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Orbit has appointed a new Better Days manager to oversee the free services it offers to all customers to help maintain their tenancies and personal wellbeing. Helen Gleadell will be responsible for driving engagement with Orbit’s Better Days programme which currently... View Article

With the introduction of new legislation rocking the rental market, economic uncertainty with the cost of living crisis, and 14 consecutive interest rate rises, there seems to be little choice for some private buy-to-let landlords in choosing to sell up.... View Article

Resolve UK has praised One Vision Housing for its ‘exemplary’ approach to community safety that is setting benchmarks for anti-social behaviour services across the UK’s housing sector. With a sole focus on community safety, Resolve UK advocates for anti-social behaviour (ASB)... View Article

Salford housing association Salix Homes has secured a £120m refinancing deal with banking partner NatWest. The deal means Salix Homes, which owns and manages more than 8,000 properties in Salford, can deliver the ambitions set out in its Business Plan,... View Article

Plans to build hundreds of affordable homes, retail spaces and community facilities in the heart of Oxford’s Blackbird Leys were given the green light by the council’s planning committee last night. The plans by housing association Peabody (formerly Catalyst) and... View Article

Sovereign Housing today published its annual report for 2022/23, which shows a strong financial performance, increased delivery of new homes and steady progress in improving the customer experience. Sovereign achieved an operating surplus of £123.9m and an overall surplus of... View Article

Riverside, a national housing association and care provider with over 75,000 homes under management, and Countryside Partnerships, the UK’s leading mixed-tenure developer, have completed the affordable housing development agreement for the 170-home redevelopment of the Pike Close estate in Bromley.... View Article

Wyatt Homes, a leading South West housebuilder recently handed over a collection of new high-quality apartments at the prestigious Rivers Edge development in Wimborne. These homes have been built for Aster Group, a housing association dedicated to providing affordable homes for communities across... View Article

Housing association Peabody and partners have transformed the garden of a care home for 12 adults with learning disabilities in Barnsbury Park, Islington. Knowing the sensory and play equipment had come to the end of its life, landscaping experts Bowles... View Article

Construction works are well underway for a new £2million high-spec student accommodation scheme in Northampton town centre. Delivered by nationwide refurbishment contractor, Fortis Vision, Orient House – a purpose-built 41-bed student building on Kettering Road – will provide accommodation where there... View Article

Solving the housing crisis is as much about building communities as it is homes, according to the head of one of the UK’s leading social housing procurement consortiums. Speaking during Housing 2023, Lee Parkinson, chief executive of Efficiency North says... View Article

Leading affordable housebuilder, Orbit Homes, has announced 108 properties will be coming soon to a brand-new development in East Sussex. The proposed scheme located on Shepham Lane in Polegate, will comprise 100% affordable properties offering 43 social rent and 65... View Article

Housing leaders have renewed a crucial partnership – after revealing the huge successes it has delivered to Scotland’s market for affordable and accessible homes. Since it was launched in 2018 the partnership has seen Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) support and collaborate with... View Article