Six Town Housing is celebrating the refurbishment of the 5000th property as part of their work to ensure that all tenants in Bury live in a home which meets the Government’s Decent Home Standard.
The 5000th property to be improved was at 31 Hillside Road, Ramsbottom. Work was undertaken at the property by Six Town Housing’s partner constructor, P. Casey and Co, to replace the kitchen and bathroom as well as install a new central heating system.
Six Town Housing have been allocated Government funding, amounting to an additional £27 million, to improve housing stock across Bury and ensure homes meet the Decent Home standard by Government’s deadline of December 2010.
Six Town Housing will have invested £33 million over the last four years with a further £11 million is to be invested by 2010 as part of the decent homes programme. These improvement works target homes that currently fall short of the decent homes standard.
As part of the programme Six Town Housing have commissioned the replacement of kitchens, bathrooms, central heating systems, re-roofed properties and installed loft insulation. Six Town Housing have delivered the programme in partnership with Bury Council as well as their Partner Constructors and GM Procure.
Source: http://www.askbury.co.uk/
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Friday, 17 April 2009
South Somerset announces New Homes
South Somerset District Council has announced that 400 new affordable homes will be built across the area before 2011.
The council believes the news will bring good news for people in need of housing, the local economy and for those working in connection with the building industry.
The figure is being announced by the council, which over the last three months has attracted nearly £18m in Homes and Communities Agency funding, and has itself contributed close to £1m to help bring forward major new development.
Most of the affordable homes will be built over four main sites – the recently announced Lyde Road in Yeovil, where work will begin on 169 affordable homes by the end of 2011 and a further 124 in the following years as the site is built out, 107 between two sites in Wincanton at New Barns Farm and Deansley Way, and a 62-home sheltered housing scheme at Jocelyn Park in Chard.
Over 350 of the new homes will be for rent and provide much needed accommodation for those in greatest housing need.
The council has worked with five housing associations including Yeovil-based Yarlington Housing Group, formerly known as South Somerset Homes and three private developers to make progress on these schemes this year.
The council’s housing spokesman, Cllr Ric Pallister, said: “The key in this unpredictable economic climate is to establish the funding and support that developers need before they can confidently go ahead and build essential affordable housing.
“This is exactly what South Somerset District Council has been working to achieve and the 400 homes announced is just the start. We are not just talking about these developments, they are reality and we have secured the funding needed to make sure they actually happen where they are desperately needed.
“There was a desperate shortage of affordable housing across the country before the current recession but the situation is now much worse and the backlog of unmet need is increasing. “According to the latest National Housing Federation’s “Home Truths” publication, South Somerset outperformed all district councils in the South West in delivering new affordable housing, and is again bucking the trend and making real progress in difficult times.
“It’s only April and fully funded schemes totalling around 400 homes are already secured and in the pipeline and more will come forward as the year progresses. This is one of the council’s top priorities and we will not stop working to address this important issue for our residents.”
The news is expected to be received well by those working in the construction industry and people in housing need.
Cllr Pallister added: “There are over 3,500 households currently awaiting housing or rehousing in South Somerset of which some 1,000 are in priority need - the demand is high and growing.
“As everyone knows, building new housing is not something that can be done overnight but we’re pleased to be moving steadily along at a rate much higher than the vast majority of councils across the country.
“It is good news for all. You just have to think of all the tradesmen involved such as scaffolders, plasterers, kitchen fitters, electricians and decorators to realise that new housing development also represents a lifeline to the building industry in the current recession.”
Source: Chard & Ilmister News
The council believes the news will bring good news for people in need of housing, the local economy and for those working in connection with the building industry.
The figure is being announced by the council, which over the last three months has attracted nearly £18m in Homes and Communities Agency funding, and has itself contributed close to £1m to help bring forward major new development.
Most of the affordable homes will be built over four main sites – the recently announced Lyde Road in Yeovil, where work will begin on 169 affordable homes by the end of 2011 and a further 124 in the following years as the site is built out, 107 between two sites in Wincanton at New Barns Farm and Deansley Way, and a 62-home sheltered housing scheme at Jocelyn Park in Chard.
Over 350 of the new homes will be for rent and provide much needed accommodation for those in greatest housing need.
The council has worked with five housing associations including Yeovil-based Yarlington Housing Group, formerly known as South Somerset Homes and three private developers to make progress on these schemes this year.
The council’s housing spokesman, Cllr Ric Pallister, said: “The key in this unpredictable economic climate is to establish the funding and support that developers need before they can confidently go ahead and build essential affordable housing.
