Green light for £100m Cataylst plan

Power players join forces to ‘stress test’ green deal

Landlords, energy companies and major retailers have joined forces to provide the first comprehensive stress test of the government’s flagship retrofit scheme.

Accentuate the positive

Acis creates repairs joint venture

A 5,500-home landlord has launched a joint venture with Willmott Dixon that could see it sell repairs and maintenance services to other social housing providers.

Shape shifters

Contractor Willmott Dixon and property advisor Savills are joining forces in an industry first to transform themselves into a new hybrid which takes on development risk. Chloë Stothart finds out how they plan to make it work.

Four become one at Sovereign

Sovereign Housing Group says its decision to amalgamate its subsidiaries into one housing association will free up more stock to use as security for future borrowing.

Cheaper by the Durkan

The contractor charged with giving an east London estate a facelift also threw in comprehensive energy retrofitting - at no extra cost. Jess McCabe finds out more

Tooled up for success

Social landlords could save thousands of pounds and boost tenant satisfaction by improving their repairs services. Here, Debbie Larner explains how a new campaign aims to help them do just that

In the line of fire

Social landlords often assume they have sole responsibility for fire safety in their properties, but the legal picture is not so straightforward. Ashley Borthwick from law firm TLT explains

The power of youth

Last summer’s riots demonstrated how disenfranchised some young people are from their communities. Beena Nadeem meets the teenagers teaching social landlords how to put that right

Solving the land puzzle

If organisations share buildings the leftover sites can be pieced together for development, says Alan Stokes