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Partnership set to accelerate green skills and jobs for upgrading Birmingham housing

|Date: 8 August, 2023

Partnership set to accelerate green skills and jobs for upgrading Birmingham housing

Birmingham City Council has announced a three-year partnership with The Retrofit Academy, to accelerate t ...

Birmingham City Council has announced a three-year partnership with The Retrofit Academy, to accelerate the development of the green workforce and infrastructure needed to upgrade social housing in th ...

8 August, 2023
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Industry Comment | A new Decent Homes Standard

|Date: 8 August, 2023

Industry Comment | A new Decent Homes Standard

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

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor for the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the need to update the Decent Homes Standard. Early in 2021, the Government invited ARCH and other s ...

8 August, 2023
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Housing association names new Board members

|Date: 4 August, 2023

Housing association names new Board members

Plus Dane Housing has announced the appointment of three new Board members. Former Halton Borough Counc ...

Plus Dane Housing has announced the appointment of three new Board members. Former Halton Borough Council Chief Executive David Parr, community activist Earl Jenkins, and Chartered Accountant Suzann ...

4 August, 2023
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£100m framework to lay the groundwork for climate targets

|Date: 3 August, 2023

£100m framework to lay the groundwork for climate targets

Businesses across Scotland are being called on to grab a lucrative opportunity to vie for work worth up t ...

Businesses across Scotland are being called on to grab a lucrative opportunity to vie for work worth up to £100m to support the country on its net zero journey. A leading procurement expert is urging ...

3 August, 2023
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Caledonia Housing Association launches ambitious new strategy to meet net zero target

|Date: 2 August, 2023

Caledonia Housing Association launches ambitious new strategy to meet net zero target

Caledonia Housing Association has published its first Climate and Sustainability Strategy which sets out ...

Caledonia Housing Association has published its first Climate and Sustainability Strategy which sets out how it will tackle climate change and meet the Scottish Government’s net zero target by 2045. I ...

2 August, 2023
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Four local authorities appoint Propeller Powered for compliance management overhaul

|Date: 1 August, 2023

Four local authorities appoint Propeller Powered for compliance management overhaul

Four local authorities have turned to Propeller Powered to overhaul their housing safety compliance proce ...

Four local authorities have turned to Propeller Powered to overhaul their housing safety compliance processes. In partnership with specialist consultancy, Manifest, Propeller is providing its Complian ...

1 August, 2023
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Grand Union maintains top rating

|Date: 1 August, 2023

Grand Union maintains top rating

Grand Union Housing Group is delighted to have maintained its G1/V1 rating from the Regulator for Social ...

Grand Union Housing Group is delighted to have maintained its G1/V1 rating from the Regulator for Social Housing following an in-depth assessment (IDA). This rating demonstrates the strength of the or ...

1 August, 2023
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Homes ‘transformed’ thanks to £2.1m energy improvement programme

|Date: 31 July, 2023

Homes ‘transformed’ thanks to £2.1m energy improvement programme

The completion of a £2.1m energy efficiency improvement programme is helping residents in County Durham a ...

The completion of a £2.1m energy efficiency improvement programme is helping residents in County Durham and Northumberland save up to 40% on their energy bills. Delivered by northern housing associati ...

31 July, 2023
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Planning policy still falls short of enabling many more affordable homes to be built

|Date: 28 July, 2023

Planning policy still falls short of enabling many more affordable homes to be built

Tristan Samuels, Group Development and New Business Director at VIVID, responds to the Government’s annou ...

Tristan Samuels, Group Development and New Business Director at VIVID, responds to the Government’s announcement concerning changes to the planning rules to create more homes in city centres. We suppo ...

28 July, 2023
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New report reveals majority of housing providers are not prepared for Future Homes Standard

|Date: 27 July, 2023

New report reveals majority of housing providers are not prepared for Future Homes Standard

With less than 18 months from full implementation, more than two-thirds of decision makers in the housing ...

With less than 18 months from full implementation, more than two-thirds of decision makers in the housing sector are not prepared for the Future Homes Standard (FHS), according to a new survey by REHA ...

27 July, 2023
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