Posted 27.03.17
GOV UK: Article link
More than 100 housing estates across the country are set to benefit from a significant investment to kick-start their regeneration, the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced (24 March 2017).
The £32 million Estate Regeneration Fund will be distributed to local authorities and housing associations across England to speed up the building of thousands of new homes.
After successful engagement with local communities, a total of 105 estates will benefit from the funding, to be used to speed up regeneration schemes in their early stages.
It will also help address problems that hold up projects and give local authorities access to skills to ensure high-quality regeneration.
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Posted 20.03.17
Sarah Daly, Director of Strategic Sustainability & Partnerships at Sustainable Homes: Blog link
This is the first in the series of 'long reads' where Sustainable Homes delves deeply into a major topic.
In her recent blog, Sarah Daly predicts:
"There is a fascinating double shift happening in the UK housing market which is about to change the face of the sector immeasurably.
"It is the coming of age of modular construction and the diversification of the social housing sector into building for sale and market rent.
"It is highly likely that modular at scale, delivered by RSLs and joint ventures, will meet the challenge of building more sustainable homes affordably. This will disrupt the market and potentially solve the housing crisis far more effectively than the current so-called 'volume' house builders."
Her blog explores the issues involved and the potential for modular construction in the social/affordable housing sectors.
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Posted 03.03.17
Keepmoat Group: Article link
Homebuilder and regeneration business Keepmoat Limited has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its regeneration arm to ENGIE*, the leading energy and services provider.
Keepmoat works with local authorities, registered providers and public sector land owners in mixed tenure homes throughout the UK.
Completion of the transaction is conditional on anti-trust clearance and is expected to take place in a few months.
All 2,500 employees in the regeneration business will become part of ENGIE.