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Official ‘affordable rent’ schemes fail to help low-income tenants — new report

|Date: 5 March, 2024

Official ‘affordable rent’ schemes fail to help low-income tenants — new report

Fewer than one in four people believe that the official definition of ‘affordable housing’ lives up to it ...

Fewer than one in four people believe that the official definition of ‘affordable housing’ lives up to its name, according to an opinion poll. The finding from polling commissioned by the leading thin ...

5 March, 2024
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Vent-Axia’s Heat Recovery Retrofit Solution is the perfect fit for Almond HA

|Date: 1 March, 2024

Vent-Axia’s Heat Recovery Retrofit Solution is the perfect fit for Almond HA

Almond Housing Association is the second largest landlord in West Lothian with a stock of over 2,500 prop ...

Almond Housing Association is the second largest landlord in West Lothian with a stock of over 2,500 properties. When the housing association was looking for energy-efficient upgrades of existing vent ...

1 March, 2024
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VIVID maintains top regulatory ratings

|Date: 1 March, 2024

VIVID maintains top regulatory ratings

VIVID has maintained its G1 V1 ratings by the Regulator for Social Housing. This achievement follows an i ...

VIVID has maintained its G1 V1 ratings by the Regulator for Social Housing. This achievement follows an in-depth assessment by the regulator and is the highest governance and financial viability ratin ...

1 March, 2024
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Manchester procurement company secures £100m in contracts on its mission to retrofit for the future

|Date: 29 February, 2024

Manchester procurement company secures £100m in contracts on its mission to retrofit for the future

Since mid-2021, Manchester-based Procure Plus has helped to facilitate over £120m worth of installations ...

Since mid-2021, Manchester-based Procure Plus has helped to facilitate over £120m worth of installations through its industry-leading retrofit Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). In the latest funding ro ...

29 February, 2024
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Nuaire | Preventative measures

|Date: 28 February, 2024

Nuaire | Preventative measures

When it comes to damp and mould: prevention is better — and often easier — than cure, says Wendy Thomas, ...

When it comes to damp and mould: prevention is better — and often easier — than cure, says Wendy Thomas, Residential Product Manager at Nuaire. Did you know that in England alone around 904,000 homes ...

28 February, 2024
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Over £50bn could be added to the economy through investing in social housing

|Date: 28 February, 2024

Over £50bn could be added to the economy through investing in social housing

According to research conducted by CEBR for Shelter and the National Housing Federation, the next governm ...

According to research conducted by CEBR for Shelter and the National Housing Federation, the next government could add £51.2bn to the economy, including £12bn profit to the taxpayer, by building 90,00 ...

28 February, 2024
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Yale Partnership Pledge Plus offers 15-year manufacturer’s guarantee

|Date: 27 February, 2024

Yale Partnership Pledge Plus offers 15-year manufacturer’s guarantee

Yale’s Partnership Pledge Plus scheme offers housebuilders, local authorities and housing associations an ...

Yale’s Partnership Pledge Plus scheme offers housebuilders, local authorities and housing associations an opportunity to access the company’s renowned security expertise and gain an audited 15-year gu ...

27 February, 2024
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Urban Union gets green light to deliver Coliseum housing development

|Date: 27 February, 2024

Urban Union gets green light to deliver Coliseum housing development

Regeneration specialist Urban Union has been granted planning consent to transform the site of the former ...

Regeneration specialist Urban Union has been granted planning consent to transform the site of the former Glasgow Coliseum Theatre into 64 new homes. Part of the Laurieston Transformational Regenerati ...

27 February, 2024
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Service Works Global | How social housing teams can mitigate a crisis

|Date: 26 February, 2024

Service Works Global | How social housing teams can mitigate a crisis

Marc Watkins, Business Development Director at Service Works Global discusses the impact of RAAC on the s ...

Marc Watkins, Business Development Director at Service Works Global discusses the impact of RAAC on the social housing sector, and how landlords can utilise BIM systems to not only understand their es ...

26 February, 2024
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Charis and Carpetright streamline flooring purchase for social housing

|Date: 26 February, 2024

Charis and Carpetright streamline flooring purchase for social housing

Funds administrator, Charis, has partnered with high street flooring retailer, Carpetright, to facilitate ...

Funds administrator, Charis, has partnered with high street flooring retailer, Carpetright, to facilitate the selection and installation of flooring in social housing. The difficulty in finding and bo ...

26 February, 2024
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