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DEPUTY prime minister and housing minister Angela Rayner has announced a further £350 million pledged toward Labour’s momentous 1.5 million home target. However, while building new homes is essential to addressing the planning crisis, Derek Horrocks, owner of retrofit decarbonisation... View Article

Two Rivers Housing has announced plans to close down its facilities management company Centigen Facilities Management Limited (Centigen FM) bringing the team back in house. Set up in 2014, Centigen FM currently provides repairs, grounds maintenance and cleaning services to... View Article

Exciting plans for 147 new energy-efficient homes in Old Trafford have been given the green light The scheme is delivered by L&Q in partnership with Trafford Council. Last night Trafford Council’s planning committee approved the application to build the much-needed... View Article

One of the Midlands largest housing associations is a finalist in a prestigious fleet management awards scheme. Platform Housing Group has been shortlisted in two categories in The Fleet News Awards 2025; these are: Fleet of the Year; Fleet Manager... View Article

A landlord has been ordered to pay £37,000 in fines and costs after Barnet Council inspectors found 18 tenants including children and infants, sharing a semi-detached house in Edgware. The home, in Fairmead Crescent, Edgware, was originally built as a... View Article

Allison Homes and Accent Housing has announced that their Elsea Park development in Bourne has been awarded the LABC Bricks monthly award for November 2024. This recognition highlights the construction team’s commitment to quality and exceptional site management.  Andrew Smith,... View Article

A development of new, affordable homes in North Yorkshire is getting an energy efficiency boost, as planning gets underway for the inclusion of a solar power battery storage system. Located in the village of Swinton, north of Malton, the 20... View Article

The event took place on Friday 7 February at Arbour Square, the 441-home development which is a joint venture between social housing provider The Riverside Group and homebuilder Bellway London. The scheme is on the site of the current Geoffrey Close Estate... View Article

Work is progressing well on eight former garage sites across Coventry. Housing association, Citizen, is working with Excelsior Land and LoCaL Homes with support from Coventry City Council to build 19 properties at eight sites across the city including Whoberley,... View Article

Over the last 15 years, cities and towns across the UK have all started to follow in London’s footsteps and introduced rentable bicycles, e-bikes, and/or e-scooters. These rentable sustainable modes of transportation offer the public a new way to explore... View Article

VIVID, the fifth largest housebuilder among housing associations in England and a leading provider of affordable homes, has successfully completed the handover of several key schemes from developer Foreman Homes. The Hampshire-based developments include Berry Way in Park Gate, Millers... View Article

Hundreds of homes across Hartlepool are benefitting from a major investment programme, with customers receiving a range of internal upgrades. Over the last 12 months Karbon Homes has worked with specialist regeneration contractor RE:GEN Group to carry out the improvement... View Article

THE JUDGING period for the Big Retrofit Challenge has concluded and seven potentially game-changing innovations in home decarbonisation have been selected as winners. Designed to unearth pioneering solutions for decarbonisation and healthy living spaces, The Big Retrofit Challenge winners demonstrated... View Article

The social housing sales and demolitions data published today by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government shows that there were 17,504 social housing sales in 2023-24, a 28% decrease on the previous year. During the same period, there were 13,964... View Article

One of the Midlands largest housing associations has announced a new senior appointment. Platform Housing Group has confirmed the appointment of Lianne Taylor as its first ever Director of Sustainability. The role will see Lianne responsible for implementing sustainability strategies... View Article

17 suppliers have been appointed to the latest Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework which supports local authorities and housing associations to compliantly procure non-traditional solutions from micro businesses and SMEs. This fourth generation of the SHED framework, which is... View Article