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Changing attitudes to deliver better social housing

|Date: 7 March, 2018

Changing attitudes to deliver better social housing

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the ne ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the need for a change in attitude to deliver social housing we can all be proud of. As part of its re ...

7 March, 2018
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First dynamic purchasing system for fire suppression systems now live for the social housing sector

|Date: 1 March, 2018

First dynamic purchasing system for fire suppression systems now live for the social housing sector

Fusion21’s national dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for Fire Suppression Systems and Associated Works — w ...

Fusion21’s national dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for Fire Suppression Systems and Associated Works — worth up to £150m over a five-year period — is now live, enhancing the procurement organisation’ ...

1 March, 2018
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Heacham residents to benefit from housing management transfer

|Date: 22 February, 2018

Heacham residents to benefit from housing management transfer

In a move to provide a more efficient local service for residents, leading social housing provider Stonew ...

In a move to provide a more efficient local service for residents, leading social housing provider Stonewater has transferred the day-to-day management of its 45 properties at High Houses in Station R ...

22 February, 2018
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Social housing providers join forces to provide repairs service

|Date: 19 February, 2018

Social housing providers join forces to provide repairs service

Two social housing providers, Equity Housing Group and Johnnie Johnson Housing, have joined forces to off ...

Two social housing providers, Equity Housing Group and Johnnie Johnson Housing, have joined forces to offers residents a new repairs service. From February 2018, the two organisations will launch a pa ...

19 February, 2018
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Plans by Mayor to require ballots for estate regeneration

|Date: 2 February, 2018

Plans by Mayor to require ballots for estate regeneration

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published the first-ever City Hall guide to estate regeneration in L ...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published the first-ever City Hall guide to estate regeneration in London, setting out how he will protect social housing. The guide proposes mandatory ballots of ...

2 February, 2018
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Larkfleet Homes establishes organisation to provide affordable housing

|Date: 22 January, 2018

Larkfleet Homes establishes organisation to provide affordable housing

Larkfleet Homes has set up a new organisation to help tackle the housing crisis by providing affordable h ...

Larkfleet Homes has set up a new organisation to help tackle the housing crisis by providing affordable homes to rent. Swift is a ‘registered provider’ of affordable housing which will take homes on L ...

22 January, 2018
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Weardale village ends 50-year wait for new affordable homes

|Date: 15 January, 2018

Weardale village ends 50-year wait for new affordable homes

The first new social housing for over 50 years has been completed in the remote village of Rookhope, as p ...

The first new social housing for over 50 years has been completed in the remote village of Rookhope, as part of a £30m project bringing affordable homes to County Durham. A pair of two-bed bungalows i ...

15 January, 2018
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Dominic Raab appointed as new Housing Minister

|Date: 9 January, 2018

Dominic Raab appointed as new Housing Minister

Following the renaming of the DCLG to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) ...

Following the renaming of the DCLG to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) in the Government’s latest cabinet reshuffle, Dominic Raab has been appointed as the new Housin ...

9 January, 2018
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SFHA responds to Draft Scottish Budget

|Date: 15 December, 2017

SFHA responds to Draft Scottish Budget

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has responded to today’s Draft Scottish Budget ann ...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has responded to today’s Draft Scottish Budget announcement by Finance Secretary Derek Mackay by welcoming the increase of £138.9m for the More H ...

15 December, 2017
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Ask Alexa: How will digital innovation disrupt the social housing sector?

|Date: 11 December, 2017

Ask Alexa: How will digital innovation disrupt the social housing sector?

Although digital innovation is becoming an integral part of everyday life, social housing providers are o ...

Although digital innovation is becoming an integral part of everyday life, social housing providers are often slow at adapting to this. David Done, Chief Executive of RHP, Helen McGregor, Director of ...

11 December, 2017
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