All retrofit articles
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Gentoo to spend £44m upgrading 4,000 homes
Sunderland-based housing association reveals investment plan for 2025/26
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Government to fund 18,000 retrofit training places
DESNZ will boost green skills under its Warm Homes Plan through financial awards
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From fabric first to smart heat: the changing face of retrofit
We are seeing a revolution in how we upgrade our homes but we must make sure those in poverty can benefit, writes Chris Brown
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National Wealth Fund and Natwest announce £500m in guaranteed loans for retrofit
Move aims to “remove barrier to funds” for registered providers
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Midland Heart sets out £300m plan to improve 6,000 ‘most challenging’ homes
35,000-home landlord’s corporate plan also pledges 2,250 new homes over the next five years
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Government announces successful applicants for £1.3bn of retrofit funding
Anchor, Bromford, Clarion and Flagship are among the housing associations awarded ‘Warm Homes’ money
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National Wealth Fund announces £150m top-up to help retrofit social homes
Treasury-owned NWF on track to provide a total £1bn in retrofit loan guarantees over next six months
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Barclays and Lloyds strike deal with National Wealth Fund to lend £1bn for social housing retrofit
Treasury-owned NWF will provide guarantees to enable ‘competitively-priced’ bank loans for social landlords
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Northern Ireland Housing Executive invests £14m in 300-home retrofit scheme
The public housing authority’s ‘whole house’ retrofit programme will upgrade hundreds of homes by spring 2025
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Places for People launches new training programme to tackle sector skills shortages
PfP Thrive will deliver training programmes for the UK housing and construction sector
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We will argue about winter fuel bills every year unless we tackle the underlying problem
We must all work together strategically on a long-term plan to ensure our homes are no longer old and cold, writes David Orr
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Northern Housing Consortium sets out offer for new partnership with the next government
The NHC key asks of the next government include 10-year funding deals for regeneration and retrofit
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Liverpool City Council appoints Salford Council director as new housing boss
Andrew Leigh has been appointed as Liverpool City Council’s new director of housing
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New study indicates North-South divide in home retrofit
Net zero group suggests that progress on decarbonising homes in the North is slower
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Construction and energy companies join calls for £3.8bn SHDF to be released in full
Major contractors and energy companies echo Housing Forum and National Housing Federation in saying releasing funding would “give greater confidence” to decarbonisation industry
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It’s time public policy supported private sector net zero innovations
We must focus on transferring to decarbonised electric heating to combat climate change, writes Chris Brown
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Orbit seeks partner for £48m decarbonisation retrofit contract
Job would see improvements to 410 homes
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National retrofit body key to delivering net zero, says UKGBC-backed report
Mission Retrofit also suggests introducing a new bill to Parliament to help achieve net zero buildings
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Industry calls for new energy secretary to push housing retrofit
Claire Coutinho replaces Grant Shapps at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero