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Rishi Sunak MP visited Magna Rise, a new affordable housing scheme under construction in the North Yorkshire village of East Cowton, commending it as a vital project for ensuring that people can continue to live, work, and raise their families... View Article

Orbit, one of the UK’s foremost not-for-profit housing groups, has announced the appointment of Manpreet Dillon, Michelle Dovey and Paul Crawford as non-executive directors to its Common Board. In addition, Orbit has also welcomed Steve Batley to its Strategic Asset Management and... View Article

Housebuilder Honey is partnering with Platform Housing Group to deliver 68 homes for the housing association at its Nova development in Witham St Hughs, near Lincoln. The £13.5m deal is the first between the two businesses and will comprise 40 partnerships plots and 28 section 106... View Article

Albyn Housing Society has appointed Robert Buchanan as a new Director of IT and Business Services to support the operations and resilience of the social housing provider as well as a new Head of Development and Sustainability in Marcie Ballance... View Article

In her Spending Review, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves today revealed that the Government would be finding an extra £39bn of funding for an Affordable Housing Programme focusing on “social and affordable” homes over the next decade. Reeves hailed... View Article

Orbit, one of the UK’s foremost not-for-profit housing groups, has published a Preliminary Market Engagement notice on the UK Government’s Find a Tender Service for key partners to express interest in participating in preliminary market engagement in relation to Orbit’s future maintenance... View Article

Orbit has appointed Scott Rutherford as its new Chief Property Officer. Scott joins the not-for-profit housing group with over 25 years’ experience, latterly as Property Services Director at Travelodge, where he was responsible for construction, maintenance, refurbishment and asset management for the... View Article

Build-to-rent (BTR) developer Placefirst has completed a £21m, 122-home residential scheme in Halifax town centre, further expanding its portfolio of high-quality, professionally managed rental communities. At a ribbon-cutting event attended by the Mayor of Calderdale, Ann Kingstone, Placefirst and Calderdale... View Article

In order to deliver safer future buildings, the mandatory ‘Golden Thread of Information’ on ‘higher risk buildings’ (HRBs) will need standardised data in order to be practically deliverable. This was one of the findings of a recent industry round table... View Article

Leading volumetric developer Tide has secured a resolution to grant planning permission for its 1,051-home Ilderton Road Scheme. Rationalising and enhancing a previously approved scheme, Tide together with award winning architects, tp bennett, has designed a deliverable scheme that increases... View Article

With news of the long-awaited Bakerloo Line extension a hot topic in late 2024, locations along the new arm of the line are set to be in the limelight this year. One such stop is Old Kent Road in Peckham... View Article

Award-winning property management agent Rendall & Rittner has been appointed as managing agent for an exclusive collection of 186 private sale apartments and penthouses at One Linear Place, London Square Nine Elms. In a prime location overlooking the River Thames and within... View Article

The UK’s first ever Damp & Mould Action and Awareness Week is returning for a second year – promising even more resources, expert insights, and practical solutions to combat one of the most pressing housing and health crises. Following the overwhelming success of its... View Article

Salford housing association Salix Homes has appointed a new Executive Director to its leadership team. Sarah Henderson has been announced as the new Executive Director of Business Services and Improvement, with strategic responsibility for business transformation, operational performance and data... View Article

A collection of Shared Ownership homes are being released for sale within the landmark regeneration of the Clapham Park Estate in Lambeth. The brand-new homes are the first Shared Ownership apartments to be released at SO Resi Clapham Park since... View Article

Jamie Keats, Co-Founder of retrofit specialists wrapt homes, discusses how low energy homes can help tackle tenant hardship and cut costs for those who need it.   As energy bills continue to stretch household budgets across the UK, many tenants remain... View Article

Construction work has begun on a highly sustainable social housing development designed exclusively for older people in Salford. Housing association Salix Homes is working alongside main contractor Caddick to build a 69-home ‘independent living scheme’ for the over 55s on... View Article

One of the largest social housing providers in the Highlands is expanding into the Isle of Skye for the first time, providing seven new affordable homes for key workers for mid-market rent. Albyn Housing Society, which has almost 3,900 properties... View Article