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Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ellie Vlavianou as an Investment Director in the Affordable Housing team. Ellie joins from L&Q, where... View Article

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published a report on the fundamental issues with some leased-based provision of specialised supported housing. This is where social landlords lease properties on a long-term basis, to provide much-needed specialised housing for people... View Article

A Midlands housing association has launched a new programme aimed at tackling digital exclusion among its customers. Platform Housing Group has created a group of colleagues called Platform Digital Ninjas who can help residents who are struggling with digital access... View Article

Two Rivers Housing secured £4.56m in funding from the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund. Retrofitting work will improve the energy efficiency of homes rated below EPC Band C. The work will help make its homes warmer and reduce energy bills... View Article

A new affordable housing development in Lincolnshire has been delivered to Platform Housing Group, featuring a cluster of homes built to exceed the 2025 Future Homes Standard. The site at London Road in Kirton has 41 homes in total, six... View Article

Midlands-based homebuilder, Cameron Homes, has now started works on its new development in the village of Bomere Heath in Shropshire. Located on Shrewsbury Road, the Willow Rise development will offer a range of 62 homes, appealing to a wide range of... View Article

A Midlands housing association has been named as runner up in a prestigious community award. Platform Housing Group has been commended in the Collaborative Working category in the 2025 Building Communities Awards. The awards recognise and champion professionalism, excellence and... View Article

Essex-based housing association CHP is delighted to announce a new, long-term partnership with NewArch Homes. NewArch Homes, a registered provider of social housing owned by the Octopus Affordable Housing Fund, has bought 220 homes from CHP, 59 of which are... View Article

As temperatures rise and water systems become more active, industry experts are urging facilities managers to prioritise rapid Legionella testing as part of their spring maintenance plans. As most facilities managers will already know, Legionella pneumophila, the bacteria responsible for Legionnaires’ disease, poses a serious public... View Article

Career progression is important, but for most of the 44 colleagues who’ve worked for Peabody for more than 30 years, the thing they value the most is their colleagues.  “It’s all about the people,” said Carl Singh, who started out... View Article

Two Rivers Housing has officially bought its repairs team back in house and closed its facilities management company Centigen Facilities Management (Centigen FM). The Gloucestershire-based housing association announced plans to bring repairs back in house in February this year. Since... View Article

Nicholas Harris, the long-standing Chief Executive of leading affordable housing provider, Stonewater, has announced he is to step down after almost a decade in the role. His decision has been carefully considered and is led by his wish to spend... View Article

One of the Midlands largest housing associations in partnership with one of the UK’s top house builders has handed over a new retirement village in Hereford. Platform Housing Group and Vistry Group have delivered the 80 one and two bedroom... View Article

This week England’s largest not-for-profit later-living provider, Anchor, celebrated the Topping Out of its brand-new development, Stowe Central at Peglar’s Way, Wichelstowe, near Swindon. The event was attended by senior Anchor personnel, representatives of McCarthy Stone and stakeholders from Swindon... View Article

At their meeting today, Sefton Council’s Cabinet approved a scheme to enable new social housing tenants of future council homes to rent essential items of furniture. cab would mean people entering a new social housing tenancy with the council may... View Article

A major new affordable housing project on Springfield Avenue in Bridlington is now under construction. East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s development includes 30 new council homes, comprising of 24, one-bedroom, apartments and six, two-bedroom apartments. The development is being built... View Article

Homes England has urged the Government to allow it the maximum levels of funding possible in the upcoming spending review in order to deliver the Government’s housebuilding targets. Eamonn Boyle, who took over as interim Homes England chief executive in... View Article

According to a recent survey, improving compliance and safety continues to be the number one priority for facilities management professionals. However, 14% of respondents expressed uncertainty about meeting building maintenance compliance standards, while only 23% plan to increase their investment... View Article

The highly-anticipated Platinum sponsor has been announced for the 2025 William Sutton Prize. Now in its sixth year and headed by the UK’s largest housing association, Clarion Housing Group, in 2025 the Prize will be supported by Wiggett Group, a trailblazer in social... View Article

AJC Group has officially broken ground at the former NHS Becton Centre in Barton-on-Sea, marking the commencement of an important local affordable housing development in partnership with VIVID. This milestone event celebrates the transformation of the previously underutilised site in... View Article