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Report warns Scotland ill-equipped to meet housing needs of ageing population

|Date: 8 July, 2025

Report warns Scotland ill-equipped to meet housing needs of ageing population

A new report warns MSPs that too many of Scotland’s homes are unfit for an ageing population and has call ...

A new report warns MSPs that too many of Scotland’s homes are unfit for an ageing population and has called for politicians to create a national strategy for housing the elderly and people with disabi ...

8 July, 2025
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AKW | Wheelchair accessible kitchens in practice

|Date: 18 April, 2024

AKW | Wheelchair accessible kitchens in practice

Most people know about wet rooms and level access shower rooms, thanks to their popularity in hotels acro ...

Most people know about wet rooms and level access shower rooms, thanks to their popularity in hotels across the globe, but what about accessible kitchens? What do they look like and what are the desig ...

18 April, 2024
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Terry Lifts | The importance of stable supply chain partnerships

|Date: 19 January, 2024

Terry Lifts | The importance of stable supply chain partnerships

Steve Hill, National Sales Manager for UK home lift manufacturer, Terry Lifts explains the importance of ...

Steve Hill, National Sales Manager for UK home lift manufacturer, Terry Lifts explains the importance of stable supply chain partnerships during these challenging times, and why there is no room for c ...

19 January, 2024
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“If I could have moved in there and then, I would have…”

|Date: 12 January, 2024

“If I could have moved in there and then, I would have…”

Elaine Downes, 44, had been living in her one-bedroom apartment at Hanover Court in Cambridge for five ye ...

Elaine Downes, 44, had been living in her one-bedroom apartment at Hanover Court in Cambridge for five years. With an established community and her sister living close by, she was slightly apprehensiv ...

12 January, 2024
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Housing association’s new affordable bungalows in Bishop Auckland are helping meet demand

|Date: 4 January, 2024

Housing association’s new affordable bungalows in Bishop Auckland are helping meet demand

New affordable bungalows from believe housing are helping to address the needs of people on the social ho ...

New affordable bungalows from believe housing are helping to address the needs of people on the social housing waiting list in County Durham. The 10 new homes in Ramsey Crescent, Bishop Auckland, were ...

4 January, 2024
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RHP completes more accessible and sustainable homes in South-West London

|Date: 21 November, 2023

RHP completes more accessible and sustainable homes in South-West London

London housing provider RHP Group has completed a new development on Hampton Road in Teddington, transfor ...

London housing provider RHP Group has completed a new development on Hampton Road in Teddington, transforming the site into 14 modern one- and two-bed homes. The development comprises of eight shared ...

21 November, 2023
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RHP unveils accessible family homes in Teddington

|Date: 21 September, 2023

RHP unveils accessible family homes in Teddington

London housing provider RHP has completed a new development on Bucklands Road in Teddington, providing mu ...

London housing provider RHP has completed a new development on Bucklands Road in Teddington, providing much-needed affordable family homes. The first phase, built on a former RHP garage plot, was hand ...

21 September, 2023
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Work begins on North Somerset’s first Passivhaus housing scheme

|Date: 22 August, 2023

Work begins on North Somerset’s first Passivhaus housing scheme

Delivery of 52 new Passivhaus homes for local people has taken a step forward as part of North Somerset C ...

Delivery of 52 new Passivhaus homes for local people has taken a step forward as part of North Somerset Council’s ambitions to tackle the climate emergency and reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030. ...

22 August, 2023
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Partnership renewed to build on over £250m housing success

|Date: 3 July, 2023

Partnership renewed to build on over £250m housing success

Housing leaders have renewed a crucial partnership — after revealing the huge successes it has delivered ...

Housing leaders have renewed a crucial partnership — after revealing the huge successes it has delivered to Scotland’s market for affordable and accessible homes. Since it was launched in 2018 the par ...

3 July, 2023
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Flagship development progresses on council land in Weston

|Date: 7 June, 2023

Flagship development progresses on council land in Weston

North Somerset Council has moved a step closer to delivering 425 new high quality, highly sustainable and ...

North Somerset Council has moved a step closer to delivering 425 new high quality, highly sustainable and affordable homes on land it owns in Weston-super-Mare. A build lease agreement was signed in M ...

7 June, 2023
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