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Cardiff residents to benefit from innovative energy management solution in new affordable development

|Date: 11 March, 2024

Cardiff residents to benefit from innovative energy management solution in new affordable development

Cardiff Council is soon to complete a new state-of-the-art affordable housing scheme for over-55s, which ...

Cardiff Council is soon to complete a new state-of-the-art affordable housing scheme for over-55s, which includes groundbreaking net zero technology. Addison House is a 44-apartment community living s ...

11 March, 2024
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Fusion21 invites bids for £80m Lifts Framework

|Date: 11 March, 2024

Fusion21 invites bids for £80m Lifts Framework

Procurement organisation and social enterprise Fusion21 has announced the fourth generation of its Lifts ...

Procurement organisation and social enterprise Fusion21 has announced the fourth generation of its Lifts Framework worth up to £80m over four years and is now inviting bids from interested contractors ...

11 March, 2024
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Golding Homes bucks gender pay gap

|Date: 8 March, 2024

Golding Homes bucks gender pay gap

Golding Homes is bucking the trend when it comes to the gender pay gap. The 2024 figures published by the ...

Golding Homes is bucking the trend when it comes to the gender pay gap. The 2024 figures published by the Maidstone-based housing association show that at -8.95%, the average (mean) difference between ...

8 March, 2024
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Support for social landlords and local authorities to navigate retrofit and energy-efficient housing upgrades

|Date: 7 March, 2024

Support for social landlords and local authorities to navigate retrofit and energy-efficient housing upgrades

Social housing providers and local authorities faced with retrofitting housing and building stock to a ne ...

Social housing providers and local authorities faced with retrofitting housing and building stock to a net zero carbon-ready standard can now access a list of approved experts with the diverse skills ...

7 March, 2024
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West Midlands Mayor delivers keynote speech at Switchee Summit

|Date: 7 March, 2024

West Midlands Mayor delivers keynote speech at Switchee Summit

Andy Street, Mayor for the West Midlands, gives keynote speech at Switchee Summit to call for change to t ...

Andy Street, Mayor for the West Midlands, gives keynote speech at Switchee Summit to call for change to the future of social housing. One in 11 UK households are in the grip of fuel poverty, according ...

7 March, 2024
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Sector responds to Spring Budget

|Date: 7 March, 2024

Sector responds to Spring Budget

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public se ...

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public sector to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2024. Councils need greater funding certainty th ...

7 March, 2024
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Popular public art prize opens for entries

|Date: 6 March, 2024

Popular public art prize opens for entries

An annual competition is once again on the hunt for the country’s best artists to provide their ideas for ...

An annual competition is once again on the hunt for the country’s best artists to provide their ideas for an art installation at a new affordable housing development. Following two hugely popular comp ...

6 March, 2024
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Official ‘affordable rent’ schemes fail to help low-income tenants — new report

|Date: 5 March, 2024

Official ‘affordable rent’ schemes fail to help low-income tenants — new report

Fewer than one in four people believe that the official definition of ‘affordable housing’ lives up to it ...

Fewer than one in four people believe that the official definition of ‘affordable housing’ lives up to its name, according to an opinion poll. The finding from polling commissioned by the leading thin ...

5 March, 2024
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Arctic Hayes | Keeping tenants warm

|Date: 4 March, 2024

Arctic Hayes | Keeping tenants warm

Lee Parsons, CEO of Arctic Hayes, explains how filters, repair kits and a bit of knowledge can help keep ...

Lee Parsons, CEO of Arctic Hayes, explains how filters, repair kits and a bit of knowledge can help keep the heat running efficiently for tenants. Since the update to Part L of the Building Regulation ...

4 March, 2024
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VIVID maintains top regulatory ratings

|Date: 1 March, 2024

VIVID maintains top regulatory ratings

VIVID has maintained its G1 V1 ratings by the Regulator for Social Housing. This achievement follows an i ...

VIVID has maintained its G1 V1 ratings by the Regulator for Social Housing. This achievement follows an in-depth assessment by the regulator and is the highest governance and financial viability ratin ...

1 March, 2024
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