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ALMOs ready to meet post-pandemic explosion in housing need

|Date: 28 April, 2020

ALMOs ready to meet post-pandemic explosion in housing need

Council-owned housing companies ramped up their new-build housing targets by more than 70% in the space o ...

Council-owned housing companies ramped up their new-build housing targets by more than 70% in the space of just 12 months, a survey published by the National Federation of ALMOS (NFA) reveals. “While ...

28 April, 2020
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Southwell property celebrated as the oldest council house in the district

|Date: 27 February, 2020

Southwell property celebrated as the oldest council house in the district

A Council property built in 1920 in Southwell has been celebrated as one of the oldest council houses in ...

A Council property built in 1920 in Southwell has been celebrated as one of the oldest council houses in the district. The home on Allenby Road, which has been occupied by two different generations of ...

27 February, 2020
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Pioneering new social housing development in Lambeth

|Date: 25 February, 2020

Pioneering new social housing development in Lambeth

Lambeth Council and EDAROTH — a subsidiary of design, engineering and project management consultancy Atki ...

Lambeth Council and EDAROTH — a subsidiary of design, engineering and project management consultancy Atkins — have officially unveiled a new housing development which promises to provide a blueprint f ...

25 February, 2020
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Cambridge Investment Partnership: Providing more than just housing

|Date: 11 February, 2020

Cambridge Investment Partnership: Providing more than just housing

Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) and Councillors celebrated another successful start on site at Cro ...

Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) and Councillors celebrated another successful start on site at Cromwell Road, Cambridge, in the heart of the city. This is the 11th start on site for the partner ...

11 February, 2020
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Hale Construction secures Powys Council housebuilding contract

|Date: 10 February, 2020

Hale Construction secures Powys Council housebuilding contract

Neath-based construction firm Hale Construction has won a £5.1m contract to build 32 units in Brecon for ...

Neath-based construction firm Hale Construction has won a £5.1m contract to build 32 units in Brecon for Powys County Council. The innovative scheme, comprising a mix of flats and houses, is Hale’s fi ...

10 February, 2020
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Joint venture tackling housing shortage in Cambridge

|Date: 10 January, 2020

Joint venture tackling housing shortage in Cambridge

With the Chartered Institute of Housing and National Housing Federation both calling for more than 1.5 mi ...

With the Chartered Institute of Housing and National Housing Federation both calling for more than 1.5 million social homes to be built over the next 10 years, with at least 90,000 of these for social ...

10 January, 2020
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Multimillion-pound social housing scheme in Wrexham

|Date: 6 January, 2020

Multimillion-pound social housing scheme in Wrexham

Construction work on a new £2.2m social housing development site has begun in Wrexham, North Wales. The d ...

Construction work on a new £2.2m social housing development site has begun in Wrexham, North Wales. The development is being built by national property services business Liberty for Wrexham County Bor ...

6 January, 2020
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More council owned homes in radical estate renewal scheme

|Date: 7 November, 2019

More council owned homes in radical estate renewal scheme

Enfield Council has agreed to plans that will transform two adjacent Edmonton estates, dramatically impro ...

Enfield Council has agreed to plans that will transform two adjacent Edmonton estates, dramatically improving residents’ lives. Both Joyce Avenue and Snells Park have been earmarked to be redeveloped ...

7 November, 2019
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Industry Comment | The Queen’s Speech and housing

|Date: 4 October, 2019

Industry Comment | The Queen’s Speech and housing

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the Qu ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the Queen’s Speech and what it will have to say about housing. With the odds on a November General El ...

4 October, 2019
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Henry Normal helps celebrate 100 years of council housing

|Date: 16 September, 2019

Henry Normal helps celebrate 100 years of council housing

One of Nottingham's most famous sons, writer, poet, film and TV producer Henry Normal, is in the city to ...

One of Nottingham's most famous sons, writer, poet, film and TV producer Henry Normal, is in the city to help celebrate 100 years of council housing this week. Nottingham City Homes marked the centena ...

16 September, 2019
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