English housing association Origin Housing has now joined the Places for People Group (PfP) Limited, unlocking an additional £100 million of investment into customers’ homes.
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Social enterprise Places for People and its fund management business, Thriving Investments, have acquired Rosewood Housing, the for-profit registered provider of high-quality, affordable homes, from FRP, the administrator of Inland Homes PLC.
Work is due to begin on developing seven new one-bed small homes as Places for People expands its homelessness accommodation and support services for homeless people in Bristol.
South Devon Rural Housing Association (SDR) is set to merge with the Places for People Group after its shareholders approved the plans. SDR owns and manages 357 homes in the South-West of England.
Origin Housing and Places for People have entered merger discussions. Origin owns and manages over 7,000 homes across London and Hertfordshire. The intention is that, subject to all relevant approvals, Origin will become a subsidiary of Places for People Group Limited.
Housing minister Paul McLennan has reaffirmed the Scottish Government’s determination to work with partners to tackle homelessness in response to "deeply worrying" annual statistics published today.
More than 30 of the UK's largest housing associations have written to ministers to call for more targeted support to protect millions of people expected to struggle with their energy bills this winter.
Places for People has appointed Bell Group as part of its new four-year, major works investment programme to upgrade thousands of homes and generate hundreds of employment opportunities across its communities in Scotland.
Paragon Bank’s Development Finance division has provided a £15.9 million funding package to PfP igloo and Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) for the development of 78 environmentally friendly townhouses in Glasgow.
Housing Growth Partnership and PfP Capital have announced a £390 million joint venture (JV) which will see 400 sustainable new homes built at a former Diageo distillery in Glasgow.
Places for People's real estate fund manager PfP Capital has agreed to purchase development manager igloo Regeneration following a four-year partnership between the two organisations. PfP Capital and igloo have been working together since 2018 through a successful joint venture partnership form
Helping to spread some festive cheer, social enterprise Places for People hosted a fabulous Christmas event at The Engine Yard in Edinburgh last week to continue its support of the NE Edinburgh Food Bank run by the Trussell Trust.
PfP Capital, part of social enterprise Places for People, has appointed Catherine Webster as its new chief executive officer. Ms Webster, who will begin her new role at PfP Capital in January 2023, joins from property development and investment specialist Quintain where she is executive director for
Places for People's specialist student accommodation provider Alumno Group has unveiled proposals for a new purpose-built facility at Jock’s Lodge in Edinburgh. Located on the corner of Restalrig Road South and London Road, the plans, which are set to go out for public cons
When Places for People completed its development at The Green, three miles south of Edinburgh at Longstone, the company sought to find a positive way to repurpose a large marketing suite in the form of a portacabin. Recently, it launched a campaign calling on Scottish charities, community groups and