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What are the six factors facing the social housing sector in 2022?

|Date: 6 January, 2022

What are the six factors facing the social housing sector in 2022?

It is no secret that the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda will be one of the dominant th ...

It is no secret that the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda will be one of the dominant themes for the built environment sector over the next year. And whilst the social housing sector ...

6 January, 2022
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New guidance for decarbonising the public sector estate unveiled

|Date: 9 December, 2021

New guidance for decarbonising the public sector estate unveiled

New Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance for cutting carbon emissions across public sector estates has ...

New Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance for cutting carbon emissions across public sector estates has been published by Energy Systems Catapult. Aimed at public sector organisations and the wider s ...

9 December, 2021
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London Councils responds to Shelter analysis showing one in 53 Londoners is homeless

|Date: 9 December, 2021

London Councils responds to Shelter analysis showing one in 53 Londoners is homeless

The cross-party group London Councils has commented on new analysis from Shelter showing that one in 53 L ...

The cross-party group London Councils has commented on new analysis from Shelter showing that one in 53 Londoners is homeless. Cllr Darren Rodwell, London Councils’ Executive Member for Housing & ...

9 December, 2021
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Eco-homes set the standard for Sheffield

|Date: 19 November, 2021

Eco-homes set the standard for Sheffield

A regeneration partnership is setting the green standard for Sheffield, with a £5.5m project to construct ...

A regeneration partnership is setting the green standard for Sheffield, with a £5.5m project to construct 35 new eco-friendly homes. Sheffield Housing Company (SHC) is working with energy and regenera ...

19 November, 2021
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Delivering 90 new-build affordable homes for Sandwell Council

|Date: 17 November, 2021

Delivering 90 new-build affordable homes for Sandwell Council

An additional 90 new-build social homes are being added to Sandwell Council’s housing stock on two sites ...

An additional 90 new-build social homes are being added to Sandwell Council’s housing stock on two sites in the West Midlands. Construction has started on 27 new-build social homes on a brownfield sit ...

17 November, 2021
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Councils need to examine potential of soil stabilisation to meet brownfield land targets

|Date: 14 October, 2021

Councils need to examine potential of soil stabilisation to meet brownfield land targets

Councils need to examine the potential of soil stabilisation to help the Government meet its target of bu ...

Councils need to examine the potential of soil stabilisation to help the Government meet its target of building nearly 6,000 new homes on brownfield land by 2024, believes Britpave, the infrastructure ...

14 October, 2021
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Thousands of new homes to be built and derelict land transformed

|Date: 12 October, 2021

Thousands of new homes to be built and derelict land transformed

Thousands of new homes will be built on underused and derelict land to regenerate local areas and help pe ...

Thousands of new homes will be built on underused and derelict land to regenerate local areas and help people onto the property ladder, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) ...

12 October, 2021
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Praise for Portsmouth builders working on all-electric council homes in the face of Covid challenges

|Date: 7 October, 2021

Praise for Portsmouth builders working on all-electric council homes in the face of Covid challenges

Portsmouth builders have been praised for taking on the challenges of the global pandemic while building ...

Portsmouth builders have been praised for taking on the challenges of the global pandemic while building new all-electric council-owned homes in Hilsea. The 17 new Portsmouth City Council houses and f ...

7 October, 2021
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Robertson Partnership Homes appointed to design and build Murrayburn Gate for City of Edinburgh Council

|Date: 22 September, 2021

Robertson Partnership Homes appointed to design and build Murrayburn Gate for City of Edinburgh Council

Robertson Partnership Homes (RPH) has been appointed by City of Edinburgh Council to deliver 53 new homes ...

Robertson Partnership Homes (RPH) has been appointed by City of Edinburgh Council to deliver 53 new homes at Murrayburn Gate, Wester Hailes, through the Council's House Builder Framework, as part of C ...

22 September, 2021
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Baldwin Boxall designs residential tower emergency communication solution

|Date: 15 September, 2021

Baldwin Boxall designs residential tower emergency communication solution

Following the Grenfell Tower incident resulting in the tragic loss of life in 2017, and other events in r ...

Following the Grenfell Tower incident resulting in the tragic loss of life in 2017, and other events in residential towers, it has become clear that a method of informing residents of a situation is u ...

15 September, 2021
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