With access to housing reaching crisis point, housing companies can offer a credible alternative to deliver social housing. Many councils are interested in setting up housing companies A recent survey by a regeneration firm 3Fox International has revealed that over 50 councils in England had either set up or were thinking of setting up their…
Inside Housing, the leading weekly magazine for housing professionals in the UK, recently reported that another large social landlord was considering no longer building homes for social or affordable rent. Second association mulls ditching sub-market rent With some large housing associations withdrawing from the development of social housing at sub-market rents and moving to the…
A £1m Victorian Villa that stood empty for five years suffering from neglect and vandalism has been refurbished and brought back into use. The property was last used by Brighton & Hove City Council as Temporary Accommodation. Seaside Homes leased the property from the council in October last year and has converted it into 16…
A neglected and run down building that formed part of the backdrop to recent anti-squatting legislation has been refurbished and brought back into use. The property in central Hove has been empty since 2009, attracting anti-social behaviour, a police raid and two episodes of squatting which resulted in thousands of pounds worth of damage. However,…
