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SFHA launches new resource to help social housing sector build for the future

|Date: 14 January, 2020

SFHA launches new resource to help social housing sector build for the future

A new online portal has been created by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations to support its me ...

A new online portal has been created by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations to support its members to find new ideas for future working. The Innovation Hub is part of SFHA’s Innovation and ...

14 January, 2020
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Six things social housing providers need to consider in 2020

|Date: 10 January, 2020

Six things social housing providers need to consider in 2020

2019 has been one of the most tumultuous years of the past decade, with Brexit again dominating the natio ...

2019 has been one of the most tumultuous years of the past decade, with Brexit again dominating the national conversation. But social housing providers have had to contend with much more. What does 20 ...

10 January, 2020
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Joint venture tackling housing shortage in Cambridge

|Date: 10 January, 2020

Joint venture tackling housing shortage in Cambridge

With the Chartered Institute of Housing and National Housing Federation both calling for more than 1.5 mi ...

With the Chartered Institute of Housing and National Housing Federation both calling for more than 1.5 million social homes to be built over the next 10 years, with at least 90,000 of these for social ...

10 January, 2020
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Vaillant’s new connected solution for fuel poverty

|Date: 8 January, 2020

Vaillant’s new connected solution for fuel poverty

With 2.53 million households in the UK classified as fuel poor1, Vaillant is turning to connected technol ...

With 2.53 million households in the UK classified as fuel poor1, Vaillant is turning to connected technology to help social housing providers alleviate fuel poverty and increase energy efficiency acro ...

8 January, 2020
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Multimillion-pound social housing scheme in Wrexham

|Date: 6 January, 2020

Multimillion-pound social housing scheme in Wrexham

Construction work on a new £2.2m social housing development site has begun in Wrexham, North Wales. The d ...

Construction work on a new £2.2m social housing development site has begun in Wrexham, North Wales. The development is being built by national property services business Liberty for Wrexham County Bor ...

6 January, 2020
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Revised Alton planning proposal will accelerate housing delivery

|Date: 6 January, 2020

Revised Alton planning proposal will accelerate housing delivery

A revised planning proposal for the regeneration of the Alton estate will accelerate the delivery of new ...

A revised planning proposal for the regeneration of the Alton estate will accelerate the delivery of new homes and provide a greater mix of social and private housing. The proposed changes to the revi ...

6 January, 2020
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Disabled tenants win benefits windfall

|Date: 3 January, 2020

Disabled tenants win benefits windfall

A social housing provider has transformed the lives of two chronically disabled tenants by winning them b ...

A social housing provider has transformed the lives of two chronically disabled tenants by winning them back a combined £38,000 unexpected windfall of unpaid benefits. Staff from Cairn Housing Associa ...

3 January, 2020
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£6m Salford social housing scheme completes

|Date: 12 December, 2019

£6m Salford social housing scheme completes

Manchester-based property developer Investar Property Group has celebrated the completion of its £6m affo ...

Manchester-based property developer Investar Property Group has celebrated the completion of its £6m affordable housing scheme in Salford with the handover of 48 apartments. Work began on Melody Garde ...

12 December, 2019
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Special Report | Building a digital platform

|Date: 11 December, 2019

Special Report | Building a digital platform

Jeff Hewitt discusses how the social housing crisis can be tackled by building tomorrow's homes with toda ...

Jeff Hewitt discusses how the social housing crisis can be tackled by building tomorrow's homes with today's technology. England is in the midst of a housing crisis, which, if unresolved, will impede ...

11 December, 2019
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ADEY hosts social housing energy efficiency conference

|Date: 4 December, 2019

ADEY hosts social housing energy efficiency conference

Global water treatment manufacturer and magnetic filtration pioneer, ADEY, partnered with EEM and Westwor ...

Global water treatment manufacturer and magnetic filtration pioneer, ADEY, partnered with EEM and Westworks Procurement to host a special event discussing the future changes in energy efficiency requi ...

4 December, 2019
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