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New measures to level up England’s cities and provide new homes

|Date: 17 December, 2020

New measures to level up England’s cities and provide new homes

New measures to level up England’s cities, recover from the pandemic and help provide much-needed new hom ...

New measures to level up England’s cities, recover from the pandemic and help provide much-needed new homes have been set out by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. Following a consultation launched in ...

17 December, 2020
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Social housing sector to set Wales on the path to decarbonise thousands of homes

|Date: 6 November, 2020

Social housing sector to set Wales on the path to decarbonise thousands of homes

The Welsh Government has given the green light and a further £10m to a major new programme that will tran ...

The Welsh Government has given the green light and a further £10m to a major new programme that will transform social housing across Wales, boost the economy and open the door to a new Welsh industry. ...

6 November, 2020
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New analysis reveals impact of planning reforms on affordable homes

|Date: 6 October, 2020

New analysis reveals impact of planning reforms on affordable homes

Communities could have missed out on nearly 30,000 affordable homes in the past five years if proposed go ...

Communities could have missed out on nearly 30,000 affordable homes in the past five years if proposed government planning reforms were in place, new analysis by the Local Government Association revea ...

6 October, 2020
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New fire door safety guidance for councils and housing associations

|Date: 23 September, 2020

New fire door safety guidance for councils and housing associations

The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) has launched a new fire door closer safety checklist in line ...

The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) has launched a new fire door closer safety checklist in line with building safety advice issued by the UK Government for building owners. The new GAI 10 Po ...

23 September, 2020
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New housing targets ‘jeopardise any ambition to level-up country’

|Date: 15 September, 2020

New housing targets ‘jeopardise any ambition to level-up country’

An updated algorithm designed by government to set how many new homes need to be built in local areas wil ...

An updated algorithm designed by government to set how many new homes need to be built in local areas will lead to London and the south seeing a housing boom while swathes of the north will see fewer ...

15 September, 2020
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EU money which could help nation recover from COVID-19 risks going back to Brussels

|Date: 15 July, 2020

EU money which could help nation recover from COVID-19 risks going back to Brussels

More than £730m in vital EU cash which could help local communities bounce back from COVID-19 risks going ...

More than £730m in vital EU cash which could help local communities bounce back from COVID-19 risks going unspent and being sent back to Brussels if the funding is not allocated by the Government befo ...

15 July, 2020
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Industry reaction | Chancellor’s Summer Economic Update

|Date: 9 July, 2020

Industry reaction | Chancellor’s Summer Economic Update

This week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his Summer Economic Update setting out the Government’s ‘Plan ...

This week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his Summer Economic Update setting out the Government’s ‘Plan for Jobs’, which is designed to spur the UK’s recovery from the Coronavirus outbreak. Here we ...

9 July, 2020
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Social landlords to show-and-tell innovation

|Date: 7 July, 2020

Social landlords to show-and-tell innovation

On Friday 10th July social landlords will have the opportunity to participate in a new style of webinar: ...

On Friday 10th July social landlords will have the opportunity to participate in a new style of webinar: the Smart Social Housing Knowledge Exchange. With an emphasis on the sharing of good practice, ...

7 July, 2020
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Jenrick acts to safeguard affordable homes during pandemic

|Date: 6 July, 2020

Jenrick acts to safeguard affordable homes during pandemic

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announces extension to the Affordable Homes Programme. The scheme to hel ...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announces extension to the Affordable Homes Programme. The scheme to help get more families across England into affordable homes has been extended by a year. Following ...

6 July, 2020
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‘Clipper’ PPE service needed now, councils urge

|Date: 24 April, 2020

‘Clipper’ PPE service needed now, councils urge

Dwindling supplies of vital life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline care workers wi ...

Dwindling supplies of vital life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline care workers will run out within days amid the delayed roll-out of the Government’s new supply website, the Lo ...

24 April, 2020
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