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LABC backs Hackitt Report for comprehensive improvements to Building Regulations

|Date: 20 December, 2017

LABC backs Hackitt Report for comprehensive improvements to Building Regulations

The Hackitt Review Interim Report provides a comprehensive critique of the Building Regulations system an ...

The Hackitt Review Interim Report provides a comprehensive critique of the Building Regulations system and fire safety. LABC welcomes the report and its seven key recommendations for improvements. Pau ...

20 December, 2017
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New study reveals local authorities are becoming increasingly engaged in housing delivery

|Date: 12 December, 2017

New study reveals local authorities are becoming increasingly engaged in housing delivery

A new study, Local authority direct provision of housing, has found that 91% of local authorities in Engl ...

A new study, Local authority direct provision of housing, has found that 91% of local authorities in England — of all political leaning and size — are engaged in providing homes in some form or anothe ...

12 December, 2017
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Northern Ireland Housing Executive tasks BBA CIT with delivering groundbreaking cavity wall insulation study

|Date: 6 December, 2017

Northern Ireland Housing Executive tasks BBA CIT with delivering groundbreaking cavity wall insulation study

The largest social housing landlord in the UK has commissioned the British Board of Agrément Consultancy ...

The largest social housing landlord in the UK has commissioned the British Board of Agrément Consultancy Investigation Training (BBA CIT) to conduct the most comprehensive study of its kind into cavit ...

6 December, 2017
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SFHA welcomes commitment to end fuel poverty but calls for investment in home energy efficiency

|Date: 13 November, 2017

SFHA welcomes commitment to end fuel poverty but calls for investment in home energy efficiency

SFHA Head of Public Affairs Sarah Boyack, pictured above, responds to the Scottish Government’s Fuel Pove ...

SFHA Head of Public Affairs Sarah Boyack, pictured above, responds to the Scottish Government’s Fuel Poverty statement, giving a cautious welcome to proposals: We welcome the Scottish Government’s com ...

13 November, 2017
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Pilot heating scheme in historic village set to tackle fuel poverty and halve residents’ energy bills

|Date: 6 November, 2017

Pilot heating scheme in historic village set to tackle fuel poverty and halve residents’ energy bills

Housing association residents in a development of 49 one- and two-bedroom bungalows in Herefordshire are ...

Housing association residents in a development of 49 one- and two-bedroom bungalows in Herefordshire are set to have their heating bills halved as work is underway on the installation of an innovative ...

6 November, 2017
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Local authority enhances mobile working with Client 360

|Date: 3 November, 2017

Local authority enhances mobile working with Client 360

By deploying a new mobile solution to assist with housing management, Ashford Borough Council (ABC) has s ...

By deploying a new mobile solution to assist with housing management, Ashford Borough Council (ABC) has significantly increased efficiencies across its entire housing service. Ashford Borough Council ...

3 November, 2017
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Contract signed to bring £30m new homes programme to Crook in County Durham

|Date: 20 October, 2017

Contract signed to bring £30m new homes programme to Crook in County Durham

A County Durham town is to get 40 new affordable homes as part of a £30m investment programme, creating m ...

A County Durham town is to get 40 new affordable homes as part of a £30m investment programme, creating more than 100 new jobs and apprenticeships. Pictured above: Jake Robson from Galliford Try and T ...

20 October, 2017
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The all new National Development Conference and Exhibition 2017

|Date: 16 October, 2017

The all new National Development Conference and Exhibition 2017

Housing associations continue to be ambitious by finding new and innovative ways of building the homes th ...

Housing associations continue to be ambitious by finding new and innovative ways of building the homes their communities need now and in the future. The National Housing Federation’s National Developm ...

16 October, 2017
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£2bn boost for affordable housing and long-term deal for social rent

|Date: 5 October, 2017

£2bn boost for affordable housing and long-term deal for social rent

Government confirms plans for a new generation of council and housing association homes. Funding for affo ...

Government confirms plans for a new generation of council and housing association homes. Funding for affordable homes will be increased by a further £2bn to more than £9bn. Prime Minister Theresa May ...

5 October, 2017
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£2.5m cash boost for garden towns to speed up delivery of over 155,000 new homes

|Date: 3 October, 2017

£2.5m cash boost for garden towns to speed up delivery of over 155,000 new homes

Government confirms a £2.5m cash boost to speed up the delivery of over 155,000 new homes in the proposed ...

Government confirms a £2.5m cash boost to speed up the delivery of over 155,000 new homes in the proposed garden towns across England. A £2.5m cash boost to speed up the delivery of over 155,000 new h ...

3 October, 2017
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