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UK will only meet its 300,000 homes a year target if it increases funding for affordable housing

|Date: 15 April, 2019

UK will only meet its 300,000 homes a year target if it increases funding for affordable housing

The Government will only meet its 300,000 homes a year target if it increases funding for affordable hous ...

The Government will only meet its 300,000 homes a year target if it increases funding for affordable housing and moves away from an over-reliance on private sales, according to a new report published ...

15 April, 2019
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Nottingham City Homes backs campaign to end the stigma around mental health

|Date: 12 April, 2019

Nottingham City Homes backs campaign to end the stigma around mental health

Time to Change is a growing social movement aimed at changing how we all think and act about mental healt ...

Time to Change is a growing social movement aimed at changing how we all think and act about mental health, and Nottingham City Homes (NCH) has now signed up to a charter that aims to change the way e ...

12 April, 2019
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Ashfords LLP advises Wichelstowe joint venture partnership on planning agreement for 3,000 home scheme.

|Date: 12 April, 2019

Ashfords LLP advises Wichelstowe joint venture partnership on planning agreement for 3,000 home scheme.

Law firm Ashfords LLP has advised on the planning agreement for the joint venture company set up to creat ...

Law firm Ashfords LLP has advised on the planning agreement for the joint venture company set up to create around 3,000 new homes at Wichelstowe, south of Swindon. The company is a 50:50 partnership b ...

12 April, 2019
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New rogue landlord guidance long overdue

|Date: 11 April, 2019

New rogue landlord guidance long overdue

Responding to new guidance published by the Government on rogue landlords, the Chartered Institute of Env ...

Responding to new guidance published by the Government on rogue landlords, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has welcomed the guidance but criticised it for being long overdue. Th ...

11 April, 2019
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Mayor awards councils £10m to boost delivery of new council homes

|Date: 11 April, 2019

Mayor awards councils £10m to boost delivery of new council homes

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that local authorities, suffering from years of government cuts, ...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced that local authorities, suffering from years of government cuts, will receive a share of his new £10m fund to help deliver more council, social rented, and oth ...

11 April, 2019
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Birmingham and Sandwell councils back Unite’s construction charter

|Date: 10 April, 2019

Birmingham and Sandwell councils back Unite’s construction charter

In a major boost for construction projects in the West Midlands, Sandwell Council and Birmingham City Cou ...

In a major boost for construction projects in the West Midlands, Sandwell Council and Birmingham City Council have signed a Unite Charter protecting construction workers. The Charter ensures that cond ...

10 April, 2019
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Powys Council build contract awarded to Jistcourt

|Date: 10 April, 2019

Powys Council build contract awarded to Jistcourt

A contract to build Powys County Council’s first affordable housing development for social rent in over 4 ...

A contract to build Powys County Council’s first affordable housing development for social rent in over 40 years has been awarded to a Welsh building company. Port Talbot-based Jistcourt has been appo ...

10 April, 2019
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Safeguard welcomes new law to ensure rented homes are habitable

|Date: 9 April, 2019

Safeguard welcomes new law to ensure rented homes are habitable

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 become law in March. The act forces landlords to ensure ...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 become law in March. The act forces landlords to ensure their properties are fit for people to live in, addressing issues including repairs, freedom f ...

9 April, 2019
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Novus secures £16m contract with Bromford

|Date: 9 April, 2019

Novus secures £16m contract with Bromford

Contractor Novus has secured three new refurbishment contracts with housing association Bromford totallin ...

Contractor Novus has secured three new refurbishment contracts with housing association Bromford totalling £16m. The contracts include a £12m programme of roofing upgrades across Bromford’s portfolio ...

9 April, 2019
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Celebrating action taken to improve mental health across the construction sector

|Date: 9 April, 2019

Celebrating action taken to improve mental health across the construction sector

Mates in Mind announce the Highly Commended and Winners of its 2019 Impact Awards at the British Safety C ...

Mates in Mind announce the Highly Commended and Winners of its 2019 Impact Awards at the British Safety Council’s 2019 International Safety Awards gala dinner held at Grosvenor House in central London ...

9 April, 2019
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