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Lloyds Banking Group delivers £9bn to social housing sector in just three years

|Date: 9 March, 2021

Lloyds Banking Group delivers £9bn to social housing sector in just three years

Since 2018, Lloyds Banking Group has provided £9bn of funding to the UK’s social housing sector, outstrip ...

Since 2018, Lloyds Banking Group has provided £9bn of funding to the UK’s social housing sector, outstripping its original £2.25bn funding commitment by £6.75bn over this period due to strong sector d ...

9 March, 2021
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Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

|Date: 5 March, 2021

Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guaran ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guarantee scheme, a Levelling Up Fund and over £1bn for 45 new town deals, plus various other measure ...

5 March, 2021
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Framework goes live to help Scottish social landlords provide support to tenants

|Date: 4 March, 2021

Framework goes live to help Scottish social landlords provide support to tenants

A framework to help Scottish councils and housing associations quickly source furniture and furnishings f ...

A framework to help Scottish councils and housing associations quickly source furniture and furnishings for tenants facing crisis, has been launched. Scotland Excel’s third generation Domestic Furnitu ...

4 March, 2021
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Advancing digital transformation in social housing and automating customer contact

|Date: 3 March, 2021

Advancing digital transformation in social housing and automating customer contact

Kitty Hadaway, Housing Account Manager at Futr, looks at how automated customer contact is driving increa ...

Kitty Hadaway, Housing Account Manager at Futr, looks at how automated customer contact is driving increased resident self-service. A full 12 months into the pandemic, it has become clear that many so ...

3 March, 2021
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Wates launches online innovation portal to boost industry transition to net zero

|Date: 2 March, 2021

Wates launches online innovation portal to boost industry transition to net zero

Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned construction, development and property services compani ...

Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned construction, development and property services companies, has launched a self-service, interactive and intelligent marketplace for sustainable innova ...

2 March, 2021
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Lovell expands business with Later Living

|Date: 26 February, 2021

Lovell expands business with Later Living

Partnership housing business Lovell has announced that Morgan Sindall Later Living will join Lovell as a ...

Partnership housing business Lovell has announced that Morgan Sindall Later Living will join Lovell as a new division called Lovell Later Living. This announcement comes as the UK housing industry fac ...

26 February, 2021
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Residentially | A question of tenure

|Date: 24 February, 2021

Residentially | A question of tenure

With house prices predicted to increase by as much as 20% over the next five years, there is growing conc ...

With house prices predicted to increase by as much as 20% over the next five years, there is growing concern for the prospects of young people and first-time buyers to enter the property market. It is ...

24 February, 2021
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London is not building the homes its older residents want and need

|Date: 23 February, 2021

London is not building the homes its older residents want and need

Too many older Londoners are unable to access the housing they need to live independently for longer, acc ...

Too many older Londoners are unable to access the housing they need to live independently for longer, according to a new report by think tank Centre for London. The report, Third Age City: Housing for ...

23 February, 2021
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SO Resi shares best practice through new sales agency arm

|Date: 18 February, 2021

SO Resi shares best practice through new sales agency arm

The award-winning team at SO Resi has launched an innovative new shared ownership sales agency for extern ...

The award-winning team at SO Resi has launched an innovative new shared ownership sales agency for external parties, be it other housing associations, local authority housing providers, investment fun ...

18 February, 2021
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£3.5bn additional funding welcome, but doesn’t go far enough

|Date: 11 February, 2021

£3.5bn additional funding welcome, but doesn’t go far enough

Yesterday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced an additional £3.5bn to the Building Safety Fund ...

Yesterday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced an additional £3.5bn to the Building Safety Fund, to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise residential buildings 18 metres and above, as well a ...

11 February, 2021
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