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Over 55,000 households benefit from additional funding to help tenants facing fuel poverty

|Date: 16 February, 2023

Over 55,000 households benefit from additional funding to help tenants facing fuel poverty

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has said that almost 30,000 more social housing te ...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has said that almost 30,000 more social housing tenants will receive help with spiralling fuel costs, thanks to the additional funding provided b ...

16 February, 2023
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New round of £2m Social Housing Fuel Support Fund announced by Cabinet Secretary

|Date: 26 August, 2022

New round of £2m Social Housing Fuel Support Fund announced by Cabinet Secretary

With soaring energy bills and the cost-of-living crisis severely affecting social housing tenants across ...

With soaring energy bills and the cost-of-living crisis severely affecting social housing tenants across Scotland (1&2), financial support has been announced for housing associations and co-operat ...

26 August, 2022
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SFHA: Invest more in social housing or risk higher rents for more tenants

|Date: 20 April, 2022

SFHA: Invest more in social housing or risk higher rents for more tenants

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has responded to the Scottish Government’s A New D ...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has responded to the Scottish Government’s A New Deal for Tenants – Draft Strategy consultation and said that, to deliver the strategy’s ambition ...

20 April, 2022
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Electrical safety checks for social housing moves one step closer to becoming law

|Date: 30 March, 2022

Electrical safety checks for social housing moves one step closer to becoming law

New government draft regulations could see mandatory electrical safety checks required in England’s socia ...

New government draft regulations could see mandatory electrical safety checks required in England’s social housing. These protections could benefit over four million households living in the social re ...

30 March, 2022
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Government to introduce new national residents’ panel and empower Regulator to name and shame underperforming RPs

|Date: 30 March, 2022

Government to introduce new national residents’ panel and empower Regulator to name and shame underperforming RPs

The Government has published a package of new measures to improve social housing quality, almost five yea ...

The Government has published a package of new measures to improve social housing quality, almost five years after the devasting Grenfell Tower fire. These measures build on the Social Housing White Pa ...

30 March, 2022
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Orbit secures £1.4m Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 1 funding

|Date: 9 February, 2022

Orbit secures £1.4m Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 1 funding

Housing provider, Orbit, has secured £1.4m of fresh funding as part of the Social Housing Decarbonisation ...

Housing provider, Orbit, has secured £1.4m of fresh funding as part of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 1. The successful bid will see Orbit work with the West Midlands Combined Aut ...

9 February, 2022
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Funding for 69 projects will help cut fuel bills for social housing tenants and deliver warmer homes

|Date: 8 February, 2022

Funding for 69 projects will help cut fuel bills for social housing tenants and deliver warmer homes

Tens of thousands of social housing tenants across England will have their energy bills cut and homes mad ...

Tens of thousands of social housing tenants across England will have their energy bills cut and homes made warmer as the Government makes £179m available to improve energy efficiency. The funding anno ...

8 February, 2022
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MBE for social housing champion Joyce Ward

|Date: 4 January, 2022

MBE for social housing champion Joyce Ward

Joyce Ward, a former English teacher from just outside Wantage, Oxfordshire has been awarded an MBE in th ...

Joyce Ward, a former English teacher from just outside Wantage, Oxfordshire has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list thanks to her tireless efforts in championing the rights of social ho ...

4 January, 2022
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Sandfields project provides carbon neutral homes using innovative methods and materials

|Date: 23 November, 2021

Sandfields project provides carbon neutral homes using innovative methods and materials

Two Neath-based construction companies — J.G. Hale Construction, and timber frame construction specialist ...

Two Neath-based construction companies — J.G. Hale Construction, and timber frame construction specialist, SO Modular — are collaborating on a state-of-the-art project to build 55 new homes and refurb ...

23 November, 2021
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