One of East Scotland’s largest independent housing associations, Fife Housing, has teamed up with access control and door entry expert, Videx, to equip 84 flats in and around the Fife...
Amy Nettleton, Assistant Development Director, Sales and Marketing, at housing association Aster Group, argues that as alternative housing options are increasingly enjoying time in the limelight, it’s crucial that more...
Ashford Borough Council has scooped the Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development award at the LABC South East Building Excellence Awards for its wheelchair-standard Noakes Meadow scheme....
Nigel Thomson, Housing Consultant at Civica, discusses how the user experience is critical to help housing providers transform future services....
Jerald Solis, Director of Experience Invest, offers his expert insight into how developers can make new-build properties attractive to buyers and also support the needs of local communities....
Here, Nigel Ebdon, Market Development Manager at property tech specialist Secure Meters UK, discusses the Homes Act, what it will mean for tenants and landlords, and how new technologies can...
Liz Gibbons, Senior Associate and Social Housing Specialist at Capital Law, offers her analysis on the key issues facing the sector from an ongoing shortfall of affordable housing to removing...
This May has seen the number of affordable homes started in London reach its highest level for the first time in eight years. The Mayor of London wants to tackle...
Housing providers and owners in Scotland have less than two years to install or upgrade fire and CO alarms in all their properties, as alarm manufacturer Kidde Safety Europe explains....
The announcement of additional affordable homes funding is a welcome encouragement to the social housing industry. Nick Worman, Social Housing Expert and Associate at national property consultancy Bruton Knowles, reflects...
TODD Architects has completed The Croft, a state-of-the-art supported living development specifically designed for people living with early stage dementia....
Offsite Solutions, a leading bathroom pod manufacturer, has manufactured and delivered 1178 bathroom pods for two new student housing schemes developed by Mace. The contracts are worth over £2.6m to...
In the Autumn Budget in November 2017, Philip Hammond announced the Government’s intention to build 300,000 new homes a year. The chancellor conceded there will be no ‘single magic bullet’...
In its 2019 Spring Statement, the Government said it will aim to end the use of fossil fuel-based heating systems in all new homes from 2025. It’s a bold move,...
Guy Ransom, Commercial Director of Norfolk-based renewable heating expert Finn Geotherm, comments on the latest report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) ‘UK Housing – Fit for the Future?’,...
Greengauge delivers ambitious M&E design for UK’s largest 100% Passivhaus, 100% social rented housing scheme....
Extra safety has been incorporated into an extra care housing development for over-55s, courtesy of GEZE UK....
Managing budgets and making the right maintenance and housing improvement decisions at the right time is crucial for social housing providers – and that’s where CIT (Consultancy, Investigation, Training) is...
As politicians increasingly look to local authorities to help build the affordable homes Britain needs, Bjorn Howard, Group CEO of Aster Group, argues that housing associations are ideally placed to...
In light of the Met Office’s new climate change predictions, Kevin Kiernan, National Sales Manager at Bowater by Birtley, looks at why local authorities and housing associations should consider installing...
