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VIVID secures £100m from NatWest as part of landmark £500m social loan fund

|Date: 1 December, 2025

VIVID secures £100m from NatWest as part of landmark £500m social loan fund

VIVID, one of the UK’s leading housing associations, has secured £100m in funding from NatWest as part of ...

VIVID, one of the UK’s leading housing associations, has secured £100m in funding from NatWest as part of the bank’s £500m social loan fund, designed to accelerate the delivery of homes for social ren ...

1 December, 2025
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Industry unites to educate home builders on sustainable timber construction

|Date: 13 November, 2025

Industry unites to educate home builders on sustainable timber construction

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has launched a new initiative in partnership with Future Homes Hu ...

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has launched a new initiative in partnership with Future Homes Hub, the Timber Frame Learning Journey, which aims to show developers how to deliver faster, gree ...

13 November, 2025
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Council and developer The Hill Group propose to build 165 new homes at Hanover and Princess Courts in Cambridge

|Date: 4 November, 2025

Council and developer The Hill Group propose to build 165 new homes at Hanover and Princess Courts in Cambridge

Cambridge City Council and The Hill Group have submitted plans for 165 new homes to be built on the site ...

Cambridge City Council and The Hill Group have submitted plans for 165 new homes to be built on the site of Hanover and Princess Courts, just off Hills Road in Cambridge — 72 council homes and 93 priv ...

4 November, 2025
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Planning Approved for 378 New Homes at Somerleyton Road, Brixton

|Date: 6 October, 2025

Planning Approved for 378 New Homes at Somerleyton Road, Brixton

Planning approval has been granted for the delivery of 378 new homes at Somerleyton Road, Brixton. Higgin ...

Planning approval has been granted for the delivery of 378 new homes at Somerleyton Road, Brixton. Higgins Partnerships will be delivering the homes in partnership with the London Borough of Lambeth. ...

6 October, 2025
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SFHA says housebuilding in ‘desperate situation’ as lowest number of social homes started since 1997

|Date: 1 October, 2025

SFHA says housebuilding in ‘desperate situation’ as lowest number of social homes started since 1997

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called for urgent action on the housing emerge ...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has called for urgent action on the housing emergency after figures showed the number of social homes started in Scotland fell to the lowest leve ...

1 October, 2025
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EDAROTH answers government’s ‘call to arms’ by demonstrating scalable social and affordable housing solution

|Date: 29 September, 2025

EDAROTH answers government’s ‘call to arms’ by demonstrating scalable social and affordable housing solution

Following the ‘call to arms’ from the Government to get Britain building faster, social and affordable ho ...

Following the ‘call to arms’ from the Government to get Britain building faster, social and affordable housing developer EDAROTH (Everybody Deserves a Roof Over Their Head) opened its factory doors to ...

29 September, 2025
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More affordable homes underway in Murdishaw

|Date: 27 August, 2025

More affordable homes underway in Murdishaw

House hunters in Halton will have more affordable options to consider next year, after construction offic ...

House hunters in Halton will have more affordable options to consider next year, after construction officially began on 12 new apartments in Murdishaw. Housing association Onward Homes recently broke ...

27 August, 2025
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Much needed affordable homes planned as part of £2bn funding package

|Date: 26 August, 2025

Much needed affordable homes planned as part of £2bn funding package

One of the UK’s largest housing associations has outlined plans to build over 220 affordable homes as par ...

One of the UK’s largest housing associations has outlined plans to build over 220 affordable homes as part of the Government’s £2bn cash injection to its Plan for Change programme. Home Group, which h ...

26 August, 2025
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A council housing renaissance?

|Date: 7 August, 2025

A council housing renaissance?

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the Go ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the Government’s new homes target, the Spending Review and the potential to reinvigorate council hous ...

7 August, 2025
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Liverpool City Council and Torus announce partnership to accelerate housebuilding

|Date: 5 August, 2025

Liverpool City Council and Torus announce partnership to accelerate housebuilding

A new partnership between Liverpool City Council and housing association Torus has been announced that wi ...

A new partnership between Liverpool City Council and housing association Torus has been announced that will accelerate housebuilding. Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet agreed the two organisations coul ...

5 August, 2025
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