above 98%, but shared owner satisfaction is lower at 50%.
HBF hopes Welsh Government will extend Help to Buy Wales beyond March 2027
The Home Builders Federation's Autumn 2026 parliamentary newsletter says it hopes Help to Buy Wales will run beyond March 2027 and backs a moratorium on new policy costs, alongside record affordable housing delivery figures.
Alliance Homes shows councillors three Yatton brownfield schemes totalling 86 affordable homes
North Somerset councillors toured a former factory being demolished for 58 homes, a 20-home site under construction and a completed eight-home scheme, all affordable and built to EPC A.
Story Homes and Gleeson contributions fund new paths at Carlisle open space
Cumberland Council has completed walking, wheeling and cycling routes at California Road Public Open Space in Carlisle, paid for by developer contributions from nearby Story Homes and Gleeson Homes schemes.
This week
Housebuilder Awards
Takes place on Thursday 12 November.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Housebuilding Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.