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Platform Housing Group issues £250m sustainability bond

|Date: 9 April, 2024

Platform Housing Group issues £250m sustainability bond

Platform Housing Group, the largest housing association in the Midlands, has issued a second sustainabili ...

Platform Housing Group, the largest housing association in the Midlands, has issued a second sustainability bond from its £1bn EMTN programme. The £250m bond has a 26-year maturity and was priced at G ...

9 April, 2024
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Industry Comment | Budget misses the mark for housing

|Date: 9 April, 2024

Industry Comment | Budget misses the mark for housing

The Budget — another missed opportunity to fix the housing crisis, says Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor ...

The Budget — another missed opportunity to fix the housing crisis, says Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH). Forecasts of only sluggish growth for t ...

9 April, 2024
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Integrated Solutions at City Plumbing wins contract with VIVID to serve 35,000 homes

|Date: 8 April, 2024

Integrated Solutions at City Plumbing wins contract with VIVID to serve 35,000 homes

Public sector plumbing and heating supplier, Integrated Solutions at City Plumbing, has won a contract wi ...

Public sector plumbing and heating supplier, Integrated Solutions at City Plumbing, has won a contract with housing association, VIVID, to supply boilers and parts for heating installations, annual se ...

8 April, 2024
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believe housing marks fifth anniversary

|Date: 5 April, 2024

believe housing marks fifth anniversary

One of the largest housing associations in the North East of England is celebrating its fifth anniversary ...

One of the largest housing associations in the North East of England is celebrating its fifth anniversary. In 2019, believe housing was launched with a vision of delivering “life without barriers” for ...

5 April, 2024
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Scottish Government affordable rented housebuilding programme in ‘absolute freefall’ amid ‘national housing emergency’

|Date: 4 April, 2024

Scottish Government affordable rented housebuilding programme in ‘absolute freefall’ amid ‘national housing emergency’

SFHA say government’s affordable homes target ‘all but over’ as number of homes being built by housing as ...

SFHA say government’s affordable homes target ‘all but over’ as number of homes being built by housing associations plummet to 35-year low. The Scottish Government’s programme for building affordable ...

4 April, 2024
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SBS takes two awards at the Oscars of decarbonisation

|Date: 26 March, 2024

SBS takes two awards at the Oscars of decarbonisation

Housing decarbonisation specialist, Sustainable Building Services (UK) Ltd (SBS) has taken home two accol ...

Housing decarbonisation specialist, Sustainable Building Services (UK) Ltd (SBS) has taken home two accolades from The Retrofit Academy Awards. Dubbed by many as the ‘Oscars of the decarbonisation sec ...

26 March, 2024
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‘My house is so much warmer thanks to these works’

|Date: 26 March, 2024

‘My house is so much warmer thanks to these works’

Energy efficiency improvements in Coventry have reached a key milestone with work completed on 500 homes. ...

Energy efficiency improvements in Coventry have reached a key milestone with work completed on 500 homes. Last year Citizen announced it was successful in wave two of the Government’s Social Housing D ...

26 March, 2024
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SHDF success relies on practical retrofit skills gap being addressed, says expert

|Date: 26 March, 2024

SHDF success relies on practical retrofit skills gap being addressed, says expert

After the successful bids for Wave 2.2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) were announced l ...

After the successful bids for Wave 2.2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) were announced last week, the UK’s leading retrofit knowledge and skills expert is warning the scheme’s success ...

26 March, 2024
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Social homes are 14% less energy-efficient than they could be, costing tenants more than ever

|Date: 25 March, 2024

Social homes are 14% less energy-efficient than they could be, costing tenants more than ever

Simple changes could make social housing properties more energy-efficient and save tenants money. A new s ...

Simple changes could make social housing properties more energy-efficient and save tenants money. A new study has revealed that the average energy efficiency rating for social housing is 67.9 (band D) ...

25 March, 2024
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Hundreds of Oldham homes given green makeovers to slash bills in first wave of multi-million retrofit of 3,800 properties

|Date: 22 March, 2024

Hundreds of Oldham homes given green makeovers to slash bills in first wave of multi-million retrofit of 3,800 properties

Around 200 homes across Oldham have been given major green makeovers to slash bills and make them more en ...

Around 200 homes across Oldham have been given major green makeovers to slash bills and make them more energy-efficient as part of a trailblazing multi-million-pound retrofit programme to transform 3, ...

22 March, 2024
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