Barking and Dagenham Council’s Cabinet approved a new five-year Housing Strategy yesterday (Monday 16 February), setting out a bold plan to deliver more affordable homes, raise standards across the borough’s housing stock, tackle tough sleeping and homelessness, and support residents... View Article

Two Rivers Housing partners with Owl Homes for the first time 19 new affordable homes will be built in Alderton The development will include 12 adaptable homes Two Rivers Housing has launched a new partnership to provide 19 new affordable... View Article

Wates Group has become the official partner of the 2026 Big Issue Top 100 Changemakers, supporting those driving social and housing impact. Selected Changemakers will receive mentorship and practical guidance from Wates leaders to help scale their impact. From a... View Article

A Weaver Vale Housing Trust (WVHT) apprentice has been recognised for outstanding achievement at Cheshire College – South & West’s ‘Apprenticeship and Skill Awards 2026’. Ethan Colls, an apprentice joiner at the Trust, received ‘Construction Apprentice of the Year’ –... View Article

MSV is developing a brand-new supported housing development in Bredbury, designed specifically for people with learning disabilities. The new scheme will provide much-needed, high-quality, energy-efficient homes with full support, helping more people to live independently within their community. The building has... View Article

A newly redeveloped housing scheme in the centre of Ponteland, Northumberland, has welcomed its first residents, after a four-year regeneration project to bring it up to modern standards. Athol House on Callerton Lane in the village, which originally consisted of 16 small, bedsit-style flats,... View Article

Rother DC Housing Company’s (RDCHC) housing development, ‘Tapestry’ in Battle, East Sussex, is in the running for a prestigious national construction prize this year after achieving a Site Recognition Award from LABC Warranty. The award forms part of The Bricks... View Article

Platform Housing Group has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting ex-servicemen and women into employment by continuing its successful partnership with West Yorkshire’s Brookhouse Training Centre, a collaboration that has already helped four former military personnel qualify as Gas Safe registered engineers. Members of... View Article

Connect Property Services, a subsidiary of Peabody Group, has been fined £400,000 after a worker died from inhaling Dicholoromethane (DCM) vapours while laying a bathroom floor. Darren Nevill, a 38-year old Connect employee, collapsed while at work on a property... View Article

Construction is underway on a housing development that will bring much-needed affordable homes to a historic Suffolk village. Flagship Homes, part of Bromford Flagship LiveWest (BFL), has started building 29 houses on land off Station Road in Haughley, ranging from... View Article