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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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Top UK employer for a sixth year for Home Group

|Date: 22 March, 2024

Top UK employer for a sixth year for Home Group

For the sixth consecutive year, one of the UK’s largest housing associations has ranked among the top 10 ...

For the sixth consecutive year, one of the UK’s largest housing associations has ranked among the top 10 best places to work in the UK. Home Group placed 4th in the UK’s Best Workplaces, as part of th ...

22 March, 2024
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ForHousing starts work on £3m development of 18 new homes in Walkden in Salford

|Date: 21 March, 2024

ForHousing starts work on £3m development of 18 new homes in Walkden in Salford

ForHousing has started on site at Mayfield Avenue, Walkden with an 18-home development comprising of 12 o ...

ForHousing has started on site at Mayfield Avenue, Walkden with an 18-home development comprising of 12 one-bedroom homes and six two-bedroom homes, all for social rent. Amidst a housing crisis where ...

21 March, 2024
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Lord Best calls for the 2024 UK Housing Review to inform all housing policy decisions

|Date: 20 March, 2024

Lord Best calls for the 2024 UK Housing Review to inform all housing policy decisions

A launch event for the publication of the annual UK housing ‘bible’ — the 2024 UK Housing Review — was he ...

A launch event for the publication of the annual UK housing ‘bible’ — the 2024 UK Housing Review — was held at the House of Lords today (20th March). Lord Richard Best, the host of the event, urged al ...

20 March, 2024
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