“This is exactly what South Somerset District Council has been working to achieve and the 400 homes announced is just the start. We are not just talking about these developments, they are reality and we have secured the funding needed to make sure they actually happen where they are desperately needed.
“There was a desperate shortage of affordable housing across the country before the current recession but the situation is now much worse and the backlog of unmet need is increasing. “According to the latest National Housing Federation’s “Home Truths” publication, South Somerset outperformed all district councils in the South West in delivering new affordable housing, and is again bucking the trend and making real progress in difficult times.
“It’s only April and fully funded schemes totalling around 400 homes are already secured and in the pipeline and more will come forward as the year progresses. This is one of the council’s top priorities and we will not stop working to address this important issue for our residents.”
The news is expected to be received well by those working in the construction industry and people in housing need.
Cllr Pallister added: “There are over 3,500 households currently awaiting housing or rehousing in South Somerset of which some 1,000 are in priority need - the demand is high and growing.
“As everyone knows, building new housing is not something that can be done overnight but we’re pleased to be moving steadily along at a rate much higher than the vast majority of councils across the country.
“It is good news for all. You just have to think of all the tradesmen involved such as scaffolders, plasterers, kitchen fitters, electricians and decorators to realise that new housing development also represents a lifeline to the building industry in the current recession.”
Source: Chard & Ilmister News
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Six Town Smash Customer Satisfaction
Well done to Six Town Housing who have delivered some fantastic results in their yearly customer satisfaction survey. With over 36% of the randomly selected 2,500 tenants responding, the results have shown improvements across the board.
Six Town Housing use Consilium's products to run and support their repairs and maintenance teams who service the ALMO's 8000 strong housing stock in Bury, Greater Manchester.
Read the full article here...
Tom
(Business Development Manager)
Six Town Housing use Consilium's products to run and support their repairs and maintenance teams who service the ALMO's 8000 strong housing stock in Bury, Greater Manchester.
Read the full article here...
Tom
(Business Development Manager)
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Incommunities Rasing The Standard
A great report from the Yorkshire Post was published yesterday outlining the efforts of Incommunities and their plans to build 144 new homes and renovate more than 1000 houses over the coming months, pouring more more than £49Million in the local economy.
As Bradford's largest Social Landlord and users of Consilium's TotalRepairs and TotalMobile product this goes against the grain of the current financial climate and sees the emergent role of Social Housing leading the way on housing policy and tackling the ongoing issue of raising living standards.
The Bradford Standard (which set targets way above the Decent Homes Standard) has laid down a demanding challenge. However, with the efficiencies experienced through the implementation of mobile working, Incommunities have reduced the reactive workforce significantly whilst retaining high levels of customer satisfaction. These operatives were then reassigned to the planned maintenance and renovation teams to help deliver their community focused service.
"As the area's biggest social landlord we are committed to helping to meet the growing demand for high quality social housing and provide homes of first choice.
"We are also fulfilling the promise we made at Stock Transfer in 2003 to modernise our existing stock for the benefit of our customers and a large part of this new investment will go towards continuing to make improvements to peoples homes and their quality of life."
Geraldine Howley - Incommunities Chief Executive
Source: Andrew Robinson, Yorkshire Post
Read the full article here.
Or alternatively watch the video below. This Video Case Study was filmed shortly before Bradford Housing Trust became Incommunities and details how Consilium implemented mobile working in one of the largest Social Landlords in the north of England.
Tom
(Business Development Manager)
As Bradford's largest Social Landlord and users of Consilium's TotalRepairs and TotalMobile product this goes against the grain of the current financial climate and sees the emergent role of Social Housing leading the way on housing policy and tackling the ongoing issue of raising living standards.
The Bradford Standard (which set targets way above the Decent Homes Standard) has laid down a demanding challenge. However, with the efficiencies experienced through the implementation of mobile working, Incommunities have reduced the reactive workforce significantly whilst retaining high levels of customer satisfaction. These operatives were then reassigned to the planned maintenance and renovation teams to help deliver their community focused service.
"As the area's biggest social landlord we are committed to helping to meet the growing demand for high quality social housing and provide homes of first choice.
"We are also fulfilling the promise we made at Stock Transfer in 2003 to modernise our existing stock for the benefit of our customers and a large part of this new investment will go towards continuing to make improvements to peoples homes and their quality of life."
Geraldine Howley - Incommunities Chief Executive
Source: Andrew Robinson, Yorkshire Post
Read the full article here.
Or alternatively watch the video below. This Video Case Study was filmed shortly before Bradford Housing Trust became Incommunities and details how Consilium implemented mobile working in one of the largest Social Landlords in the north of England.
Tom
(Business Development Manager)
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