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Award-winning property management agent Rendall & Rittner has been appointed as managing agent for an exclusive collection of 186 private sale apartments and penthouses at One Linear Place, London Square Nine Elms. In a prime location overlooking the River Thames and within... View Article

The UK’s first ever Damp & Mould Action and Awareness Week is returning for a second year – promising even more resources, expert insights, and practical solutions to combat one of the most pressing housing and health crises. Following the overwhelming success of its... View Article

Salford housing association Salix Homes has appointed a new Executive Director to its leadership team. Sarah Henderson has been announced as the new Executive Director of Business Services and Improvement, with strategic responsibility for business transformation, operational performance and data... View Article

A collection of Shared Ownership homes are being released for sale within the landmark regeneration of the Clapham Park Estate in Lambeth. The brand-new homes are the first Shared Ownership apartments to be released at SO Resi Clapham Park since... View Article

Jamie Keats, Co-Founder of retrofit specialists wrapt homes, discusses how low energy homes can help tackle tenant hardship and cut costs for those who need it.   As energy bills continue to stretch household budgets across the UK, many tenants remain... View Article

Construction work has begun on a highly sustainable social housing development designed exclusively for older people in Salford. Housing association Salix Homes is working alongside main contractor Caddick to build a 69-home ‘independent living scheme’ for the over 55s on... View Article

One of the largest social housing providers in the Highlands is expanding into the Isle of Skye for the first time, providing seven new affordable homes for key workers for mid-market rent. Albyn Housing Society, which has almost 3,900 properties... View Article

A Midlands housing association has provisionally secured almost £8million in grant funding to support vital energy improvements in its customers’ homes, as part of the Warm Homes Social Housing Fund – or WHSHF – Wave 3. The funding has been... View Article

Peabody and Mount Anvil partnership gets green light for final phase of 1,345-home Friary Park estate transformation. Ealing Council has granted planning permission for the third and final phase of transformation at the Friary Park estate in Acton, west London... View Article

Orbit Homes, part of Orbit Group, has achieved two awards from In-house Research, the Outstanding Achievement Award for Customer Satisfaction for its exceptional Net Promoter Score, and the Gold Award for the ninth consecutive year after 97% of its customers... View Article

A Midlands based housing association is celebrating starting on more than 1600 affordable homes in its development programme. Platform Housing Group has reported the figure as part of its end of year development reports, which also saw it complete more... View Article

A Midlands housing association is a finalist in a top sustainability award. Platform Housing Group has been shortlisted in The Landlord of the Year category in the 2025 Unlock Net Zero Awards. The awards – which are organised and delivered... View Article

A 71-home affordable housing development in Cheltenham has been completed. Gloucestershire-based housing association Bromford completed the final touches to the remaining homes last week, getting them ready for new customers to move in. The homes have been built by Bromford’s... View Article

Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ellie Vlavianou as an Investment Director in the Affordable Housing team. Ellie joins from L&Q, where... View Article

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published a report on the fundamental issues with some leased-based provision of specialised supported housing. This is where social landlords lease properties on a long-term basis, to provide much-needed specialised housing for people... View Article

A Midlands housing association has launched a new programme aimed at tackling digital exclusion among its customers. Platform Housing Group has created a group of colleagues called Platform Digital Ninjas who can help residents who are struggling with digital access... View Article

Two Rivers Housing secured £4.56m in funding from the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund. Retrofitting work will improve the energy efficiency of homes rated below EPC Band C. The work will help make its homes warmer and reduce energy bills... View Article