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Over £30m to be invested in Bradford homes

|Date: 1 September, 2025

Over £30m to be invested in Bradford homes

Almost 3,000 homes across Bradford, West Yorkshire, are set to benefit from significant investment over t ...

Almost 3,000 homes across Bradford, West Yorkshire, are set to benefit from significant investment over the next three-years. Bradford-based housing provider Incommunities is investing £17.5m, with a ...

1 September, 2025
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Carbon-cutting retrofit project reduces Thankerton residents’ energy bills

|Date: 29 April, 2024

Carbon-cutting retrofit project reduces Thankerton residents’ energy bills

A £500,000 retrofit project in South Lanarkshire has transformed 21 Clydesdale Housing Association homes ...

A £500,000 retrofit project in South Lanarkshire has transformed 21 Clydesdale Housing Association homes to make them warmer and cheaper to heat. Fourteen semi-detached properties and seven flats at M ...

29 April, 2024
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Citizen is awarded a further £343,000 to improve more homes in the West Midlands

|Date: 6 February, 2024

Citizen is awarded a further £343,000 to improve more homes in the West Midlands

Citizen has successfully secured a further grant of £343,000 from the West Midlands Combined Authority (W ...

Citizen has successfully secured a further grant of £343,000 from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to improve homes in Solihull and Walsall. The money has been awarded through the Social Ho ...

6 February, 2024
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INCA calls on government to optimise effective nationwide retrofit programme

|Date: 29 January, 2024

INCA calls on government to optimise effective nationwide retrofit programme

A built environment trade association representing the External Wall Insulation (EWI) industry is marking ...

A built environment trade association representing the External Wall Insulation (EWI) industry is marking the start of the new year with the launch of three Core Messages to lobby government. The Insu ...

29 January, 2024
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Equans to deliver decarbonisation of homes across the Midlands for PA Housing

|Date: 11 January, 2024

Equans to deliver decarbonisation of homes across the Midlands for PA Housing

Equans has been awarded two new contracts to boost the energy efficiency of hundreds of homes across the ...

Equans has been awarded two new contracts to boost the energy efficiency of hundreds of homes across the Midlands, on behalf of social housing provider PA Housing. As part of a new five-year contract, ...

11 January, 2024
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Industry Comment | The next government’s housing policy

|Date: 11 December, 2023

Industry Comment | The next government’s housing policy

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers what w ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers what we can expect from the next government in terms of housing policy and dissects the proposals of ...

11 December, 2023
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University of Manchester invests in sustainable student accommodation with £4m refurbishment

|Date: 8 December, 2023

University of Manchester invests in sustainable student accommodation with £4m refurbishment

The University of Manchester has made a key step forward in its zero carbon strategy with the £4m refurbi ...

The University of Manchester has made a key step forward in its zero carbon strategy with the £4m refurbishment of its Graham building. Situated on the Victoria Park Campus, the build was completed by ...

8 December, 2023
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Citizen is awarded £2.1m to improve the quality of homes in Coventry

|Date: 6 December, 2023

Citizen is awarded £2.1m to improve the quality of homes in Coventry

Citizen has been successful in securing a £2.1m grant from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to ...

Citizen has been successful in securing a £2.1m grant from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to improve the quality of its homes. The money, which has been allocated by the Government as par ...

6 December, 2023
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Glidevale Protect | Maximising offsite with fabric first

|Date: 17 November, 2023

Glidevale Protect | Maximising offsite with fabric first

John Mellor from Glidevale Protect explains how adopting a fabric first approach and drawing on specialis ...

John Mellor from Glidevale Protect explains how adopting a fabric first approach and drawing on specialist hidden protectors in the building envelope can further enhance the benefits of offsite to cre ...

17 November, 2023
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Project 80 paves the way for a new era of sustainable residential construction

|Date: 7 November, 2023

Project 80 paves the way for a new era of sustainable residential construction

The brainchild of forward-thinking housing association, Midland Heart, Project 80’s design and constructi ...

The brainchild of forward-thinking housing association, Midland Heart, Project 80’s design and construction has been significantly influenced by the Future Homes Standard, set to be introduced in 2025 ...

7 November, 2023
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