HA’s reinvest record amounts into new and existing homes

  Reinvestment in new and existing homes reached record levels as housing associations continued to focus on development, building safety, energy efficiency and stock decency, according to the new Value for Money report published today (13 March 2025) by the... View Article

A holistic approach to IEQ in the journey to net zero

Q&A with Tom Garrigan, Technical Director at BSRIA With people in the UK spending around 90% of their time indoors, indoor environmental quality (IEQ) plays a crucial role in health, comfort, and productivity. Throughout the 20th century, advances in building... View Article

VIVID secures £14.35 million Government funding

VIVID has been offered £14.35 million from the government’s Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (WH: SHF) to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.  This provisional allocation of funding supports the aim for all homes to be warm and affordable. This means... View Article

Partners set to welcome first residents

Karbon Homes and South Tyneside Council are set to welcome the first residents to 10 newly built supported housing bungalows in Hebburn. Developed to support residents with learning disabilities, autism and complex care needs to live more independently, the new... View Article

NHDG chair reacts to today’s retrofit funding awards

TODAY (11 March 2025) the government has announced which projects have been successful in their bid for support from the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 and Warm Homes: Local Grant. Leading retrofit decarbonisation contractor Sustainable Building Services (UK)... View Article

Wates appoints new operations director

Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance company, has today announced the appointment of George Mosey as Operations Director for the Construction division. Sitting on the Wates Construction Board, George will work alongside the... View Article

Affordable homes on the way for Wornington Green

Hundreds more much-needed homes, including more than 200 for social rent, will be built as part of the regeneration of Wornington Green, after Peabody’s plans for the third and final phase of the project were green-lit by the council. At... View Article

An electric shock

David Barrett of EHC discusses the major change coming in June which will affect over 900,000 electricity meters in UK homes with night storage heaters, and what this means for landlords. The Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) is a nationwide system... View Article

New homes ‘top out’ at St Ann’s Hospital site

Hundreds of much-needed new homes for London have moved a step closer to completion, with the “topping out” of 240 homes on the former St Ann’s Hospital site in South Tottenham. Not-for-profit housing association Peabody and development partner The Hill... View Article

Platform Housing Group Doubles EMTN Programme to £2bn

Platform Housing Group, one of the largest housing associations in the Midlands, has doubled its Euro Medium Term Note (“EMTN”) programme (rated A+ by S&P and Fitch) to £2bn and at the same time published a new Sustainable Finance Framework.... View Article

UK landlords face challenges to meet 2030 EPC standards

Landlords across the UK are facing increasing pressure to meet the government’s minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating requirements, set to come into force by 2030. With the government aiming for all rental properties to achieve a Band C EPC... View Article

The skinny on insulation

The growing demand for thin internal wall insulation (‘Tiwi’) addresses space constraints in retrofit projects, offering effective solutions for condensation and mould while meeting low U-value requirements, as James Erskine of CorkSol explains. Aterm many may have been hearing more... View Article