housing quality Archives

Industry Comment | Making Awaab’s Law work

|Date: 13 February, 2024

Industry Comment | Making Awaab’s Law work

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses Awaab’ ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses Awaab’s Law and the consultation surrounding the new mandatory timescales for social landlords to car ...

13 February, 2024
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Tackling the housing crisis: 500 new social homes coming to Oldham announced at Oldham Housing Roundtable event

|Date: 5 February, 2024

Tackling the housing crisis: 500 new social homes coming to Oldham announced at Oldham Housing Roundtable event

Oldham Council has pledged to get 500 new social homes built in the borough over the next five years. T ...

Oldham Council has pledged to get 500 new social homes built in the borough over the next five years. The announcement was made at the council’s inaugural Housing Roundtable, which took place at Old ...

5 February, 2024
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Global Home Warranties | Quality control

|Date: 16 June, 2023

Global Home Warranties | Quality control

Affordable quality homes for housing associations — there is a solution, says Global Home Warranties. It ...

Affordable quality homes for housing associations — there is a solution, says Global Home Warranties. It is an inconvenient truth, but some developers do not like to build affordable homes. Many claim ...

16 June, 2023
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Industry Comment | Tenant Satisfaction Measures — the challenge ahead

|Date: 7 June, 2023

Industry Comment | Tenant Satisfaction Measures — the challenge ahead

Matthew Warburton, Policy Adviser at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the ne ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Adviser at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the new tenant satisfaction measures, which are being introduced by The Regulator of Social Housing a ...

7 June, 2023
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HomeLINK | Connected technology

|Date: 23 February, 2023

HomeLINK | Connected technology

Sam Collier, Sustainability & Ethics Lead for HomeLINK discusses how connected technology can support ...

Sam Collier, Sustainability & Ethics Lead for HomeLINK discusses how connected technology can support the health, safety and wellbeing of social housing residents. Social housing providers are fac ...

23 February, 2023
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London boroughs approve majority of major housing planning applications in the wake of London elections

|Date: 21 February, 2023

London boroughs approve majority of major housing planning applications in the wake of London elections

A new report by BECG (Built Environment Communications Group) has revealed that two-thirds (22) of London ...

A new report by BECG (Built Environment Communications Group) has revealed that two-thirds (22) of London boroughs have approved all major residential applications determined in 2022 — a significant i ...

21 February, 2023
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Tom appointed to turbo-charge VIVID’s asset and sustainability ambitions

|Date: 18 January, 2023

Tom appointed to turbo-charge VIVID’s asset and sustainability ambitions

With the sharp focus on building safety, housing quality and energy efficiency of homes in the UK, VIVID ...

With the sharp focus on building safety, housing quality and energy efficiency of homes in the UK, VIVID has ambitious plans. And to drive this forward Tom Robinson has been appointed as the housing a ...

18 January, 2023
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New network launched to support local authorities in improving poor-quality homes 

|Date: 27 October, 2022

New network launched to support local authorities in improving poor-quality homes 

The Centre for Ageing Better is launching a new network of local authorities looking to work collaborativ ...

The Centre for Ageing Better is launching a new network of local authorities looking to work collaboratively to address the nation’s inadequate housing stock.  Partnering with sector leader Foundation ...

27 October, 2022
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Greater collaboration key to more housing says Councils Network

|Date: 24 October, 2022

Greater collaboration key to more housing says Councils Network

The Housing Forum held its national annual conference on 18th October with the theme 'Shared Strength thr ...

The Housing Forum held its national annual conference on 18th October with the theme 'Shared Strength through Housing Partnerships'. Local authorities have been playing a growing role in The Housing F ...

24 October, 2022
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Study by VIVID and Aston University analyses importance of ‘multi-use’ homes and reveals implications for design, build and retrofitting

|Date: 5 October, 2022

Study by VIVID and Aston University analyses importance of ‘multi-use’ homes and reveals implications for design, build and retrofitting

Leading housing association, VIVID, is launching the findings of its research into the quality of housing ...

Leading housing association, VIVID, is launching the findings of its research into the quality of housing and neighbourhoods working with the Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing at Aston Universit ...

5 October, 2022
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