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Social housing provider pledges 30% of its land to nature

Monday, 6th June 2022

Orbit, leading social housing provider and developer, has announced it will be committing to managing at least 30% of its huge estate for nature by 2030. The announcement comes as Orbit unveils its new biodiversity approach. Orbit plans to achieve... View Article

Window specifiers advised to ‘fact check’ around future homes as new regs come into force

Wednesday, 1st June 2022

Window specifiers in the local authority sector are being urged to pay close attention to the latest information regarding the Future Homes Standard as the first changes officially come into force on 15 June 2022. Technical experts at the leading... View Article

Industry Viewfinder: Meeting the Needs of an Ageing Population

Wednesday, 1st June 2022

According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), by 2041, one in four people in England will be 65 or older, and by the same year, the number of English citizens aged 85 or over will double to 3.2 million.... View Article

Ark Launches Pioneering £4.2m Affordable Housing Development in Livingston

Tuesday, 31st May 2022

Ark Housing Association has announced the start of work on one of Scotland’s most energy-efficient developments, at Crusader Rise in Livingston. The pioneering £4.2m project, which will deliver 20 much-needed affordable homes for social rent, will be one of the most... View Article

Advanced expands sales team to accelerate UK growth

Friday, 20th May 2022

Fire protection solutions company Advanced, has appointed Iain Stevenson to drive further growth in South-East England. Iain joins the company with over 26 years’ fire industry experience, having worked as a commissioning engineer on a wide range of high-profile projects... View Article

Advanced Named Fire Safety Manufacturer of the Year

Thursday, 19th May 2022

Advanced has been recognised in two categories at the FSM (Fire and Security Matters) Awards. Selected from a shortlist of worthy nominees, Advanced was named Fire Safety Systems Manufacturer of the Year and also received recognition in the Fire Innovation of the Year category for... View Article

Sefton council consultation on extending it’s 5 year housing licensing schemes is underway

Monday, 9th May 2022

A consultation is underway to see whether local people want Sefton Council’s housing licensing schemes for privately rented properties extended for a further five-years. Since March 2018, Sefton Council has had a Selective Licensing scheme for private landlords in the... View Article

Over 18,000 affordable houses lost in office-to-residential conversions

Monday, 9th May 2022

More than 18,000 affordable houses have been lost as a result of office-to-residential conversions under permitted development, the Local Government Association warns. A total of 73,575 new houses have been converted from offices under permitted development rights, where full planning... View Article

Essex based housing association launch Sustainable Financing Framework

Tuesday, 3rd May 2022

Essex based housing association CHP has published a sustainable financing framework which will support its ambitious environmental and social targets. This includes ensuring that all its new and existing homes are as energy efficient as possible. CHP has a number of... View Article

The latest episode of the Building Insights podcast is now live

Thursday, 28th April 2022

In this episode, our deputy editor Jack Wooler speaks to Jack Dangerfield of the Town and Country Planning Association, or TCPA, about the omission of legislation around the health of a home, as well as the state of planning in... View Article

Double awards success as Salix Homes is recognised for building and fire safety

Monday, 25th April 2022

Housing association Salix Homes has once again been hailed as one of the top landlords in the North of England in recognition of its commitment to building safety. The Salford-based social housing provider, which owns 8,000 homes, is one of... View Article

New affordable homes for Carlisle

Tuesday, 19th April 2022

Castles & Coasts Housing Association (CCHA) aims to ease the shortage of affordable homes in Carlisle, by submitting a planning application to provide 101 much-needed new homes. The application is for a new development on land east of Lansdowne Close... View Article

HSPG to deliver 58 new build affordable homes in South East London

Tuesday, 12th April 2022

HSPG, the UK’s leading social impact real estate firm, has successfully entered into contract with CA Ventures to deliver 58 affordable homes in South East London. This contract forms part of HSPG’s wider plans for ‘Project 2000’ which aims to... View Article

Pocket Living secures permission for new affordable homes in Hackney

Monday, 11th April 2022

Innovative affordable housing developer Pocket Living has secured a unanimous resolution to grant planning permission from Hackney Council for a new residential development on Mandeville Street in Hackney, London. Representing Pocket’s third scheme within the Borough, the seven-storey development will utilise a vacant parcel... View Article

Losing lives to homelessness, Guy Horne, HSPG

Tuesday, 5th April 2022

Guy Horne, CEO of social impact real estate firm, HSPG comments: “The fact that there was a 32% increase in 2021 in the number of people who died while homeless in the UK is heart-breaking – worse still, this cannot... View Article

Revised service charge code to help housing association tenants for the first time

Monday, 4th April 2022

Housing association tenants of long leasehold flats and the service charges they pay are to be included for the first time under a revised service charge residential management code. This, alongside other proposed changes are announced as part of a... View Article

“Housing Associations will have to adapt” advises new industry white paper

Monday, 4th April 2022

Procure Plus have released a white paper setting out how the social housing sector can rise to the challenges of market volatility in the new financial year. ‘Calm in the storm: Your guide to navigating market volatility in 2022/23’ provides a... View Article

Modular homes help tackle homelessness in Hertfordshire

Tuesday, 29th March 2022

Dacorum Borough Council has been granted planning permission to install eight purpose-built, modular homes in Hemel Hempstead to help tackle homelessness in the area. The SoloHaus homes, which are to be installed near Aragon Close, have been provided by the UK’s second-largest... View Article

Orbit Homes achieves four Gold Awards for customer satisfaction

Tuesday, 29th March 2022

Orbit Homes has been presented with four Gold Awards for customer satisfaction by specialist market research company, In-house Research Ltd. The independent awards are based on feedback from customers six weeks after they have moved into their new home. The... View Article

Orbit Homes celebrates recycling over 200 tonnes of unused wood with sustainable social enterprise

Wednesday, 23rd March 2022

Orbit Homes is celebrating after recycling more than 200 tonnes of unused wood from its construction sites, after partnering with sustainable social enterprise, Community Wood Recycling. Community Wood Recycling has been working with Orbit Homes since 2020, providing a commercial... View Article