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A new charitable arm within the Karbon Group, designed to help create lasting social impact in the North East and Yorkshire, has received approval from the charity commission. Karbon Foundation, which is gearing up to go live in the summer to help address the key challenges faced by communities across the regions, will focus on improving social and financial wellbeing... View Article

Bellway has completed a multi-million-pound bulk sale of 88 apartments at Barking Riverside to registered provider Flint Housing. The deal will make more affordable homes available to people in Barking and Dagenham as Bellway delivers on its commitment to building... View Article

Platform Housing Group has published its 2025 Gender, Ethnicity and Disability Pay Gap Report, highlighting continued progress in creating a fair and inclusive workplace. The report shows Platform’s mean gender pay gap is now – 0.77 per cent, meaning women on... View Article

Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) has appointed a multi-disciplinary design agency to take forward the regeneration of Marlborough House, a £45m high-rise redevelopment project in Devonport, Plymouth. PCH said the scheme will replace the existing 14-storey tower block with a new... View Article

Specialist housing provider for older people Alpha Living is celebrating after its resident Board member was recognised as Tenant of the Year at a prestigious regional Awards ceremony. Community champion Veronica Cuthbert, who was a founding member of Alpha Living’s... View Article

Platform Housing Group has completed the acquisition of land to the west of Kingshill Lane, Cirencester, paving the way for the delivery of 280 new homes, including much needed affordable housing for the local area. The acquisition marks another important step in Platform’s ongoing... View Article

Three housing associations received consumer grades of C1 – including two upgrades – in regulatory judgements published by the Regulator of Social Housing today (Wednesday 27 May). But the judgements also confirmed serious failings at Rugby Borough Council (Rugby BC)... View Article

Orbit has appointed Jeanette Hodges as Regeneration and Asset Management Director, as it reaffirms its commitment to regeneration and the long-term sustainability of its homes and communities. Jeanette, who has served as Strategic Asset Management Director at Orbit since May 2024,... View Article

Platform Housing Group has reported strong operational performance for the year ending 31 March 2026, including its highest number of new home completions in more than five years and record low customer arrears. The housing association completed 1380 affordable homes... View Article

New white paper warns people can be left living with serious unresolved hazards where essential safety work cannot be completed in social homes The Association of Safety and Compliance Professionals has launched a national campaign to protect residents from serious... View Article

Platform Housing Group has secured grant funding through the government’s Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) to support improvements to two of its residential heat networks. The funding, awarded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), will support an... View Article

Housing association Salix Homes has secured £1.2million in Government funding to support major improvements to heating systems at three of its tower blocks in Salford. Salix Homes, which owns more than 8,000 homes across Salford, is one of the recipients in the latest round of funding via the Government’s Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES), which provides financial support to improve the... View Article

More homes for local families are on the way in Gloucestershire after planners approved a 95-home affordable development in Highnam. BFL (Bromford Flagship LiveWest) is behind the development off Newent Road in the village, which is in the borough of Tewkesbury. Forty-nine of... View Article

Hammersmith & Fulham Council becomes London’s first local authority to roll out Octopus Energy’s groundbreaking Tenant Power tariff UK’s first green tech energy tariff that rewards both social housing landlords and tenants Slashes electricity bills for social housing tenants by... View Article

Life-saving defibrillators are being installed on all 38 of Karbon Homes’ over 55s housing schemes across the North East, as the housing association partners with Red Sky Foundation to help save lives in local communities. With £34,000 of funding through Karbon’s Unlocking Social Value Fund, matched funded with £28,000 from Red... View Article

The village of Badsey in Worcestershire is set to gain 75 new affordable homes. Housing provider Bromford Flagship LiveWest (BFL) has bought the Brewers Lane site from Northern Trust Land and will build the homes itself, using its in-house construction... View Article

Work has started on new homes that will give families in the Boston area more affordable options to live. The first of the 80 dwellings at Puritan Way will be ready in April next year with more to follow in the coming months.  The... View Article

Maintenance, refurbishment and fit-out contractor Novus Property Solutions has secured a new contract with Aspire Housing to deliver improvements across the housing association’s portfolio of homes in Staffordshire and Cheshire. With many of the windows and doors across the portfolio now more than a... View Article