My Advice Gateway is a free resource that helps people quickly find information on claiming benefits, accessing help and support and looking for a job or training opportunities. Many of our partner schemes have links to the website allowing their customers to access key financial information at a time of rising costs and economic uncertainty. The […]
On 29th September, Wave 2.1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (£800m) was launched by BEIS to support energy efficiency improvements in the social rented sector. Phase 2 of Home Upgrade Grants (£700m) was also launched, aiming to support low-income households off the gas grid. This funding comes at a critical time as we face […]
More and more councils are taking control of their customer facing IT systems and configuring their own workflow processes using Locata’s unique intuitive software. Local authority officers are encouraged to develop their own tasks within the system to suit the processes that work best in their local area. This means that councils do not need […]
The Home Upgrade Grant Phase 2 (HUG 2) is a £700m grant funding scheme that has been set up by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to help Local Authorities (LAs) provide energy efficiency upgrades and clean heating systems to low-income households. The scheme targets the worst performing (EPC band D-G), off-gas […]
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to behaviour change that utilises the day to day interactions that people, organisations and communities have with others to encourage positive choices to improve our overall health. Many long-term diseases are closely linked to known behavioural risk factors that are attributable to tobacco, alcohol, being overweight or […]
Richard Houghton Director Valuation Advisory – Affordable Housing JLL (richard.houghton@eu.jll.com) After a long period of guessing and surmising what may unfold, the government finally provided some insight on their directive for rental policy, outlining three options for a social housing rent cap next year. It is certainly not the most welcome news for those pulling […]
Bolton Council is the latest local authority to put Locata’s Housing Related Support (HRS) module at the heart of its management of housing support applications. The system will go live this Friday and will help officers manage a pathway of referrals into accommodation with support or floating support. Bolton’s new HRS module assists the officer […]
3%, 5%, 7%, or as you were at CPI +1% – which could mean 12% rent increases for English social housing in 2023. Which is it to be? Government insists it is an open consultation – but has made its position clear, that it is minded to implement a 5% cap on social housing rents. […]
Developing a Net Zero retrofit strategy without regret. All straightforward in the world of sound-byte isn’t it. ‘No Regrets’, ‘Fabric First’, ‘Worst First’ and so on. Then we have the reality of taking a critical view of our housing stock, often with a limited dataset and out-of-date information which is held in multiple locations with […]
The Unlocking Success Bursary Scheme, funded through the Northern Housing Consortium Charitable Trust, awards bursaries of £500 to help tenants develop learning and skills to support future employment. Since its launch in 2019, the scheme has awarded 73 bursaries to 43 member organisations. To hear some of the success stories from past successful applications, see […]