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Thousands of social tenants at risk of losing heating and hot water amid RTS switch-off

|Date: 13 May, 2025

Thousands of social tenants at risk of losing heating and hot water amid RTS switch-off

Housing sector warns energy companies must urgently ramp-up meter replacements ahead of 30th June deadlin ...

Housing sector warns energy companies must urgently ramp-up meter replacements ahead of 30th June deadline. Social housing groups have warned that thousands of tenants across Scotland may be left with ...

13 May, 2025
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Survey shows local authority and housing association procurement teams are undertrained, understaffed and under pressure

|Date: 12 May, 2025

Survey shows local authority and housing association procurement teams are undertrained, understaffed and under pressure

A survey of procurement staff working in local authorities and housing associations has found that 47% fe ...

A survey of procurement staff working in local authorities and housing associations has found that 47% feel inadequately resourced and 42% feel insufficiently trained on new public procurement regulat ...

12 May, 2025
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Sustainable Social Housing set for South Tyneside

|Date: 8 April, 2025

Sustainable Social Housing set for South Tyneside

Work is set to get underway on two sustainable council house developments in South Tyneside. A total of 2 ...

Work is set to get underway on two sustainable council house developments in South Tyneside. A total of 29 homes will be built across the two schemes, all of which are for social rent. In Reynolds Ave ...

8 April, 2025
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JPS launches first ever dual-offering AVAIL Housing Hub in Aberdeen

|Date: 29 November, 2024

JPS launches first ever dual-offering AVAIL Housing Hub in Aberdeen

Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has launched its third AVAIL Housing Hub, to help housing providers in ...

Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has launched its third AVAIL Housing Hub, to help housing providers in Aberdeen navigate the demands and challenges of supplying safe and quality social housing to r ...

29 November, 2024
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Construction starts on over affordable homes in Leicestershire

|Date: 19 November, 2024

Construction starts on over affordable homes in Leicestershire

Leading social housing provider Stonewater has started the construction of 91 much-needed affordable home ...

Leading social housing provider Stonewater has started the construction of 91 much-needed affordable homes in Leicestershire. The mix of affordable rent and shared ownership homes will be built by bui ...

19 November, 2024
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EDAROTH starts work on Raven Housing Trust affordable housing scheme

|Date: 12 November, 2024

EDAROTH starts work on Raven Housing Trust affordable housing scheme

Affordable and social housing developer EDAROTH (a wholly owned subsidiary of AtkinsRéalis) has begun wor ...

Affordable and social housing developer EDAROTH (a wholly owned subsidiary of AtkinsRéalis) has begun work on a multiple-site scheme in Surrey to deliver sustainable affordable homes in partnership wi ...

12 November, 2024
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Equans to deliver major green upgrades to social housing in Scunthorpe

|Date: 21 October, 2024

Equans to deliver major green upgrades to social housing in Scunthorpe

Energy and regeneration specialist, Equans, will soon start work on a multi-million-pound project, on beh ...

Energy and regeneration specialist, Equans, will soon start work on a multi-million-pound project, on behalf of social housing provider Ongo Homes, which will drastically reduce carbon emissions and t ...

21 October, 2024
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Novus completes significant SHDF upgrades for long term client Places for People

|Date: 10 October, 2024

Novus completes significant SHDF upgrades for long term client Places for People

Novus Property Solutions has completed a £4.5 million major works programme for long term client Places f ...

Novus Property Solutions has completed a £4.5 million major works programme for long term client Places for People as part of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) scheme. The contractor comp ...

10 October, 2024
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Sixteen historic World War 2 bungalows modernised and brought back into use

|Date: 25 September, 2024

Sixteen historic World War 2 bungalows modernised and brought back into use

Birmingham City Council has refurbished and preserved sixteen historic Phoenix prefabricated homes dating ...

Birmingham City Council has refurbished and preserved sixteen historic Phoenix prefabricated homes dating back to World War 2, bringing them back into use for social housing. The Wake Green bungalows ...

25 September, 2024
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Innovative fire alarm system helps save life of resident in serious house fire

|Date: 3 September, 2024

Innovative fire alarm system helps save life of resident in serious house fire

An interlinked fire and carbon monoxide alarm system played a vital role in saving the life of a tenant l ...

An interlinked fire and carbon monoxide alarm system played a vital role in saving the life of a tenant living in a social housing property in Scotland. Neighbours were alerted to the fire in Dalkeith ...

3 September, 2024
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