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Mayor of London visits a street of newly built, four-bed council homes

|Date: 5 May, 2023

Mayor of London visits a street of newly built, four-bed council homes

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, visited a street of newly built, four-bedroom council homes in Brent, me ...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, visited a street of newly built, four-bedroom council homes in Brent, meeting with families as they settled into their new homes. Councillor Muhammed Butt, the Leader ...

5 May, 2023
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New council homes get thumbs-up from tenants

|Date: 5 May, 2023

New council homes get thumbs-up from tenants

Tenants have been moving into new housing built by Renfrewshire Council as part of the ongoing community- ...

Tenants have been moving into new housing built by Renfrewshire Council as part of the ongoing community-led regeneration of Paisley’s Ferguslie Park area. The 101 modern new-build energy-efficient ho ...

5 May, 2023
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Leader of Enfield Council updates on the next delivery stage of Meridian Water

|Date: 25 April, 2023

Leader of Enfield Council updates on the next delivery stage of Meridian Water

Following a meeting of the Cabinet, Enfield Council will proceed with the marketing of four parcels at Me ...

Following a meeting of the Cabinet, Enfield Council will proceed with the marketing of four parcels at Meridian Water to move London’s largest regeneration project to its next phase. The Cabinet agree ...

25 April, 2023
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‘Our tenants deserve better’ — boroughs commit to improving social housing services

|Date: 12 April, 2023

‘Our tenants deserve better’ — boroughs commit to improving social housing services

London boroughs have launched a new shared vision for delivering high-quality landlord services for counc ...

London boroughs have launched a new shared vision for delivering high-quality landlord services for council tenants. Led by the London Housing Directors’ Group with support from London Councils, Deliv ...

12 April, 2023
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Long-awaited Right to Buy rules changes a ‘shot in the arm’ for council housing

|Date: 4 April, 2023

Long-awaited Right to Buy rules changes a ‘shot in the arm’ for council housing

London Councils has welcomed the new relaxation of restrictions on how local authorities use the money ra ...

London Councils has welcomed the new relaxation of restrictions on how local authorities use the money raised through Right to Buy sales. The cross-party group says policy changes announced by the Gov ...

4 April, 2023
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Lampton Services awards £36m materials contract to Travis Perkins Managed Services

|Date: 31 March, 2023

Lampton Services awards £36m materials contract to Travis Perkins Managed Services

The Residential Services division of Lampton Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Borough of ...

The Residential Services division of Lampton Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Borough of Hounslow, has awarded a £36m contract to Travis Perkins Managed Services for the procurement o ...

31 March, 2023
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Industry Comment | Right to Buy — the case for reform

|Date: 28 March, 2023

Industry Comment | Right to Buy — the case for reform

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing, discusses the findings ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing, discusses the findings of research commissioned from Savills by ARCH, the LGA and NFA into Right to Buy, which present ...

28 March, 2023
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Construction gets underway on Passivhaus council housing in Midlothian

|Date: 22 March, 2023

Construction gets underway on Passivhaus council housing in Midlothian

Work has started on-site to build 20 new affordable housing apartments in Midlothian. Situated on the Hig ...

Work has started on-site to build 20 new affordable housing apartments in Midlothian. Situated on the High Street of Bonnyrigg’s popular town centre, Cruden Building is delivering the project on behal ...

22 March, 2023
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Helix wins contract to build affordable homes in Hemel Hempstead

|Date: 22 March, 2023

Helix wins contract to build affordable homes in Hemel Hempstead

SME builder and consultant Helix Group has been appointed by Dacorum Borough Council to build 46 new affo ...

SME builder and consultant Helix Group has been appointed by Dacorum Borough Council to build 46 new affordable homes in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Planning permission for the project has been gr ...

22 March, 2023
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Morgan Sindall delivers green homes in Brighton

|Date: 20 March, 2023

Morgan Sindall delivers green homes in Brighton

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Southern Home Counties business has celebrated the delivery of the £11mn co ...

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Southern Home Counties business has celebrated the delivery of the £11mn council housing development on Victoria Road, Portslade, for Brighton & Hove City Council (BH ...

20 March, 2023
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