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Does timber offer a solution to the UK housing crisis?

|Date: 19 April, 2018

Does timber offer a solution to the UK housing crisis?

Jeremy English from Södra explains why timber offers the solution to the UK’s housing crisis, and how it ...

Jeremy English from Södra explains why timber offers the solution to the UK’s housing crisis, and how it can help housing providers adopt less labour-intensive, offsite building techniques to build mo ...

19 April, 2018
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Improving heating system care

|Date: 16 April, 2018

Improving heating system care

The social housing sector absorbs a hidden cost of millions of pounds every year due to poor water treatm ...

The social housing sector absorbs a hidden cost of millions of pounds every year due to poor water treatment. But just a few small and inexpensive changes to heating system care can deliver significan ...

16 April, 2018
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Understanding Lot 20

|Date: 13 April, 2018

Understanding Lot 20

From 1st January 2018, all local space heaters manufactured for sale in the EU must comply with a minimum ...

From 1st January 2018, all local space heaters manufactured for sale in the EU must comply with a minimum efficiency standard under Lot 20 of the Energy Efficiency Directive. Christian Hadley, Head of ...

13 April, 2018
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Indoor air quality in social housing

|Date: 12 April, 2018

Indoor air quality in social housing

John Mos, Head of Social Housing Sales at EnviroVent, looks at how indoor air quality is becoming an incr ...

John Mos, Head of Social Housing Sales at EnviroVent, looks at how indoor air quality is becoming an increasingly prominent issue for local authorities as they aim to drive up standards and improve he ...

12 April, 2018
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Build your dream home with pilot mortgage scheme

|Date: 9 April, 2018

Build your dream home with pilot mortgage scheme

A £2.5m pilot scheme offering self-builders the chance to apply for a mortgage through their local author ...

A £2.5m pilot scheme offering self-builders the chance to apply for a mortgage through their local authority with just a 5% deposit has gone live in Cherwell. Until 11th May 2018, up to five people wi ...

9 April, 2018
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Councils’ powers to bring empty homes back into use boosted by government

|Date: 29 March, 2018

Councils’ powers to bring empty homes back into use boosted by government

Thousands of long-term empty homes across England could be brought back into use as government introduces ...

Thousands of long-term empty homes across England could be brought back into use as government introduces new legislation to allow councils across England to charge double the rate of Council Tax on h ...

29 March, 2018
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The Walton Court Centre regeneration project in Aylesbury

|Date: 23 March, 2018

The Walton Court Centre regeneration project in Aylesbury

James Traynor, Managing Director of ECD Architects, talks to LABM about the award-winning regeneration of ...

James Traynor, Managing Director of ECD Architects, talks to LABM about the award-winning regeneration of the Walton Court Centre in Aylesbury — a mixed-use community hub with 58 residential units abo ...

23 March, 2018
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Work starts on £5.1m housing schemes in Salford

|Date: 23 March, 2018

Work starts on £5.1m housing schemes in Salford

City West Housing Trust has started work on the £5.1m development of 54 much needed new-build homes for a ...

City West Housing Trust has started work on the £5.1m development of 54 much needed new-build homes for affordable rent in Little Hulton and Walkden, in Salford. The social landlord, which is part of ...

23 March, 2018
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Working in partnership

|Date: 21 March, 2018

Working in partnership

James Duncan from law firm Winckworth Sherwood discusses public/private partnerships, the potential issue ...

James Duncan from law firm Winckworth Sherwood discusses public/private partnerships, the potential issues, and the opportunities for boosting housing delivery. A lot happened in the final months of 2 ...

21 March, 2018
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Bioregional develops a potential solution to the energy performance gap

|Date: 16 March, 2018

Bioregional develops a potential solution to the energy performance gap

Not-for-profit sustainability champion Bioregional is taking a lead in helping the UK to ‘green’ its late ...

Not-for-profit sustainability champion Bioregional is taking a lead in helping the UK to ‘green’ its latest generation of houses. The ‘energy performance gap’ is the difference between predicted and a ...

16 March, 2018
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