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Thousands of children stuck in temporary accommodation during lockdown

|Date: 13 January, 2021

Thousands of children stuck in temporary accommodation during lockdown

Around 450 primary schools’ worth of homeless children are spending lockdown in temporary accommodation a ...

Around 450 primary schools’ worth of homeless children are spending lockdown in temporary accommodation amid a chronic shortage of affordable housing, the Local Government Association warns. Latest fi ...

13 January, 2021
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LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme to tackle impact of COVID-19 on housing crisis

|Date: 12 November, 2020

LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme to tackle impact of COVID-19 on housing crisis

The Local Government Association is launching the fourth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, an innov ...

The Local Government Association is launching the fourth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, an innovative scheme to help councils overcome housing challenges in their local areas, with a focus th ...

12 November, 2020
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Data is the key to unlocking brownfield sites, says Atkins report

|Date: 25 September, 2020

Data is the key to unlocking brownfield sites, says Atkins report

A new report published by Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, shows how data can be used to help u ...

A new report published by Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, shows how data can be used to help us better understand brownfield sites and make it easier to bring them forward for development. ...

25 September, 2020
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Arcadis brings data expertise to help unlock housing innovation in Bristol

|Date: 13 July, 2020

Arcadis brings data expertise to help unlock housing innovation in Bristol

Arcadis has joined forces with a consortium of partners, including Bristol City Council, to support a maj ...

Arcadis has joined forces with a consortium of partners, including Bristol City Council, to support a major new initiative that will explore innovative housing solutions across the city. Benefitting f ...

13 July, 2020
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Grand Union to build 34 new homes at Bradwell Common, Milton Keynes

|Date: 23 March, 2020

Grand Union to build 34 new homes at Bradwell Common, Milton Keynes

Local housing provider Grand Union Housing Group is delighted to have been granted planning permission fo ...

Local housing provider Grand Union Housing Group is delighted to have been granted planning permission for 34 new homes at Bradwell Common, to help with their promise to tackle the housing crisis in M ...

23 March, 2020
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Cambridge Investment Partnership: Providing more than just housing

|Date: 11 February, 2020

Cambridge Investment Partnership: Providing more than just housing

Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) and Councillors celebrated another successful start on site at Cro ...

Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) and Councillors celebrated another successful start on site at Cromwell Road, Cambridge, in the heart of the city. This is the 11th start on site for the partner ...

11 February, 2020
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Urgent solution needed to budget delay to stop social housing crisis

|Date: 8 January, 2020

Urgent solution needed to budget delay to stop social housing crisis

The continuing uncertainty around Scottish Government investment in housing post-2021 is preventing the b ...

The continuing uncertainty around Scottish Government investment in housing post-2021 is preventing the building of desperately needed affordable homes, according to the Scottish Federation of Housing ...

8 January, 2020
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Back to the future? Rethinking terraced housing

|Date: 13 December, 2019

Back to the future? Rethinking terraced housing

Political parties of all stripes are vowing to ‘tackle the housing crisis’ and make Britain carbon neutra ...

Political parties of all stripes are vowing to ‘tackle the housing crisis’ and make Britain carbon neutral in the coming decades. This could radically change how we build and live in our homes in the ...

13 December, 2019
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Special Report | Building a digital platform

|Date: 11 December, 2019

Special Report | Building a digital platform

Jeff Hewitt discusses how the social housing crisis can be tackled by building tomorrow's homes with toda ...

Jeff Hewitt discusses how the social housing crisis can be tackled by building tomorrow's homes with today's technology. England is in the midst of a housing crisis, which, if unresolved, will impede ...

11 December, 2019
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Grand Union CEO backs call to end housing crisis

|Date: 20 November, 2019

Grand Union CEO backs call to end housing crisis

Aileen Evans, Chief Executive of Grand Union Housing Group and President of the Chartered Institute of Ho ...

Aileen Evans, Chief Executive of Grand Union Housing Group and President of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), has called on the housing sector to rally behind the National Housing Federation’s ...

20 November, 2019
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