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Leading housing provider Stonewater has appointed digital transformation consultant  Jane Scott to its board.  The technology and innovation expert replaces departing board member Claire  Kearney, with the appointment taking effect from 1st October.  The former Group CIO of Ferrero brings... View Article

Futurebuild, in partnership with Innovate UK and the National Home Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) has launched its Big Retrofit Challenge, a bold new competition aimed at unearthing game-changing solutions in home decarbonisation.  The Big Retrofit Challenge offers a unique opportunity for... View Article

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Chowdhury Walk by Al-Jawad Pike as winner of the 2024 Neave Brown Award for Housing. Given in honour of modernist architect and social housing pioneer, Neave Brown (1926-2018), the annual award... View Article

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the 2024 RIBA Awards at a ceremony held on 16 October at London’s Roundhouse. The Elizabeth Line, designed by Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis, was named as the... View Article

A new housing development in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire has been celebrated at a special event marking the first time Fenland District Council has worked with one of the Midland’s largest housing associations. Platform Housing Group, which manages almost 50,000 homes, has... View Article

Kath Cottier, CEO of Fold Housing, has been approved as chair of CIH Ireland’s Advisory Board at the organisation’s sixtieth annual meeting on Monday 14 October. Kath has over 20 years of experience working in the Irish Housing Association sector;... View Article

John Hannigan, CEO of Circle Voluntary Housing Association and former chair of CIH Ireland’s Advisory Board, has been approved and appointed as chair of CIH’s governing board at the organisation’s sixtieth annual meeting on Monday 14 October. John takes over... View Article

Affordable homes at Bellway Thames Gateway’s new development on the outskirts of Maidstone have been handed over to the housing association that will manage them. The developer is building 170 new homes at Bellway at Rosewood, off Sutton Road in... View Article

One of the Midlands largest housing associations has announced a new senior appointment. Platform Housing Group has confirmed the appointment of Ian Joynson as Chief Investment Officer. The role will see Ian responsible for the social landlord’s existing homes, ensuring... View Article

Orbit has launched new ‘Ageing Well’ events at six of its independent living schemes to support the health and wellbeing of older customers. The monthly events, which will take place across Orbit’s operating regions in the Midlands, South and East, will... View Article

Tackling damp & mould was among the subjects discussed at a recent event for local landlords organised in Southport by Sefton Council on Thursday 3rd October. Clare Taylor from the Council’s Housing Standards Team told the 30 or so landlords who... View Article

Partnership with Changeworks promises massive savings for tenants ONE of Scotland’s leading housing providers has announced a groundbreaking partnership with an environmental charity to deliver crucial energy-saving tips. Hanover Scotland has teamed up with Changeworks as part of efforts to... View Article

Landlords, tenants and housing officials are being urged to come together to tackle a problem which costs the NHS more than £2.5 billion every year. Over seven million households in the UK are affected by damp and mould. Now, in... View Article

Bristowe (Fair Rent) Housing Association has completed a transfer of engagements  of 79 homes in the Bristol area to the Stonewater Group.  Stonewater has been working together with Bristowe (Fair Rent) Housing  Association and its managing agent, BNS, over the... View Article

Following our latest report, we’re delighted to announce that we’ve maintained equal gender pay and reduced our ethnicity pay gap. After announcing last year that we’d closed our gender pay gap, our median gender pay gap is now at -1% meaning that... View Article

Essex-based housing association maintains accreditation Essex-based housing association CHP has retained its accreditation from the Housing Quality Network (HQN) following an annual assessment. The HQN scheme recognises repairs and maintenance teams that exceed good practice standards and offer a best-in-class... View Article

Pioneering technology that identifies the root causes of damp and mould could be the key to resolving moisture issues in rented properties, say experts at national trade body, the Property Care Association (PCA). Ahead of the second reading of The... View Article

The National Retrofit Hub (NRH) has launched two pivotal resources, the Archetypes Best Practice Guide and the NRH Archetypes Library, to help designers, local authorities, property owners, and the wider sector more easily identify and apply archetype-based retrofit solutions. These resources support the... View Article

Zarach, a children’s bed poverty charity, has secured charity partnerships with  housing organisations, Yorkshire Housing and Thirteen, ahead of its expansion into  the Tees Valley.  Zarach was established by deputy headteacher Bex Wilson, when she realised how  many children were... View Article