JV NORTH COMMITS TO BUILDING TWO-AND-A-HALF HOMES EVERY WORKING DAY

JV NorthHCA, Home building, Homes England, News, SOAHP 2016/21

JV North has committed to building two-and-a-half homes every working day until April 2021. The consortium’s new target comes after building the equivalent of one home every working day since forming in 2007. JV North is building 4,763 homes in the 2016/21 Shared Ownership Affordable Homes Programme. Made up of nine full landlord members in Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Preston and … Read More

CASE STUDY: SME APPOINTED TO JV NORTH FRAMEWORK BRINGS EMPTY HOMES BACK INTO USE

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Earlier this year, JV North opened its £180m homebuilding framework to SMEs for schemes valued at under £1m. The move – the first time in the consortium’s ten-year history – is aimed at encouraging more local companies to bid for works and comes on the back of JV North members wanting to further invest in their local communities. Taylor Fay … Read More

COMMUNITY GATEWAY ASSOCIATION COMPLETING NEW HOMES UNDER 2015/18 AHP

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A JV North member is putting the finishing touches to new homes being delivered under the 2015/18 Affordable Homes Programme. Community Gateway Association in Preston is investing over £2 million to build 18 homes on an array of brownfield sites. In Ingol, a £859,716 community-led scheme sees six 1-bedroom and two 2-bedroom bungalows being built on several former domestic garage … Read More

SME BUILDERS APPOINTED TO JV NORTH’S £180m FRAMEWORK

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Social housing consortium, JV North, has appointed a range of SME builders to provide homes as part of a £180 million framework. For the first time JV North has opened its four-year framework to local companies for schemes valued under £1 million. Work for the chosen 26 SME builders is divided into six areas: new build, refurbishment, modular build, disabled … Read More

DEVELOPMENT OF THE MONTH: LEIGHTON DENE, LIVERPOOL

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Developed as part of the groundbreaking Liverpool Housing Partnership, Leighton Dene sees 34 modern homes on a high visibility site in Fazakerley. This £4.6 million project by Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) has delivered desirable family homes for affordable rent on a neglected brownfield site – land that once hosted a run-down nursing home and lain vacant for a number of … Read More

JV NORTH MEMBER ON-SITE BUILDING NEARLY 300 HOMES IN MANCHESTER

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A JV North member is building nearly 300 homes across 11 sites as part of the HCA’s 2015/18 Affordable Homes Programme. Wythenshawe Community Housing Group is underway building 296 homes for a variety of tenures including affordable rent, market rent, shared ownership and outright sale. The total investment from the 14,000-home landlord is £33 million with £4.5 million of grant … Read More

SME BUILDERS OFFERED CHANCE TO WIN WORK AS PART OF £180m FRAMEWORK

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SME builders are being offered the opportunity to win work in the second stage of JV North’s four year home building and refurbishment framework worth £180 million. For the first time, the consortium is offering a lot dedicated specifically to smaller contractors with works valued at under £1 million. JV North will create an unlimited list of suppliers through which … Read More

CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS CHOSEN FOR JV NORTH’S £180m HOME BUILDING FRAMEWORK

JV NorthAHP 2015/18, Communities, Consultants, Contractors, Framework, Government, HCA, Home building, Investment, News

JV North has chosen the contractors and consultants for its £180 million home building framework. The consortium, which has nine social housing association members across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Nottingham and Preston, has appointed contractors and consultants for works valued at £1 million and over. The appointed contractors are Anwyl Construction, Bardsley Construction, Casey Construction, Galliford Try, Kier Living, Mears New … Read More

2017 CIH CONFERENCE PREVIEW

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JV North Chairman, Nigel Wilson, previews this year’s CIH Conference taking place in Manchester between June 27 – 29. The new Housing Minister’s address to the CIH Conference will be critical in setting out the immediate future for the sector. From there, all else follows. Gavin Barwell listened and attempted to move the agenda forward in his brief stay in the … Read More