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Grant Shapps: Downing Street hosting the self-build boom

19 April 2012 | No comments

A package of new support to give as many people as possible the opportunity to build their own homes was announced today at England’s most famous address by Housing Minister Grant Shapps.

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Improvements for affordable housing on the cards

3 April 2012 | No comments

As the new financial year begins, so does a new era for council tenants in the Stroud district. Last year over £10 million of rent collected by the council was given back to the government to redistribute to other authorities, but from today all rent collected by the council will stay local.

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Giant ribbon cutting ceremony as sales centre opens at Filey

28 March 2012 | No comments

Coast & Country has marked a major step in its £45m development of much-needed affordable housing in Filey with an official ceremony involving local dignitaries.

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Streamlining Housing

22 March 2012 | No comments

Increasing the number of affordable houses and having a positive impact on the quality of life of many residents across South Ayrshire is part of South Ayrshire Council’s vision for the future of the area.

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Radian delivers biggest development Winchester has seen in over ten years

22 March 2012 | No comments

This week, Radian officially opened the largest scheme of new family homes developed in Winchester, Hampshire, for more than a decade.

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Housing scheme shortlisted for Government funding

22 March 2012 | No comments

An exciting housing scheme that will play a key role in Partington’s regeneration has been shortlisted for a slice of funding from the Homes and Communities Agency’s £570m Get Britain Building Programme.

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£10 million funding secured for new homes in Sandwell

20 March 2012 | No comments

Hundreds of new affordable homes are set to be built in Sandwell thanks to a £10 million cash boost.

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New Housing Development Given Go Ahead

16 March 2012 | No comments

Plans have been approved for a major new housing development on the site of the former Alloa Academy.

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New DWP Funded LHA Website Launched to Tackle Housing Benefit Reforms

14 March 2012 | No comments

Looking Local has launched a new affordable property website specifically built to alleviate issues arising from the changes in Local Housing Allowance (LHA) that are underway.

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Affordable homes boost for the New Forest

13 March 2012 | No comments

Affordable housing in the New Forest has been given the biggest boost in decades after New Forest District Council’s cabinet members this week approved a new 30-year housing strategy.

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First new homes near completion on estate

12 March 2012 | No comments

The first new homes on a housing estate that was named to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth will be completed in time for the monarch’s diamond jubilee later this year.

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Decent Homes programme completed

9 March 2012 | No comments

Work has just been completed by GCH partners Lovell at Mr Butler’s home, to install a new kitchen, bathroom and central heating system. The property has also been rewired.

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£600 Million Canning Town Centre Scheme terms agreed

9 March 2012 | No comments

Announced at MIPIM 2012′s London Pavillion, the Town Centre scheme was developed by Bouygues Development and its consortium partner One Housing Group and forms part of the London Borough of Newham’s

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Hundreds of new affordable homes

8 March 2012 | No comments

Stirling tenants have moved into new sixteen homes built as part of a scheme delivering hundreds of new affordable homes across Scotland, Housing Minister Keith Brown said today.

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Multi-million pound regeneration programme

29 February 2012 | No comments

Staff from Golden Gates Housing Trust (GGHT) were joined by local Councillors, mascot Ivor  Goodsite and local tenant Roy Humphreys at a ceremonial wall demolition in Longford yesterday.

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New homes. New space. New future.

27 February 2012 | No comments

A public consultation on the future of the Arbour Vale site on Stoke Road will be open to the public on Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3 at the West Wing Arts Centre.       

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Time capsule burial marks first residents moving in to Hummersea Hills

21 February 2012 | No comments

Coast & Country and developer Southdale have marked the first residents moving in to their new homes at Hummersea Hills, Loftus – the £22m housing regeneration project -  with an auspicious ceremony which involved the burial of a time capsule.

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Additional funding to deliver affordable housing in Wrexham

21 February 2012 | No comments

Substantial funding has been secured from the Welsh Government to support the delivery of more affordable housing in a key housing development close to Wrexham town centre.

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Major plans to help the homeless in North Lincolnshire

16 February 2012 | No comments

Government funding to the tune of £780,000 has been secured to develop a major £2.3m housing project in Scunthorpe for the homeless.

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Tuke Housing Association winds up after 40 years.

15 February 2012 | No comments

The Association has agreed to take on the operations of Tuke Housing Association, which is winding up after 40 years because of a lack of volunteers for the management committee.

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