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From Decisions to Delivery: Keeping Your Development Programme On Track
In the final part of our Development Solutions series, Sundeep Heer considers what it takes to keep a development programme on track once decisions have been made, and how to be confident in your numbers when the board comes calling.
Building Confidence into Development Appraisals
In Part 1 of or Development Solutions series, Sundeep Heer looked at why bringing development, finance and appraisal data together gives housing providers a clearer, more consistent view of their programmes. But visibility on its own doesn't answer the question that matters most to boards, lenders and regulators right now: can we still be confident in the viability of our schemes?
Development Visibility: What Does It Actually Look Like?
In Part 1 of our Development blog series, we explored three common challenges facing housing providers, including the difficulty of managing information across multiple spreadsheets and disconnected systems. In Part 2, Sundeep Heer looks at practical solutions that can help development teams gain greater visibility, improve collaboration and deliver programmes with confidence.
The Funding Squeeze: how cashflow pressures are reshaping housing development
In the third part of our Housing Development Pain Points series, we turn to an issue that's keeping many development directors awake at night: cashflow.
Are housing associations right to be confident in their viability appraisals?
In part two of our Housing Development Pain Points series, we explore viability appraisals and ask whether we can still trust our viability assumptions.
Why are so many housing associations struggling to see the full picture?
In part one of this three-part series investigating the key pain points associated with housing development, we explore some of the biggest challenges facing affordable housing providers as they seek to deliver new homes in an increasingly complex environment.
M3 Strengthens Partnership with the National Housing Federation as Strategic Partner
M3 is proud to reaffirm and strengthen its long-standing partnership with the National Housing Federation (NHF).
Teaching Children to Protect Homes from Damp and Mould: A New Approach for Housing Associations
Damp and mould are no longer seen as routine maintenance issues, they have become a critical priority for the UK social housing sector. With increasing scrutiny since the introduction of Awaab’s Law in 2025, housing associations must not only respond quickly to issues but also take proactive steps to prevent them.
Educating the next generation: Northern Ireland Housing Executive's innovative approach to tackling damp and mould
M3 and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive are pioneering a creative solution to one of social housing's most pressing challenges - damp, mould and condensation, by taking education directly into primary schools across Northern Ireland through their Hattie the House storytelling initiative.
How Common is Damp and Mould? What Social Landlords Are Telling Us
Craig Oosthuizen examines the results of M3’s recent sector-wide survey and explores tools and strategies that social housing landlords can use to tackle damp, mould and condensation effectively.