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Optivo and Southern Housing Group merger completed

|Date: 21 December, 2022

Optivo and Southern Housing Group merger completed

Optivo and Southern Housing Group have officially merged to form Southern Housing. Legal completion was a ...

Optivo and Southern Housing Group have officially merged to form Southern Housing. Legal completion was achieved this morning following formal registration with the Financial Conduct Authority. Plans ...

21 December, 2022
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What are the six factors facing the social housing sector in 2022?

|Date: 6 January, 2022

What are the six factors facing the social housing sector in 2022?

It is no secret that the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda will be one of the dominant th ...

It is no secret that the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda will be one of the dominant themes for the built environment sector over the next year. And whilst the social housing sector ...

6 January, 2022
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Optivo appoints ENGIE for essential fire safety work

|Date: 8 April, 2021

Optivo appoints ENGIE for essential fire safety work

ENGIE, leading energy, services and regeneration specialist, has been appointed by housing association Op ...

ENGIE, leading energy, services and regeneration specialist, has been appointed by housing association Optivo to deliver vital fire remediation work worth £120m. Optivo have been proactively surveying ...

8 April, 2021
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Sector welcomes Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme but calls for new longer-term funding deal

|Date: 14 March, 2019

Sector welcomes Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme but calls for new longer-term funding deal

The £3bn Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme is welcome, however there are calls for a new longer-term ‘inf ...

The £3bn Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme is welcome, however there are calls for a new longer-term ‘infrastructure style’ funding model to be introduced for affordable housing to address the housing ...

14 March, 2019
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G15 Group Pledges a ‘United Front’ with London Boroughs to Turn the Tide on the Housing Crisis

|Date: 28 November, 2018

G15 Group Pledges a ‘United Front’ with London Boroughs to Turn the Tide on the Housing Crisis

A group of housing associations responsible for almost 600,000 homes has pledged to form a ‘united front’ ...

A group of housing associations responsible for almost 600,000 homes has pledged to form a ‘united front’ with London’s councils to build more affordable homes and launch a new assault on the housing ...

28 November, 2018
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Delivering the homes required to fix the housing crisis

|Date: 14 November, 2017

Delivering the homes required to fix the housing crisis

The National Housing Federation’s 2017 National Development Conference addressed the shortage of housing ...

The National Housing Federation’s 2017 National Development Conference addressed the shortage of housing provision, and what can be done to increase supply. LABM’s Sophie Taylor discusses the options ...

14 November, 2017
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