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Offering a combination of coast, countryside, picturesque villages and busy towns, coupled with excellent transport links it comes as no surprise that the borough of Eastleigh is a popular place to live. But its popularity is pricing many first-time buyers and young families out of the housing market

Building for Rosemary

Life goes on. That simple truth runs throughout the work of the Rosemary Simmons Memorial Housing Association (RSMHA) as it continues to deliver the kind of memorial that is fit to live in – the homes and the services that meet local needs

Friends in a high place

Upshot UK has the ability to take the eagle-eyed vantage point without its feet ever leaving the ground. It’s a nifty trick that means social landlords can afford the benefits of aerial photography for surveying those hard to reach high places

Capturing the imagination

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

Making a difference

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

Constantly raising the bar

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

Active approach to building new homes

New build developments are fairly common for Coventry City Council, which is consistently beating its affordable housing targets, but its latest scheme is anything but run of the mill

Living and learning green

It can be quite a challenge keeping up with the constantly evolving requirements of the green agenda, so it’s useful to have someone on hand who knows the score.

City on the rise

Providing respite

St Anne’s Community Services has been providing support to a wide range of people throughout the north since 1971, through services such as the Brambles, which offers regular respite to six people at any one time