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Platform Housing Group is marking Rural Housing Week 2025 by shining a light on the positive impact of a recent rural development in Crowle, Worcestershire. The small scheme – Lower Orchard at Froxmere Road – in the heart of the... View Article

Consero, a luxury developer of Surrey’s super-prime homes, has been granted planning permission to build a boutique collection of detached homes in the highly sought-after area of Send, in Surrey, by Guildford Borough Council. The plans for the site –... View Article

Work has begun to deliver 31 new affordable homes to the village of Eastington in Stroud. A partnership between Gloucestershire-based housing association Two Rivers Housing and the Eastington Community Land Trust (ECLT), will see a mix of flats, bungalows and... View Article

VIVID is pleased to announce a major milestone: the completion of its 10,000th new home. This achievement means that around 23,000 more people in the South now have a place to call home and access to a wide range of services... View Article

Bromford has been given the go-ahead for its latest 100% affordable housing scheme in Gloucester, a major step that will provide 30 new homes for local families. Gloucester City Council approved the housing association’s plans for the new housing development... View Article

The government recently announced its plan for Phase 1 of Awaab’s Law, a new piece of legislation which will come into force on 27 October 2025. It introduces strict, legally-binding timeframes for social landlords to investigate and resolve hazards in... View Article

Platform Housing Group, one of the biggest social housing providers in the Midlands, has seen itself climb into the top 10 of a key industry rankings table. The annual Inside Housing Builders Survey tracks performance of registered providers across the... View Article

VIVID, one of the South’s leading housing associations, proudly hosted the Tpas regional event on 17 June, bringing together housing professionals, and community leaders for a day of learning, collaboration, and empowerment. The event focused on strengthening customer influence and... View Article

Work is set to begin this summer on a new development of 16 affordable homes in Elgar Road South, Reading. The homes, delivered by leading housing provider Abri, will be built on the site of the former Reading driving test centre. Abri’s in-house... View Article

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