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First firms selected to join new £600m offsite DPS for social housing sector

|Date: 20 May, 2022

First firms selected to join new £600m offsite DPS for social housing sector

Building Better, an alliance of 29 local authorities and housing associations, supported by the National ...

Building Better, an alliance of 29 local authorities and housing associations, supported by the National Housing Federation, has appointed an initial six manufacturers to its new dynamic purchasing sy ...

20 May, 2022
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SafeSite Facilities | Training drills

|Date: 13 September, 2019

SafeSite Facilities | Training drills

SafeSite Facilities tells LABM how it brought a vacant sheltered accommodation back into use for fire saf ...

SafeSite Facilities tells LABM how it brought a vacant sheltered accommodation back into use for fire safety trials. Official figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government hav ...

13 September, 2019
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Project Etopia builds landmark demonstration home at the BRE

|Date: 5 September, 2019

Project Etopia builds landmark demonstration home at the BRE

Modular homes provider Project Etopia has begun building a landmark demonstration home at the Building Re ...

Modular homes provider Project Etopia has begun building a landmark demonstration home at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) with the aim of being the first to meet a new UK offsite constructio ...

5 September, 2019
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First completed modular eco home unveiled at Etopia Corby

|Date: 20 August, 2019

First completed modular eco home unveiled at Etopia Corby

The first home in London’s only modular commuter village, Etopia Corby, has been completed inside and out ...

The first home in London’s only modular commuter village, Etopia Corby, has been completed inside and out, MMC specialist Project Etopia reveals. The superstructures of the first three-storey townhous ...

20 August, 2019
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New housing statistics show increase in affordable homes

|Date: 18 June, 2019

New housing statistics show increase in affordable homes

Figures have been released for the number of housing starts and completions delivered through Homes Engla ...

Figures have been released for the number of housing starts and completions delivered through Homes England programmes between 1st April 2018 and 31st March 2019. These show the highest levels of star ...

18 June, 2019
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Modular housing factory with 2,000 home capacity opened by Project Etopia

|Date: 18 March, 2019

Modular housing factory with 2,000 home capacity opened by Project Etopia

Modular smart home developer Project Etopia has opened a new factory capable of producing 2,000 houses a ...

Modular smart home developer Project Etopia has opened a new factory capable of producing 2,000 houses a year. The factory’s output will help complete London’s first modular commuter village being con ...

18 March, 2019
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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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Long-term empty homes in England up 5% in the last year, according to latest MHCLG figures.

|Date: 11 March, 2019

Long-term empty homes in England up 5% in the last year, according to latest MHCLG figures.

The number of empty homes across England has risen for the second year running — representing £53.6bn wor ...

The number of empty homes across England has risen for the second year running — representing £53.6bn worth of vacant stock, analysis by modular homes provider Project Etopia shows. The number of long ...

11 March, 2019
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Project Etopia aims to be the first to meet new BRE offsite modular construction standard

|Date: 1 March, 2019

Project Etopia aims to be the first to meet new BRE offsite modular construction standard

Modular homes provider Project Etopia will begin building a new weather and fire resilient demonstration ...

Modular homes provider Project Etopia will begin building a new weather and fire resilient demonstration home at BRE’s Watford Innovation Park in April, with a target of being the first to be awarded ...

1 March, 2019
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Housing & Regeneration | Tackling the housing crisis

|Date: 15 February, 2019

Housing & Regeneration | Tackling the housing crisis

Joseph Daniels, founder of Project Etopia asks: Could councils once again be the saviours of first-time b ...

Joseph Daniels, founder of Project Etopia asks: Could councils once again be the saviours of first-time buyers? Housebuilding in Britain has reached a stalemate in recent years. There is a great — and ...

15 February, 2019
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