Seattle Social Housing Developer Wins New Tool from State Lawmakers Earlier this week, Governor Bob Ferguson signed the Seattle Social Housing Developer's priority bill, granting new powers to collaborate with state and local government and receive access to public…

Seattle’s push for social housing gains momentum as state legislators greenlight a new financial tool aimed at empowering public developers.
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#SocialHousing #HousingInnovation #AffordableHousing #SeattleDevelopment

FHS could pose viability challenges as landlords trial new technology and act on overheating The proposed new Future Homes Standard could pose viability challenges as social landlords navigate the use of new technology, experts have told Inside Housing.

In a new article from Inside Housing, Campbell Tickell’s Jon Slade discusses the proposed Future Homes Standard.

👉 Read the full article here: https://loom.ly/jvXJJsQ

#FutureHomesStandard #NetZero #SocialHousing #HousingDelivery #Sustainability #UKHousing #Decarbonisation

AI is a very useful tool no doubt,but like in the heat of war, are we trying to use it sometimes at the mercy of poor data, allowing us to make wrong decisions in #SocialHousing ever faster?

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RSL's, AHB's & landlords - Are you on top of your gas service procedure or just trust to the asset manager and their Excel spreadsheet ?

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How a software house supplying #socialhousing and #PublicSector solutions has had a major (staff) haircut, causing employee exodus

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Do you have a config' chain to control your configuration changes affecting your KPI's ?

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Sales-folk - Don't know or show your software USPs, sales lose the sale maybe..

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Was that the end of #Socialhousing 1st Touch mobile ? Eventually it became Versaa

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Small and innovative software suppliers, can they sometimes teach the big ones a lot ..

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The Comic Sans MS and Clippy, is there a place for them both in our training materials ?

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Warm Homes Plan puts retrofit delivery under the spotlight
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Construction starts slide again in fresh housebuilding warning
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Greenwich peninsula 1,500-home scheme set for green light
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CIH Scotland flags falling housing starts and completions
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England Sterling Standing on the shoulders of giants notes cash - 2K9BHT5

Two Rivers secures £140m to invest in homes and new supply
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Park Hill phase adds affordable homes to Sheffield regeneration
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Swinney backs first refusal for renters if landlords sell up
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Could #housing be a vote winner.

#socialhousing
#leasehold
#leaseholder
#servicecharge
#servicecharges
#UnitedKingdom
#Greens #GreenParty
#Labour
#Conservatives #Tory #Tories
#Reform #Reformparty
#Costofliving

@news.sky.com @thetimes.com @mirror.co.uk @itvnews.bsky.social @theguardian.com

A thousand KPIs blooming? Across the social housing sector, performance reporting is evolving fast. Boards are seeing more data, more dashboards, and more measures than ever before.

A thousand KPIs blooming? 🌱

Are we measuring what really matters in housing performance, or just measuring more?

👉 Read here: https://loom.ly/m0qsmTE

#SocialHousing #HousingSector #KPIs #Performance #DataDriven #Governance #Leadership #HousingPolicy #Benchmarking #Insights #Regulation

California takes first place in the number of people who are homeless in the U.S. with 187,000+ being unhoused and many more housing insecure while our State spent $24 BILLION on addressing homelessness in 5 years
#GreenParty platform says: #SocialHousing & Community #LandTrusts

How does Vienna consistently rank as one of the most livable cities in the world? The answer lies in its groundbreaking housing policies. Learn more with GPLA!

🌍️ GPLA Vienna Social Housing Field Study
📅 September 13 -19, 2026
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#socialhousing #mixedincomehousing #GPLAVienna

black and white photo of a corner block, sandstone, ground floor shop, plus three storeys, unusual fenestration pattern, and attic. Bay windows across floors two and three, joined by balcony. Windows divided into small panes.

Model Lodging House, Glasgow pre-1899, Napier St/Govan Rd. Glasgow was ahead of London in providing municipal lodging houses, some for women workers. The design of this one is striking. Anyone know if purpose-built blocks from this period survive? #ArchitecturalHistory #Glasgow #SocialHousing

Introducing WISH’s New National Sponsor, Cardo Group For WISH members, national sponsorship from organisations like Cardo enables more events, facilitates wider access to mentoring, and brings greater visibility for the role of women in shaping the…

WISH are excited to announce Cardo Group as our newest National Sponsor!

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#partnership #nationalsponsor #collaboration #socialhousing #genderequity

RDJ is proud to have advised Bank of Ireland on a facility advanced to Oaklee Housing, an approved housing body, to support the acquisition of 39 apartments at Bentley Villas, Bentley Place, Dún Laoghaire. bit.ly/3OsLkf3
#AffordableHousing #SocialHousing #BankingAndFinance

The Renters' Rights Act comes into force on 1 May 2026.

It will ban no fault evictions, fixed term tenancies will become peridic, landlords can only request 1 month's rent in advance and rental bidding will be banned.

The Green Party wants to extend rights for renters by introducing rent controls and providing 150, 000 new social homes nationally every year.

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#Renting in #York? Make sure you know your rights!
Here's a brief summary, especially with the Renters' Rights Act coming into force on May 1, 2026.
Get in touch with @acornunion.bsky.social , the Tenants' Union + join us in our fight for increased + improved #socialhousing
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5 chippy's within a 20 minute walk from me,do you think I am swayed by one having a NW Chippy Of The Year award, or quality & cost?

When starting procurements, are #SocialHousing #UKhousing providers sometimes being swayed by the wrong things?

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#socialHousing landlords :- Do you understand how much each of your #ukHousing method of payments cost ??

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Who should own your #ICT systems and applications ?
The Users or the ICT team ?

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As a sector, maybe #ukhousing needs to go back to school, to inform everyone what housing options are out there for them

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Does (over) 'badged' software catch you out in #ukhousing ? They way it often doesn't integrate maybe?

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