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UK Housing Awards 2021 winners revealed
WEBNov 26, 2021 · Winners of Inside Housing Development Awards 2021 announced. One to watch – Melissa Young, scheme manager, Housing 21. Yorkshire Housing scoops inaugural Inside Housing Innovation Week Award. This year, the homebuilder of the year award has been split into two categories. Both were won by local authorities – …
Associations complete merger to form largest older people’s …
WEBDec 3, 2018 · Anchor Trust and Hanover Housing Association today announced the completion of their mega-merger to form a new 54,000-home behemoth organisation, operating across 90% of English local authorities. The new Anchor Hanover group will employ 9,000 staff and turnover £530.7m per year, based on the published accounts for 2017/18 for both merging ...
Newly merged housing association borrows £135m
WEBFeb 20, 2019 · Newly merged housing association Platform Housing Group has borrowed £135m in a funding package from Lloyds Bank #ukhousing. The 45,000-home association, which is based in the Midlands, will put the money towards its plans to build 18,000 new affordable homes over the next 10 years. Platform was formed in …
Country’s largest housing association hit by cyber attack
WEBJun 24, 2022 · Rent and service charge payment systems have not been affected by the attack. This is the latest cyber attack on a social housing landlord. Most recently, Gloucester City Council was the victim of an attack by hackers thought to be based in Russia. Hackney Council and 32,00-home Flagship Homes have also been hit by attacks in recent years.. Inside Housing reported last year that Hackney ...
Inside Housing - News - Regulator of Social Housing proposes …
WEBSep 5, 2023 · Under the new plans, the English regulator would charge larger social landlords almost double the amount for each social home they provide - from £5.40 to between £9 and £10. Housing associations with fewer than 1,000 homes would continue to be charged a flat annual fee, but this will also amount to double the current rate of £300 - …
CIH introduces new professionalism standards - Inside Housing
WEBMar 15, 2021 · The new standards identify seven professional characteristics that people working in the housing sector should adhere to. The CIH says the standards should be used to encourage individuals to reflect on their professional development needs and identify where they can make positive changes. The CIH has worked with hundreds of …
What happened to… Sanctuary bringing all development in-house?
WEBJun 28, 2021 · Five years ago, Sanctuary made the front page of Inside Housing with a plan to build all of its homes itself – through an in-house contractor. Back in 2016, the association said it would take a few years but ultimately, its entire 3,000-homes-a-year target would be done in-house. This would put Sanctuary in charge of a £400m-a-year ...
What does the Economic Crime Levy mean for social housing?
WEBMar 14, 2024 · The ECL is intended to provide a long-term and sustainable resourcing model to help fund government action to tackle money laundering and support delivery of the government’s Economic Crime Plan 2019. The levy is intended to raise approximately £100m per year. The government has promised to undertake a …
The heat pump revolution: is it now time for their wider use?
WEBJan 24, 2022 · In a survey by Inside Housing in association with contractor Mears, only 13% of 97 respondents identified heat pump installation as a major current focus. And only 6% of the projects funded through the latest round of the Local Authority Delivery funding were heat pump installations. Largely, social landlords are currently using heat pumps only ...
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