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Government £8m cash boost for vibrant new communities

|Date: 16 January, 2020

Government £8m cash boost for vibrant new communities

Funds allocated to deliver up to 200,000 new homes in garden towns and villages and for councils to suppo ...

Funds allocated to deliver up to 200,000 new homes in garden towns and villages and for councils to support new neighbourhood plans. Communities across England are set to benefit from thousands of new ...

16 January, 2020
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Thomas Sinden secures two lots on the Hyde Group Framework

|Date: 14 January, 2020

Thomas Sinden secures two lots on the Hyde Group Framework

Thomas Sinden has been appointed to two lots on the Hyde Group main contractor framework, lot 3 for the S ...

Thomas Sinden has been appointed to two lots on the Hyde Group main contractor framework, lot 3 for the South region on projects between £5m and £10m and lot 5 for projects between £5m and £10m in Lon ...

14 January, 2020
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Six things social housing providers need to consider in 2020

|Date: 10 January, 2020

Six things social housing providers need to consider in 2020

2019 has been one of the most tumultuous years of the past decade, with Brexit again dominating the natio ...

2019 has been one of the most tumultuous years of the past decade, with Brexit again dominating the national conversation. But social housing providers have had to contend with much more. What does 20 ...

10 January, 2020
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Joint venture tackling housing shortage in Cambridge

|Date: 10 January, 2020

Joint venture tackling housing shortage in Cambridge

With the Chartered Institute of Housing and National Housing Federation both calling for more than 1.5 mi ...

With the Chartered Institute of Housing and National Housing Federation both calling for more than 1.5 million social homes to be built over the next 10 years, with at least 90,000 of these for social ...

10 January, 2020
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Ultra-low energy Warwickshire Homes bring rewards for residents

|Date: 9 January, 2020

Ultra-low energy Warwickshire Homes bring rewards for residents

Warwickshire Rural Housing Association’s (WRHA) groundbreaking development of ultra-low energy homes is n ...

Warwickshire Rural Housing Association’s (WRHA) groundbreaking development of ultra-low energy homes is now letting residents reap the rewards one year on. In September 2018, HRH The Princess Royal (p ...

9 January, 2020
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Unitas uses in-house drone technology to identify building repairs

|Date: 7 January, 2020

Unitas uses in-house drone technology to identify building repairs

A Contracts Manager for Unitas Stoke-on-Trent, a council housing repairs and maintenance company, has bec ...

A Contracts Manager for Unitas Stoke-on-Trent, a council housing repairs and maintenance company, has become a Civil Aviation Authority-trained Drone Operator. Tony Phillips, who works for Unitas Stok ...

7 January, 2020
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Saniflo UK | Advice on getting showering facilities right

|Date: 3 January, 2020

Saniflo UK | Advice on getting showering facilities right

Renewing bathrooms in existing homes is a major part of housing refurbishment programmes for local author ...

Renewing bathrooms in existing homes is a major part of housing refurbishment programmes for local authorities and housing associations. Bathrooms are also an important part of the specification on ne ...

3 January, 2020
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Work on 108 Leicestershire affordable homes is underway

|Date: 20 December, 2019

Work on 108 Leicestershire affordable homes is underway

More than 100 affordable homes are being brought to Leicestershire, with the support of local councils, b ...

More than 100 affordable homes are being brought to Leicestershire, with the support of local councils, by leading housing provider Stonewater. The not-for-profit organisation is celebrating the start ...

20 December, 2019
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Rough sleeping in York falls from nine to seven people in 2019

|Date: 19 December, 2019

Rough sleeping in York falls from nine to seven people in 2019

After another year of preventative action and tailored support to people sleeping rough in York, more peo ...

After another year of preventative action and tailored support to people sleeping rough in York, more people have been helped into safer more stable accommodation. The official, annual rough sleeper c ...

19 December, 2019
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Planning essential to deliver Welsh Government climate change ambitions

|Date: 19 December, 2019

Planning essential to deliver Welsh Government climate change ambitions

Ambitious projects to help combat climate change outlined in the Welsh Government’s draft budget for 2020 ...

Ambitious projects to help combat climate change outlined in the Welsh Government’s draft budget for 2020-21 have been welcomed by Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Cymru. The draft budget, the fir ...

19 December, 2019
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