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Teen’s thanks for life-changing home adaptations

|Date: 14 August, 2025

Teen’s thanks for life-changing home adaptations

A teenager from County Durham is enjoying a new sense of independence and dignity after a life-changing a ...

A teenager from County Durham is enjoying a new sense of independence and dignity after a life-changing adaptaton to his family home. Charlie lives with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA Type 2), a rare ne ...

14 August, 2025
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AI adoption in property management

|Date: 14 August, 2025

AI adoption in property management

Beyond the hype — Emre Kazan, Co-founder and CPTO at Plentific, discusses the benefits of AI-driven prope ...

Beyond the hype — Emre Kazan, Co-founder and CPTO at Plentific, discusses the benefits of AI-driven property management. AI offers transformative benefits for local authorities and housing association ...

14 August, 2025
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SFHA welcomes ‘change in direction’ on updated cladding action plan

|Date: 8 August, 2025

SFHA welcomes ‘change in direction’ on updated cladding action plan

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has welcomed the Scottish Government acting on its ...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has welcomed the Scottish Government acting on its calls to fund cladding remediation measures for social housing providers, as announced this we ...

8 August, 2025
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Landlords spending 26% more on Decent Homes works ahead of new Decent Homes 2, says Procure Plus

|Date: 22 July, 2025

Landlords spending 26% more on Decent Homes works ahead of new Decent Homes 2, says Procure Plus

Landlords are already stepping up to meet the ambitions of the Government’s consultation on the new Decen ...

Landlords are already stepping up to meet the ambitions of the Government’s consultation on the new Decent Homes 2 standard, with investment in improvement works up 26% in the last year, according to ...

22 July, 2025
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Redesigning the relationship between housing needs and housing delivery

|Date: 18 July, 2025

Redesigning the relationship between housing needs and housing delivery

Are we building homes for the sake of building? Dr Anna Pagani, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, ...

Are we building homes for the sake of building? Dr Anna Pagani, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, discusses how a housebuilding moratorium could provide the homes we actually need. The severit ...

18 July, 2025
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Plentific launches tech-led scorecards supporting digital readiness for Awaab’s Law

|Date: 8 July, 2025

Plentific launches tech-led scorecards supporting digital readiness for Awaab’s Law

Digital innovator Plentific has launched new readiness scorecards to support resident safety and the UK h ...

Digital innovator Plentific has launched new readiness scorecards to support resident safety and the UK housing sector to prepare for the implementation of Awaab’s Law in October. With Phase 1 of the ...

8 July, 2025
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JV North appoints contractors and consultants to £500m social housebuilding framework

|Date: 30 June, 2025

JV North appoints contractors and consultants to £500m social housebuilding framework

Social housebuilding consortium, JV North, has announced the contractors and consultants appointed to its ...

Social housebuilding consortium, JV North, has announced the contractors and consultants appointed to its £500m framework. JV North has 14 housing association members across the North West and procure ...

30 June, 2025
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Stelling Properties invests more than £3m and launches rapid modular solution to support emergency housing crisis

|Date: 25 June, 2025

Stelling Properties invests more than £3m and launches rapid modular solution to support emergency housing crisis

Stelling Properties, one of the UK’s leading modular residential specialists, has announced its strategic ...

Stelling Properties, one of the UK’s leading modular residential specialists, has announced its strategic entry into the emergency housing sector to support local authorities and housing associations ...

25 June, 2025
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Combatting damp and mould: A new framework for safer, healthier homes

|Date: 24 June, 2025

Combatting damp and mould: A new framework for safer, healthier homes

NHMF Frameworx, the not-for-profit procurement solution uniquely associated with the National Housing Mai ...

NHMF Frameworx, the not-for-profit procurement solution uniquely associated with the National Housing Maintenance Forum, announces a new framework designed to help tackle the damp and mould challenge ...

24 June, 2025
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£39bn for affordable housing offers once-in-a-generation opportunity to address social housing challenge

|Date: 16 June, 2025

£39bn for affordable housing offers once-in-a-generation opportunity to address social housing challenge

Last week Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced £39bn in the Spending Review for affordable housing — a much ...

Last week Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced £39bn in the Spending Review for affordable housing — a much needed financial boost which has been described as a 'historic and ground-breaking settlement' ...

16 June, 2025
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