The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has unveiled plans to help more people with disabilities get jobs within the housing sector.
Moves by the institute will see it help 120 adults with disabilities to find work with housing organisations across Britain over the next five years.
In addition, individuals on the scheme will receive mentoring and training, [...]

Housing jobs at construction firm Cowlin have been given a boost by the demand for student accommodation in Wales, it has been revealed.
The Western Mail reports that some 2,800 residential units have already been constructed by the Cardiff-based firm.
A total of more than £150 million has been created through the housing jobs undertaken by the [...]

A new housing scheme targeting those from vulnerable sections of the community has been launched, it has been revealed.
The Move On initiative has been rolled out by housing charity Norcare and will see the organisation purchase up to ten properties across the north-east each year which it will then lease to those consumers who are [...]

The Housing Corporation has announced details of its 2008 assessment into the financial viability of housing associations, it has been revealed.
Under the plans, the corporation is set to establish a panel consisting of five members from the institutions and two external consultants from a rotating panel of the following firms: PKF, the Tribal Group, KPMG [...]

South Staffordshire Housing Association has won a prestigious prize from the National Housing Federation (NHF), it has been revealed.
In news that may be of interest to those with jobs in housing, the association was named as the overall winner at the federation’’s annual Neighbourhood Awards ceremony.
The award was given for the housing body’’s Independent Living [...]

Despite the difficulties being experienced by the residential property sector as a whole, there continues to be demand for social housing, it has been reported.
In figures released by the National House Building Council (NHBC) it was revealed that applications to build social housing developments rose by eight per cent between June and August in comparison [...]

New advice has been given to those with housing jobs in regards to the planning and construction of affordable property developments, it has been revealed.
Speaking at the annual National Housing Federation (NHF) conference, Wayne Hemingway, chair of Building for Life, commented on the launch of a new guide - "Achieving Building for Life" - which [...]

Those working for housing associations should do more to improve their provision of social housing services, it has been reported.
Speaking at a National Housing Federation conference, Anthony Mayer, chairman of the Tenant Services Authority (TSA), also suggested that housing associations and councils must ensure that they communicate with their residents.
He reported that different [...]

A tenth of people in England directly benefit from the neighbourhood services provided by those working for housing associations, it has been reported.
In news that could interest people with housing jobs, research by the National Housing Federation showed that some 6,800 projects were made available by such organisations over the course of last year, in [...]

Those working for housing associations and councils should be able to do more to purchase land in which to build residential property during the current financial downturn.
So claims the Liberal Democrat party, where at is autumn conference, it was stated that councils and housing associations should be able to borrow against their assets to buy [...]