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Alliance Homes secures £75m sustainability loan to hit ESG ambitions

|Date: 12 April, 2022

Alliance Homes secures £75m sustainability loan to hit ESG ambitions

Alliance Homes, a South West-based social housing provider, has secured a £75m sustainability-linked loan ...

Alliance Homes, a South West-based social housing provider, has secured a £75m sustainability-linked loan from Lloyds Bank to build 2,000 new homes and hit ambitious sustainability targets. The housin ...

12 April, 2022
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First retrofit conference of 2022: Liverpool’s person-centred approach

|Date: 13 January, 2022

First retrofit conference of 2022: Liverpool’s person-centred approach

Set against the backdrop of the growing energy costs crisis, Low Carbon Homes’ first retrofit conference ...

Set against the backdrop of the growing energy costs crisis, Low Carbon Homes’ first retrofit conference of 2022 seeks to kick-start the energy efficiency improvement of Liverpool City Region homes — ...

13 January, 2022
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Thousands of sustainable homes to be built after housing association secures Lloyds Bank funding

|Date: 9 September, 2021

Thousands of sustainable homes to be built after housing association secures Lloyds Bank funding

One of the UK’s largest housing associations has received support from Lloyds Bank that will further help ...

One of the UK’s largest housing associations has received support from Lloyds Bank that will further help its long-term plan to improve the sustainability of its 55,000 home portfolio. Home Group will ...

9 September, 2021
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Opportunity for energy efficiency businesses to join major Scottish framework

|Date: 3 September, 2021

Opportunity for energy efficiency businesses to join major Scottish framework

Businesses in the energy efficiency sector have the opportunity to bid for a place on a national procurem ...

Businesses in the energy efficiency sector have the opportunity to bid for a place on a national procurement framework in Scotland used by councils and housing associations. The tender is now live for ...

3 September, 2021
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Pocket Power partnership helps tackle fuel poverty

|Date: 14 July, 2021

Pocket Power partnership helps tackle fuel poverty

Sovereign Housing Association has launched a new £10k partnership with switching service ‘Pocket Power’ t ...

Sovereign Housing Association has launched a new £10k partnership with switching service ‘Pocket Power’ to support those of its customers struggling with fuel poverty. The housing association — which ...

14 July, 2021
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Energy efficiency target would only reduce fuel poverty by 24% but cost £2bn

|Date: 6 July, 2021

Energy efficiency target would only reduce fuel poverty by 24% but cost £2bn

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations has released new research on the Scottish Government’s En ...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations has released new research on the Scottish Government’s Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing (EESSH) Two, which questions the standard's impact ...

6 July, 2021
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Family Housing Association turns to solar to tackle carbon footprint and fuel poverty

|Date: 28 June, 2021

Family Housing Association turns to solar to tackle carbon footprint and fuel poverty

Family Housing Association has unveiled an exciting collaboration with ASW Property Services to install s ...

Family Housing Association has unveiled an exciting collaboration with ASW Property Services to install state-of-the-art solar panels on housing stock in Carmarthenshire as part of the Government-fund ...

28 June, 2021
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SFHA forms strategic partnership with Changeworks and Warmworks

|Date: 9 June, 2021

SFHA forms strategic partnership with Changeworks and Warmworks

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has formed a strategic partnership with Changework ...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has formed a strategic partnership with Changeworks and Warmworks to provide its members with increased expertise and support on improving energy ...

9 June, 2021
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Grant awarded to create super energy-efficient council homes

|Date: 27 April, 2021

Grant awarded to create super energy-efficient council homes

A grant of over £1.35m has been awarded by the BEIS Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator prog ...

A grant of over £1.35m has been awarded by the BEIS Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator programme to Warwick District Council and Oxford Brookes University for a project which will see 50 ...

27 April, 2021
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£4m Warm Homes Fund to tackle fuel poverty in Northamptonshire

|Date: 2 January, 2020

£4m Warm Homes Fund to tackle fuel poverty in Northamptonshire

Vulnerable people in South Northamptonshire paying more than they should for heating are set to receive a ...

Vulnerable people in South Northamptonshire paying more than they should for heating are set to receive a helping hand from the £4m Warm Homes Fund (WHF). In partnership with all the other local auth ...

2 January, 2020
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