The Lancashire Housing Authority has been awarded a £60 million contract to build new homes for individuals with learning difficulties in Leeds.
A 25-year private finance initiative between Leeds city council and the Leeds Independent Living Accommodation Company (LiLAC) Consortium will see many new housing jobs and homes created in the area.

A housing association based in the east Midlands has been praised for the services it provides, it has been revealed.
In a report by the Audit Commission, Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) was deemed to be offering a good level of services to its tenants and has “excellent” prospects for improvements in the future.

A new report has cited Irwell Valley Housing Association as an excellent place to work, it has been revealed.
The housing institution, which is based in the north-west of England, was placed as one of the Top 50 Great Places to work across the country in a report by the Financial Times and The Great Place [...]

South Northamptonshire council is set to construct a number of affordable homes following a multimillion pound grant from the Housing Corporation, it has been revealed.
Upon receiving the financing, the council will build a total of 96 homes across the district, with new developments in Grange Park and Deanshanger set to be made available on a [...]

The Genesis Housing Group has hired a new deputy director of development, it has been revealed.
Moves by the housing association have seen Tracy Williams join from the Aldwyck Housing Group, where she previously was the director of development and new business.

A housing organisation in Newcastle has become the first in the north-east region to receive a prestigious accolade, it has been revealed.
In a report by the Audit Commission, the services carried out by Your Homes Newcastle (YHN) were given a maximum three-star “excellent” rating.

The housing management services offered by Milton Keynes council have been praised in a recent report by the Audit Commission, it has been revealed.
Giving the local council a “good” rating, the commission’s inspection team commended the authority for carrying out high-quality repairs to tenants’ homes and tackling levels of anti-social behaviour.
In addition, it was praised [...]

Thousands of council properties in the north-west of England have been transferred to a new housing association, it has been revealed.City South Manchester Housing Trust has taken over the management and ownership of some 4,500 homes from Manchester city council.

A Gloucestershire housing association has received a prestigious accolade for the services which it provides, it has been reported.Fosseway Living, which is based in the market town of Cirencester, was placed by Quality Housing Services (QHS) to be in the ten best performing housing associations out of over 75 it continually assess.

All new homes built in Wales are set to be carbon neutral, it has been reported.Speaking at the Guardian Hay Festival in Powys, Jane Davidson, environment, sustainability and housing minister for the Welsh Assembly government, stated that with in the next three years all new homes in the region will be constructed with such sustainability [...]