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VIVID and Barclays deliver first ever loan to retrofit social housing under £1.3bn NWF scheme

|Date: 15 May, 2025

VIVID and Barclays deliver first ever loan to retrofit social housing under £1.3bn NWF scheme

VIVID has secured the first loan to be backed by the National Wealth Fund’s £1.3bn social housing retrofi ...

VIVID has secured the first loan to be backed by the National Wealth Fund’s £1.3bn social housing retrofit guarantees. The £50m loan is the largest that can be issued under the guarantee scheme and is ...

15 May, 2025
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Drive to make social homes greener, warmer and more energy efficient gathers pace.

|Date: 12 August, 2024

Drive to make social homes greener, warmer and more energy efficient gathers pace.

Birmingham City Council has retrofitted around a quarter of the homes identified as part of an ambitious ...

Birmingham City Council has retrofitted around a quarter of the homes identified as part of an ambitious project to make council homes greener, warmer and more energy efficient. Around 550 homes have ...

12 August, 2024
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Affordable homes made more energy-efficient

|Date: 3 July, 2023

Affordable homes made more energy-efficient

Housing association, Homes Plus, is nearing completion on a £2.3m project to make 129 homes warmer, green ...

Housing association, Homes Plus, is nearing completion on a £2.3m project to make 129 homes warmer, greener and cheaper to run. The landlord, with more than 19,000 homes across Staffordshire and Shrop ...

3 July, 2023
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New National Retrofit Hub to propel greener homes

|Date: 6 March, 2023

New National Retrofit Hub to propel greener homes

Construction industry organisations have joined forces to create a new National Retrofit Hub to help prop ...

Construction industry organisations have joined forces to create a new National Retrofit Hub to help propel retrofit rollout in the UK’s existing homes. The initiative, launched at the Building Centre ...

6 March, 2023
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Promat updates Passive Fire Protection Handbook with new guidance on structural steel

SME firms celebrate success in £94m social housing framework

Redesigning the relationship between housing needs and housing delivery

Ongoing uncertainty around Government reforms to councils disrupting spending choices

Public sector to miss 2035 decarbonisation target finds new report

Local young person taking first steps into career in housing as inaugural recipient of WSHA’s Irene Robertson Qualification Fund

Greater Manchester to pursue area-based retrofit success

West Midlands must act now to close the Net Zero skills gap and lead the UK’s green transition

Livv’s road to net zero pilot kicks off as customers move into new homes

Regeneration of 291 Harrow Road secures planning consent

Drive to make social homes greener, warmer and more energy efficient gathers pace.

Drive to make social homes greener, warmer and more energy efficient gathers pace.

New National Retrofit Hub to propel greener homes

New National Retrofit Hub to propel greener homes