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Supporting councils to invest in new homes

|Date: 27 May, 2024

Supporting councils to invest in new homes

How can cash-strapped councils facing Section 114 still invest in place? With some councils across the UK ...

How can cash-strapped councils facing Section 114 still invest in place? With some councils across the UK facing tough times with their finances, David Atkinson, National Head of Land and Development ...

27 May, 2024
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Weaver Vale Housing Trust confirm new contractor for affordable homes in Winsford

|Date: 3 May, 2024

Weaver Vale Housing Trust confirm new contractor for affordable homes in Winsford

Weaver Vale Housing Trust has appointed a new contractor to restart work on affordable homes on the site ...

Weaver Vale Housing Trust has appointed a new contractor to restart work on affordable homes on the site of the old Greedy Pig pub located just off New Road, Winsford. Ten houses and 36 apartments wer ...

3 May, 2024
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Homes in Oldham set to benefit from energy efficiency improvements

|Date: 1 May, 2024

Homes in Oldham set to benefit from energy efficiency improvements

Northwest housing association Onward Homes has partnered with a leading national contractor to deliver en ...

Northwest housing association Onward Homes has partnered with a leading national contractor to deliver energy efficiency measures to 47 homes in Oldham. Working with consultant Michael Dyson Associate ...

1 May, 2024
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JV North warns of housebuilding slowdown without funding certainty

|Date: 23 April, 2024

JV North warns of housebuilding slowdown without funding certainty

JV North is warning housebuilding will slow unless funding certainty is given beyond the current Affordab ...

JV North is warning housebuilding will slow unless funding certainty is given beyond the current Affordable Homes Programme end date. With less than two years left of the 2021/26 Affordable Homes Prog ...

23 April, 2024
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Housing association completes its most energy-efficient MMC homes

|Date: 3 April, 2024

Housing association completes its most energy-efficient MMC homes

An innovative development of factory-built affordable housing has been officially opened in Gloucestershi ...

An innovative development of factory-built affordable housing has been officially opened in Gloucestershire. Regional housing association Bromford has this month started welcoming customers into their ...

3 April, 2024
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Hightown opens housing and support project in St Albans

|Date: 27 March, 2024

Hightown opens housing and support project in St Albans

Following extensive re-modelling and refurbishment, Hightown Housing Association has re-opened one of its ...

Following extensive re-modelling and refurbishment, Hightown Housing Association has re-opened one of its housing and support projects for people who were homeless in St Albans. Cllr Jacqui Taylor, Le ...

27 March, 2024
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SHDF success relies on practical retrofit skills gap being addressed, says expert

|Date: 26 March, 2024

SHDF success relies on practical retrofit skills gap being addressed, says expert

After the successful bids for Wave 2.2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) were announced l ...

After the successful bids for Wave 2.2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) were announced last week, the UK’s leading retrofit knowledge and skills expert is warning the scheme’s success ...

26 March, 2024
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ForHousing starts work on £3m development of 18 new homes in Walkden in Salford

|Date: 21 March, 2024

ForHousing starts work on £3m development of 18 new homes in Walkden in Salford

ForHousing has started on site at Mayfield Avenue, Walkden with an 18-home development comprising of 12 o ...

ForHousing has started on site at Mayfield Avenue, Walkden with an 18-home development comprising of 12 one-bedroom homes and six two-bedroom homes, all for social rent. Amidst a housing crisis where ...

21 March, 2024
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Sector responds to Spring Budget

|Date: 7 March, 2024

Sector responds to Spring Budget

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public se ...

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public sector to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2024. Councils need greater funding certainty th ...

7 March, 2024
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Stantec supports Reading Borough Council with air quality education campaign

|Date: 4 March, 2024

Stantec supports Reading Borough Council with air quality education campaign

Stantec’s air quality team is supporting Reading Borough Council in raising awareness around air quality. ...

Stantec’s air quality team is supporting Reading Borough Council in raising awareness around air quality. Stantec, a leading provider of sustainable design and engineering services, has supported Read ...

4 March, 2024
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