JV NORTH MEMBERS PASS THE 4,550 HOMES MARK IN 2016/21 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

JV NorthDevelopment, Homes England, Investment, Members, News, SOAHP 2016/21

JV North has reached a significant milestone with latest figures revealing members will build more than 4,550 homes in the 2016/21 Shared Ownership Affordable Homes Programme. The consortium of eight full, seven associate and four procurement members, will build the homes using Homes England grant coupled with their own investment. In total, a £149.75m grant has been received with members … Read More

JV NORTH CREATES R&D GROUP TO EXPLORE VIABILITY OF ECO MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION

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JV North has created a task and finish group to explore how modern methods of construction (MMC) can deliver zero carbon homes while helping address the housing shortage. Development staff from across the consortium are taking part in workshops looking at how factories can not only provide an offsite solution but also meet environmental aspirations. They want modular homes to … Read More

JV NORTH LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE HOUSE BUILDING BEYOND 2016/21 AHP

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JV North is looking to establish new partnerships to increase the number of homes built up to and beyond the current 2016/21 Shared Ownership Affordable Homes Programme (SOAHP). Made up of Northern based housing associations and home building local authorities, the consortium is planning the next chapter in its successful history. JV North, which has built the equivalent of two-and-a-half … Read More

BURY COUNCIL JOINS JV NORTH TO BUILD NEW HOMES USING THE CONSORTIUM’S FRAMEWORK

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Bury Council has joined social house building consortium JV North as it embarks on a 90-home development scheme. The local authority has become a procurement member allowing it to access JV North’s £180m framework of contractors and consultants. Up to 90 houses will be built on brownfield sites across Bury by May 2021 and made available for Shared Ownership and … Read More

JV NORTH MEMBER WINS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SCHEME OF THE YEAR AWARD

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JV North member Torus has won a coveted industry award for its work transforming a decaying Victorian tobacco factory into over 150 affordable homes. Ogden’s Place in Everton beat seven other shortlisted housing associations to win Northern Housing Awards’ Affordable Housing Scheme of the Year. The scheme saw the demolition of old factory buildings allowing 150 affordable homes to be … Read More

JV NORTH INVESTED £100m+ INTO HOME BUILDING IN 2018/19 FINANCIAL YEAR

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Gorton Lane

Latest figures from JV North show it invested over £100m in its development programme in the 2018/19 financial year. The funding – by members with grant support from Homes England – was used to start building 613 new homes as part of the final year of the 2015/18 Affordable Homes Programme and the ongoing 2016/21 Shared Ownership Affordable Homes Programme. … Read More

WEAVER VALE HOUSING TRUST LAUNCHES SHARED OWNERSHIP & SALES ARM TO HELP TACKLE HOUSING CRISIS

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Croft View, Barnton

A JV North member has launched a new shared ownership and sales arm as part of its bold ambitions to build 500 homes by 2021. Weaver Vale Housing Trust, which owns 6,200 homes across Cheshire, has launched Prospa Homes in a bid to increase choice across the county and help tackle the housing crisis. As a not-for-profit organisation, all money … Read More

ONE MANCHESTER SCHEME IS JV NORTH AND INSIDE HOUSING’S DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEEK

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Sandpiper Place One Manchester

One Manchester’s Sandpiper Place scheme is JV North and Inside Housing magazine’s Development of the Week [below]. The Rent to Buy development is on a site that was previously used as a sawmill, police station and warehouse. The 26-home scheme will include eight, three-storey and 18, two-storey houses all of which have three-bedrooms. Each will benefit from front and rear … Read More

COMMENT – FUTURE PROGRAMME CERTAINTY NEEDED TO HELP US BUILD MORE HOMES

JV NorthGovernment, Home building, Homes England, Investment, SOAHP 2016/21

JV North Chairman and Chief Executive at Weaver Vale Housing Trust, Wayne Gales, explains why future programme certainty will help the sector build more homes. It is rare in the world of housing development for money not to be the main issue in question from which everything else stems. For developing landlords including JV North – a consortium of housing … Read More

PINE COURT HOUSING ASSOCIATION WELCOMED AS NEW JV NORTH MEMBER

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Pine Court Housing Association

JV North has welcomed a new member taking the total to 22 as it continues to build more homes. Liverpool-based Pine Court Housing Association, which is part of The Sovini Group that also includes One Vision Housing, has joined JV North as a procurement member. It will use JV North’s framework to build 49 properties in Birkenhead, Wirral in Homes … Read More