Straw houses may sound like the stuff of fairytales but in North Kesteven in Lincolnshire they are very much a reality, forming part of the district council’s new-build programme
There is much to debate around the subject of arms length management organisations (ALMOs), particularly as the Decent Homes programme winds down and the future of social housing delivery comes under the spotlight, but one of the country’s biggest regional housing organisations is flying the flag for ALMOs
A new service established by the Community Housing Group is showing that lean doesn’t equate to mean. Support24 is a care package that doesn’t compromise when it comes to innovation or the provision of quality
Beaumont Leys, a deprived area in Leicester, has suffered a poor image in the past, but the area has witnessed a significant transformation in its fortunes over the last 10 years – and those efforts have far from ended
With ambitions to double its population by 2031 the Northamptonshire town of Corby has a huge task ahead of it and housing is set to play a massive part
William Davis Ltd has been awarded three multi-million pound Extra Care housing contracts in the past three years. That success is a testament to the exceptional experience it has established in this highly specialised area
Built in the 1960s, Hillington Square in King’s Lynn epitomises the damaging social legacy of the era’s architecture, but Freebridge Community Housing has scored a coup with the commission of Wayne Hemingway to turn the estate into a living place fit for the 21st Century
As a housing association comprising eight separate tenant management organisations WATMOS
Community Homes is used to doing things differently and its cavity wall insulation programme is no exception
Trent & Dove Housing has completed its Decent Homes Standards programme nine months ahead of schedule but there is no chance of this organisation resting on its laurels
