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Stratford District Council and Orbit secure £1.45m Social Housing Decarbonisation funding

|Date: 24 March, 2021

Stratford District Council and Orbit secure £1.45m Social Housing Decarbonisation funding

Stratford-on-Avon District Council, working with Orbit, has secured £1.45m as part of a successful bid to ...

Stratford-on-Avon District Council, working with Orbit, has secured £1.45m as part of a successful bid to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Demonstrator.   The Government scheme supports ...

24 March, 2021
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Framework goes live to help Scottish social landlords provide support to tenants

|Date: 4 March, 2021

Framework goes live to help Scottish social landlords provide support to tenants

A framework to help Scottish councils and housing associations quickly source furniture and furnishings f ...

A framework to help Scottish councils and housing associations quickly source furniture and furnishings for tenants facing crisis, has been launched. Scotland Excel’s third generation Domestic Furnitu ...

4 March, 2021
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£3.5bn additional funding welcome, but doesn’t go far enough

|Date: 11 February, 2021

£3.5bn additional funding welcome, but doesn’t go far enough

Yesterday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced an additional £3.5bn to the Building Safety Fund ...

Yesterday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced an additional £3.5bn to the Building Safety Fund, to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise residential buildings 18 metres and above, as well a ...

11 February, 2021
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New housing projects bring multi-million pound boost to construction sector

|Date: 2 February, 2021

New housing projects bring multi-million pound boost to construction sector

Four housing projects worth a total of £37.7m have been awarded through Scotland Excel’s new-build framew ...

Four housing projects worth a total of £37.7m have been awarded through Scotland Excel’s new-build framework — bringing a much-needed boost to the construction sector. Loreburn Housing Association in ...

2 February, 2021
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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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