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Community gets say on Moss Side housing plans

|Date: 23 March, 2023

Community gets say on Moss Side housing plans

Plans to bring around 350 much needed new homes to Moss Side are being drawn up by Manchester City Counci ...

Plans to bring around 350 much needed new homes to Moss Side are being drawn up by Manchester City Council and Mosscare St Vincent’s (MSV). The council and the housing association are seeking the view ...

23 March, 2023
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Orbit Group: a very strong performance in an extraordinary year

|Date: 2 September, 2022

Orbit Group: a very strong performance in an extraordinary year

Orbit Group, one of the UK’s largest contributors of affordable housing, reaffirms its clear market stand ...

Orbit Group, one of the UK’s largest contributors of affordable housing, reaffirms its clear market standing and robust financial strategy with the delivery of a very strong performance for the year e ...

2 September, 2022
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Watford Community Housing’s pledge to deliver a thousand new homes supported by funding from Santander UK

|Date: 19 July, 2022

Watford Community Housing’s pledge to deliver a thousand new homes supported by funding from Santander UK

Santander UK has provided Watford Community Housing with a £50m funding package to support its delivery o ...

Santander UK has provided Watford Community Housing with a £50m funding package to support its delivery of more than a thousand new homes in Hertfordshire by 2028. The five-year revolving credit facil ...

19 July, 2022
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LiveWest set to build 712 rural homes in next two years

|Date: 5 July, 2022

LiveWest set to build 712 rural homes in next two years

A leading housing association is set to build 712 homes in rural areas across the South West over the nex ...

A leading housing association is set to build 712 homes in rural areas across the South West over the next two years. In a week when the housing sector celebrates Rural Housing Week — a yearly event o ...

5 July, 2022
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NatWest | Funding sustainable social housing

|Date: 21 June, 2022

NatWest | Funding sustainable social housing

Funding sustainable social housing is crucial to meet net zero targets and increase energy efficiency in ...

Funding sustainable social housing is crucial to meet net zero targets and increase energy efficiency in homes, says Marcos Navarro, Director & Sustainability Lead for Housing Finance at NatWest. ...

21 June, 2022
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Majority of people living in Scotland believe country needs more good quality low-cost housing for rent

|Date: 14 June, 2022

Majority of people living in Scotland believe country needs more good quality low-cost housing for rent

A new survey, released by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and conducted by YouGov, ...

A new survey, released by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and conducted by YouGov, has found that two-thirds (66%) of people in Scotland do not believe there is enough good qual ...

14 June, 2022
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RetrofitWorks appointed to lead Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes programme

|Date: 6 May, 2022

RetrofitWorks appointed to lead Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes programme

RetrofitWorks, the not-for-profit co-operative, is delighted to announce they have been appointed to mana ...

RetrofitWorks, the not-for-profit co-operative, is delighted to announce they have been appointed to manage the £40m planned investment to improve the energy efficiency of Greater London homes, as par ...

6 May, 2022
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Fabric first is the wrong approach

|Date: 22 April, 2022

Fabric first is the wrong approach

Duncan Brown, Chief Finance Officer at VIVID, one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the S ...

Duncan Brown, Chief Finance Officer at VIVID, one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the South of England, discusses how sustainable action in the housing sector must be balanced with t ...

22 April, 2022
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Housing association secures £137m of sustainable funding to build 1,000 affordable homes and become carbon zero

|Date: 10 March, 2022

Housing association secures £137m of sustainable funding to build 1,000 affordable homes and become carbon zero

Wirral-based housing association Magenta Living has secured a £137m funding package from NatWest to build ...

Wirral-based housing association Magenta Living has secured a £137m funding package from NatWest to build more than 1,000 new affordable homes over the next five years and commence its transition to b ...

10 March, 2022
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Council receives funding for 56 new homes

|Date: 7 March, 2022

Council receives funding for 56 new homes

Enfield Council has received a £628,000 grant to make derelict land available to deliver 56 new homes in ...

Enfield Council has received a £628,000 grant to make derelict land available to deliver 56 new homes in the borough. The funding will help self-builders who want to get on the housing ladder and brin ...

7 March, 2022
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