Social housing trust taken over by Home REIT’s sister fund manager Investing The board of Triple Point Social Housing REIT has replaced its investment manager with a fund house brought in to save the scandal-hit sister fund of Home REIT. In July, City AM revealed that fund house Atrato had been drafted in to drive a turnaround plan at Home Long Income Fund, which was set up [...]
Home REIT sells off another £36.9m of property in wind-down scramble Property Scandal-hit social housing investor Home REIT said it had offloaded another £36.9m worth of property today as it scrambles to clear its debts before winding down. In a statement to the markets, the former FTSE 250 firm said it had sold 200 houses at a series of public auctions last week as part of efforts [...]
Home REIT offloads more houses in scramble to pay off debts Property Scandal-stricken property investor Home REIT has offloaded another chunk of its housing portfolio this week as it scrambles to raise cash and pay off its debts before winding down. In a statement to the market today, the former FTSE 250 firm, set up in 2020 to house the homeless, said it had sold off 101 [...]
Home REIT: Beleaguered trust targets lifting of trading ban August 23, 2024 Home REIT has laid out its plan to apply to the Financial Conduct Authority to restore the trading of its shares, as the beleaguered trust’s chair admitted facing “very significant challenges”. The trust was launched with the intention of providing social housing to the homeless, but has been pummelled with multiple scandals over the last [...]
Exclusive: Phoenix-backed homeless housing firm in turmoil after rental collapse August 22, 2024 The future of a homeless housing investment firm set up in the mould of scandal-hit Home REIT and backed by Phoenix Group is hanging in the balance after a slew of its tenants went bankrupt or stopped paying rent, City A.M. can reveal.
Home REIT sister fund calls in investment manager to lead rescue effort July 23, 2024 A Home REIT sister fund under investigation by the City regulator has called in a new investment manager to try and save it from collapse and salvage tens of millions of pounds of pension cash, City A.M. can reveal.
‘Hoodwinked from IPO onwards’: Home REIT shareholders round on scandal-hit investor over wind-down plans July 17, 2024 Home REIT shareholders have rounded on the firm and its investment manager today after the scandal-hit social housing investor revealed plans to wind down in the coming months.
Scandal-hit Home REIT set to wind down July 16, 2024 Scandal-hit social housing investor Home REIT is set to wind down after failing to pay off a huge debt pile and struggling under the costs of a slew of legal battles and a probe from the City regulator.
Home REIT refinancing talks fall apart in blow to scandal-hit housing fund June 17, 2024 Home REIT’s efforts to renegotiate the terms of its £130m debt pile have fallen apart in a blow to the embattled social housing fund as it scrambles for stability after a string of scandals.
Bosses at Home REIT charity tenant paid their own firms £1.2m prior to collapse June 5, 2024 Two bosses from one of Home REIT’s biggest charity tenants made “unauthorised” payments of nearly £1.2m to their own companies before it collapsed into administration, City A.M. can reveal.