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UK’s broken planning system will starve rural communities of affordable homes

|Date: 15 December, 2022

UK’s broken planning system will starve rural communities of affordable homes

With a record 1.2 million households currently on waiting lists for social housing, Dorset-based affordab ...

With a record 1.2 million households currently on waiting lists for social housing, Dorset-based affordable housing specialist AJC Group fears rural communities will be starved of much-needed affordab ...

15 December, 2022
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Royal Borough of Greenwich shows off innovative building methods used in sustainable council home

|Date: 15 December, 2022

Royal Borough of Greenwich shows off innovative building methods used in sustainable council home

Royal Borough of Greenwich has been showcasing the cutting-edge modular construction techniques being use ...

Royal Borough of Greenwich has been showcasing the cutting-edge modular construction techniques being used in its Greenwich Builds programme, which is creating hundreds of zero carbon council homes fo ...

15 December, 2022
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Capturing time at Colville Road Phase 2

|Date: 15 December, 2022

Capturing time at Colville Road Phase 2

Year 6 pupils at Colville Primary School have been putting their thinking caps on to create messages, pic ...

Year 6 pupils at Colville Primary School have been putting their thinking caps on to create messages, pictures, and drawings about themselves which have been included in a time capsule at Colville Roa ...

15 December, 2022
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Terry Lifts | Means of escape

|Date: 13 December, 2022

Terry Lifts | Means of escape

Everyone has a responsibility to be vigilant and prepared in case of fire. Like many UK-based fire and re ...

Everyone has a responsibility to be vigilant and prepared in case of fire. Like many UK-based fire and rescue services, the London Fire Brigade is proactive in promoting fire safety in the home. One k ...

13 December, 2022
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Drone Corner | Roof inspections with drones

|Date: 9 December, 2022

Drone Corner | Roof inspections with drones

Tony Doyle, Director & Operator at Seagull Aerial Survey & Photography and member of the Institut ...

Tony Doyle, Director & Operator at Seagull Aerial Survey & Photography and member of the Institute of Roofing, considers the impact of the use of drones in estates management on the role of su ...

9 December, 2022
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Industry Comment | Wanted — new funding for council housing

|Date: 7 December, 2022

Industry Comment | Wanted — new funding for council housing

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the ne ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the need for a new and sustainable financial settlement for council housing. Among the announcements ...

7 December, 2022
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Hundreds of new homes in North London get planning green light

|Date: 6 December, 2022

Hundreds of new homes in North London get planning green light

One of the biggest residential planning applications in Islington in recent years has been approved by th ...

One of the biggest residential planning applications in Islington in recent years has been approved by the London Borough of Islington’s planning committee. The move sees permission granted for the tr ...

6 December, 2022
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Baxi parent company, BDR Thermea Group heats historic homes with 100% hydrogen boilers in world-first pilot

|Date: 2 December, 2022

Baxi parent company, BDR Thermea Group heats historic homes with 100% hydrogen boilers in world-first pilot

Baxi’s parent company, BDR Thermea Group, the leading manufacturer of smart indoor climate solutions, has ...

Baxi’s parent company, BDR Thermea Group, the leading manufacturer of smart indoor climate solutions, has launched a world-first pilot using its 100% hydrogen boilers in 12 inhabited homes with hydrog ...

2 December, 2022
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New data from Orbit shows creep of fuel poverty in UK households

|Date: 2 December, 2022

New data from Orbit shows creep of fuel poverty in UK households

More than a third of people living in affordable housing went without heat during the past 12 months to s ...

More than a third of people living in affordable housing went without heat during the past 12 months to save money — an increase of 50% on the same period the year before according to new research fro ...

2 December, 2022
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AAT offers an answer for social housing and adaptations

|Date: 30 November, 2022

AAT offers an answer for social housing and adaptations

Social housing landlords face a growing problem, according to research, the majority of tenants with a lo ...

Social housing landlords face a growing problem, according to research, the majority of tenants with a long-term impairment do not have the adaptations they need (1), yet the housing stock is increasi ...

30 November, 2022
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