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JPS launches delivery service AVAIL NOW

|Date: 1 August, 2024

JPS launches delivery service AVAIL NOW

Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has announced the launch of AVAIL NOW, a new delivery service availabl ...

Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has announced the launch of AVAIL NOW, a new delivery service available from its Housing Hubs to help social housing providers improve first time fix rates and compl ...

1 August, 2024
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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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District Council launches new way for tenants to report repairs online

|Date: 13 September, 2023

District Council launches new way for tenants to report repairs online

Newark and Sherwood District Council has launched a new online facility, giving District Council tenants ...

Newark and Sherwood District Council has launched a new online facility, giving District Council tenants a quick and easy way to report a repair and book their own appointment. The new service enables ...

13 September, 2023
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NHMF Service Provider Forum | Facing challenges together

|Date: 4 May, 2023

NHMF Service Provider Forum | Facing challenges together

LABM recently caught up with Mike Turner, the Chair of the National Housing Maintenance Forum (NHMF) Serv ...

LABM recently caught up with Mike Turner, the Chair of the National Housing Maintenance Forum (NHMF) Service Provider Forum (previously the Contractor Forum) to learn about the organisation, its plans ...

4 May, 2023
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New contract extension in the North-East for property services firm

|Date: 10 October, 2022

New contract extension in the North-East for property services firm

A national property services firm has secured more work to keep North-East homes warm for housing associa ...

A national property services firm has secured more work to keep North-East homes warm for housing association Home Group. Merseyside-based Liberty, which provides heating, compliance and repairs work ...

10 October, 2022
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Cornwall Housing on target to reduce repairs and maintenance backlogs

|Date: 23 May, 2022

Cornwall Housing on target to reduce repairs and maintenance backlogs

After a few very challenging years, Cornwall Housing has reported significant improvements in the number ...

After a few very challenging years, Cornwall Housing has reported significant improvements in the number of tenants waiting for housing repairs, maintenance, inspections and compliance work. Following ...

23 May, 2022
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Royal Bank of Scotland funding to boost Outer Hebrides housing options

|Date: 1 October, 2021

Royal Bank of Scotland funding to boost Outer Hebrides housing options

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has secured a £25m funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to sup ...

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has secured a £25m funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to support its current and future operations in some of Scotland’s most remote communities. The fundi ...

1 October, 2021
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Higgins appointed to Camden Council £620m framework

|Date: 12 March, 2021

Higgins appointed to Camden Council £620m framework

Higgins Partnerships has been appointed to the New Build and Regeneration lot on Camden Council’s Constru ...

Higgins Partnerships has been appointed to the New Build and Regeneration lot on Camden Council’s Construction Framework. The four year framework is split across seven lots covering new building works ...

12 March, 2021
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Mount Green’s 18-month repairs programme gets underway

|Date: 2 March, 2021

Mount Green’s 18-month repairs programme gets underway

South East-based housing association, Mount Green, has appointed a new local repairs contractor to improv ...

South East-based housing association, Mount Green, has appointed a new local repairs contractor to improve the delivery of day-to-day repairs, maintenance and voids across its 1,700 homes. Chigwell Co ...

2 March, 2021
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