Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ellie Vlavianou as an Investment Director in the Affordable Housing team. Ellie joins from L&Q, where... View Article

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published a report on the fundamental issues with some leased-based provision of specialised supported housing. This is where social landlords lease properties on a long-term basis, to provide much-needed specialised housing for people... View Article

Affordable housing provider SO Resi (part of Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing) has launched its third Rent to Buy and second London Living Rent scheme in two years, SO Flexi Southall. The development will be available through its dedicated ‘SO Flexi’... View Article

The wraps have come off two curved apartment buildings incorporating 264 new homes at the £112m Belgrave Village development in central Birmingham. The 12-acre regeneration project is being delivered by Wavensmere Homes, in partnership with Galliard Homes and Apsley House... View Article

A Midlands housing association has launched a new programme aimed at tackling digital exclusion among its customers. Platform Housing Group has created a group of colleagues called Platform Digital Ninjas who can help residents who are struggling with digital access... View Article

Two Rivers Housing secured £4.56m in funding from the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund. Retrofitting work will improve the energy efficiency of homes rated below EPC Band C. The work will help make its homes warmer and reduce energy bills... View Article

The Foster + Partners Applied R+D team has developed Cyclops, a free, bespoke design plugin for Grasshopper in Rhino, which is available to everyone. Cyclops seamlessly integrates into existing workflows and turbocharges ray tracing simulations that are fundamental for environmental... View Article

Avant Homes has submitted plans to transform the historic 49-acre former Burtons clothing factory site in Burmantofts, Leeds, into a thriving new sustainable community. Called Montague Place after Sir Montague Burton who founded the factory in 1921, the initial phase of... View Article

To help people achieve their ambitions for their homes and businesses, Planning Portal has launched its new Planning Guidance Service, enabling the public to obtain expert advice from planning professionals with a simple phone call. Before making certain home improvements,... View Article

Three new faces have joined the technical team at Anwyl Homes Lancashire to support the growth of the business. The new recruits are architectural technician Duncan Hambley, assistant architectural technician Kerry Heaton and development engineer Daniel Cunliffe, all based at... View Article