Social Housing

Visitor Dynamic Scheduling for Field Operatives in Social Housing

WPS, the property services arm of Wates Construction Group, has selected FLS – FAST LEAN SMART’s dynamic scheduling and routeRead More »

Protecting Social Housing Tenants

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has won two awards for its pioneering work in social housing safety and compliance.  TheRead More »

Kirklees Council Expands Totalmobile Partnership

Kirklees Council has extended a longstanding partnership with field service technology provider Totalmobile as it implements a new digital transformationRead More »

New Tool Supports Social Housing Applicants in Greenwich

Royal Borough of Greenwich residents can now check their social housing waiting time online following the addition of a newRead More »

£56m Liverpool Waters Brownfield Housing Plan Approved by UK Treasury

A £56 million investment by Homes England to speed up the regeneration of a major brownfield site within Liverpool WatersRead More »

Comment: UK Government Funding for Homes on Disused Brownfield Sites

Deborah Matthews, VP Product Management at MRI Software, responds to the announcement the government will provide councils in England withRead More »

Polyteck Included in Procurement for Housing Framework

Polyteck has been added to Procurement for Housing’s (PfH) £675 million four-year Planned Works Framework. The listing pre-qualifies the construction and facility services providerRead More »

Customer Engagement Improves Completion Rates for Maintenance Appointments

Descartes Systems Group reports promising results following the implementation of its customer engagement solution by British integrated property services companyRead More »

Large-scale Housing Project Must be Launched Daily to Meet UK Government Target – Propertymark

To meet its manifesto pledge of 1.5 million new homes within this parliamentary term, Labour must deliver just over 1,150Read More »

Supporting Women in Property

DM Hall, the Cumbrian chartered surveying firm which recently acquired Kendal and Carlisle-based Hyde Harrington, is enhancing its presence inRead More »

Letters: ‘The Battle of Housing 2024’

Daniel Austin, CEO and co-founder of ASK Partners, writes an open letter to the UK’s ‘next government’ on addressing theRead More »

The Hidden Cost in Social Housing

According to the latest Resident Voice Indexâ„¢ (RVI) survey, over three-quarters of the UK’s social housing residents had no orRead More »

Improving Ventilation in Social Housing

Social housing tenants in the UK are more than eleven times more likely to experience ventilation than plumbing issues, andRead More »

Wates UK Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Contracts Exceed £100M

Wates is cementing its presence as a leader in social housing retrofit after securing £107m of Social Housing Decarbonisation FundRead More »

Retrofit Academy Opens Tenth UK Training Hub

The Retrofit Academy has opened a new Training Hub in Hampshire as part of a partnership with workforce solutions andRead More »

Letters: UK Prime Minister’s Net Zero Speech

Responding to the recent speech outlining Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new approach to net zero, Stewart Clements, Director of theRead More »

Delivering Retrofit Skills in the South East of England

A new partnership between The Retrofit Academy and the Greater South East Net Zero Hub (GSENZH) will help train andRead More »

Brent Council Awards Major Residential Works Contract

The Wates Group will deliver a Major Works programme across Brent Council’s social housing portfolio under a new £35 millionRead More »

Topping Out Ceremony for Greenwich Council Homes Development

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has celebrated the final concrete pour on 122 new council homes under development by itsRead More »

Webinar on ‘Golden Thread of Safety’ Compliance in Social Housing Supply Chains (6th July)

Sysmax, the compliance, risk and competency software platform, is hosting a free webinar on the new ‘golden thread of safety‘Read More »

Bringing Colour and Detailing to a Housing Development

Façade solutions are integrating an affordable social housing development in London seamlessly into its surroundings. Located in West Kensington onRead More »

Notting Hill Genesis Housing Association Contract

Hard FM services contractor DMA Group has regained a multi-year mechanical and electrical (M&E) maintenance contract with Notting Hill GenesisRead More »

Supporting Housing Associations with Automation

Property automation plaatform EVO has added affordable housing provider Storm Housing to its expanding client list and signed a partnershipRead More »

Why Mortgage Rate Hikes are Driving U.S. Rental Housing Resiliency

Ana Lai, Real Estate Senior Director at S&P Global Ratings, comments on the impact of 12 months of mortgage rate increasesRead More »

Property Maintenance App on UK Fundraising Mission

UK private investors can now target the property maintenance market through an intuitive digital platform called EVO which connects social housing landlords,Read More »

Housing Association Awards Door Entry Contract

Maryhill Housing Association in northwest Glasgow has selected Imtech Group subsidiary Spie UK for a 36-month contract to service andRead More »

Wates FM Announces Senior Appointments

Wates has appointed divisional managing directors at its facilities management and southern planned housing maintenance businesses. Antony Collett joins asRead More »

Water Quality: A Hidden Cost for Heat Networks

UK compliance consultancy Clear Safety explains why water quality is an essential consideration in communal heat network maintenance. Communal HeatingRead More »

Pinnacle Group Regains Community Housing Contract

Solihull Community Housing (SCH) which operates housing services on behalf of Solihull Council in England’s West Midlands has selected PinnacleRead More »

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