Housing associations are collaborating to tackle the climate crisis. Rob Bryan of Vantage Business Solutions discusses the Zero Carbon Club.
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Salix Homes and Step Places have acquired two parcels of land to deliver the 157-home community-focused development Neighbourhood.
Bangla Housing Association will use the loan from Unity Trust Bank to purchase 13 homes it manages and help fund its support services.
Manchester City Council has chosen Anchor Hanover to deliver the scheme of over 100 apartments for LGBT+ over-55s in Whalley Range.
Durham Villages Regeneration Company (DVRC) has handed over the home at The Fell in Chester-le-Street, where it is delivering 78 new homes.
Tonic Housing will purchase 19 properties at Bankhouse in Vauxhall, Lambeth with a £5.7m loan from the GLA’s Community Housing Fund.
Close collaboration between the public and private sector will support social housing providers in stamping out county lines.
VIVID Plus plans to invest £21m over the next five years into tenancy sustainment services and tackling community-led priorities.
The government’s proposed changes include updates to the National Planning Policy Framework and a new national design code.
The Innovative UK-backed project will see Cobalt Housing work with academics at LJMU to transform its organisational culture.