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Quality Counts: housebuilding industry calls for changes to contracts

|Date: 10 February, 2020

Quality Counts: housebuilding industry calls for changes to contracts

The housing sector is calling for quality measures to be embedded into contracts to ensure the industry i ...

The housing sector is calling for quality measures to be embedded into contracts to ensure the industry improves standards. At The Housing Forum's Quality Counts conference, architects, contractors, s ...

10 February, 2020
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Industry leaders call for change in housing sector to ensure wellbeing of customers

|Date: 20 September, 2019

Industry leaders call for change in housing sector to ensure wellbeing of customers

We need to be braver and invest in change within the industry to ensure the quality of homes whilst also ...

We need to be braver and invest in change within the industry to ensure the quality of homes whilst also building at scale. That’s according to sector influencers at VIVID’s Housing Forum who gathered ...

20 September, 2019
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Housing Forum Older People’s Housing Working Group launched

|Date: 30 May, 2019

Housing Forum Older People’s Housing Working Group launched

The Housing Forum has established a specialist Older People’s Housing Working Group in a bid to tackle wh ...

The Housing Forum has established a specialist Older People’s Housing Working Group in a bid to tackle what has been coined a ‘Silver Tsunami’ as a growing proportion of the population live into their ...

30 May, 2019
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Building a sustainable future: decarbonising how we heat our homes

|Date: 10 January, 2019

Building a sustainable future: decarbonising how we heat our homes

From increased funding for housing associations and local authorities, to taking steps towards meeting th ...

From increased funding for housing associations and local authorities, to taking steps towards meeting the Government’s target of building 300,000 new homes a year until 2020, the housing and construc ...

10 January, 2019
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