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Monday, 19 May 2025
Housing Matters - May 2025
Read the May 2025 edition of Housing Matters.
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Thursday, 1 May 2025
Team tidies up Leighton Buzzard estate
A recent neighbourhood clean-up on the Meadow Way estate in Leighton Buzzard has helped tackle overgrown greenery and footpath moss, thanks to our Neighbourhood Operations team and volunteers.
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Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Housing Matters - March 2025
Read the latest edition of Housing Matters.
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Thursday, 6 March 2025
Over 100 homes brought back into use
This Empty Homes Week (3 March to 9 March), we're pleased to announce that we've brought 103 empty homes back into use, helping to provide much-needed housing for residents.
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Friday, 14 February 2025
Housing Matters – February 2025
Read the latest edition of Housing Matters.
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Friday, 17 January 2025
Housing Matters – January 2025
This is the latest edition of Housing Matters.
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Monday, 9 December 2024
Housing Matters - December 2024
Read the latest edition of Housing Matters.
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Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Housing Matters – October 2024
This is the latest edition of Housing Matters.
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Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Housing Matters - June 2024
Read the latest edition of Housing Matters.
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Thursday, 2 May 2024
Housing Matters – May 2024
This is the latest edition of Housing Matters.
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Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Illegal sublet of property
We are tackling the illegal sub-letting of our properties, ensuring that homes intended for those in genuine need are not exploited for profit.
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Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Housing Matters - April 2024
This is the latest edition of Housing Matters.
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Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Housing Matters – February 2024
Read the latest edition of Housing Matters – February 2024
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Wednesday, 7 February 2024
We've approved resettlement support for Afghan families that served alongside UK armed forces and government
15 Afghan refugee families who have risked their lives serving alongside the UK armed forces and government are to be housed for 3 years in vacant Ministry of Defence (MoD) properties at RAF Henlow.
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Monday, 29 January 2024
Housing Matters – January 2024
Read the latest edition of Housing Matters – January 2024
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Monday, 15 January 2024
Pin up properties
If you’re a council tenant, you may notice a man in hi-vis taking photographs of the outside of your home.
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Monday, 4 December 2023
Housing Matters – December 2023
Read the latest edition of Housing Matters – December 2023.
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Thursday, 19 October 2023
Visit us at our independent living open day on Saturday 28 October 2023.
Over 55 – Looking to make the right move?
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Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Housing Matters – October 2023
Read the latest edition of Housing Matters – October 2023
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Thursday, 24 August 2023
Housing Matters – August 2023
Read the latest edition of Housing Matters – August 2023.
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Wednesday, 2 August 2023
Up on the roof: topping-out moment for healthy living at our new senior living village
A memorable topping-out ceremony was held yesterday, Tuesday 1 August, to celebrate the £55 million senior living village in Flitwick.
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Thursday, 20 July 2023
Housing Matters – July 2023
Our July 2023 newsletter for our housing tenants.
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Thursday, 6 April 2023
Housing Matters – April 2023
Our April 2023 newsletter for our housing tenants.
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Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Housing Matters – February 2023
Our February 2023 newsletter for our housing tenants.
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Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Have your say on the a new draft Housing Asset Management Strategy
We are inviting local people to have their say on the new draft Housing Asset Management Strategy (HAMS).
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Friday, 23 December 2022
Housing Matters – December 2022
Our December 2022 newsletter for our housing tenants.
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Monday, 12 December 2022
Housing Matters – November 2022
Our November 2022 newsletter for our housing tenants.
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Thursday, 24 November 2022
Work starts at site of new supported living development in Dunstable
Work has officially started in Dunstable to deliver a new specialist development for local adults with disabilities.
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Monday, 5 September 2022
It’s official: Heron Foods has joined All Saints View’s retail unit
We've been working with the national food retailer Heron Foods to deliver a new retail offer at All Saints View’s parade of shops.
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Friday, 1 July 2022
New community art project commissioned for Houghton Regis
We've commissioned a permanent piece of artwork for the ground floor lobby at our new independent living scheme: All Saints View in Houghton Regis.
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Monday, 23 May 2022
£54 million contract signed and works to commence for major development of a senior living village in Flitwick
We've signed a £54 million contract with Farrans Construction to deliver a new senior living village.
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Tuesday, 26 April 2022
We're ready to start making energy bill rebate payments
Eligible households in Central Bedfordshire will soon start to receive the Energy Bill Rebate announced by the government in February.
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Monday, 11 April 2022
Topping out milestone marks the halfway point for Grove View Integrated Health and Care Hub and Grove View Apartments for the over 55s
The highest point of the new £43 million state-of-the-art Grove View Integrated Health and Care Hub and 98 new one and two-bedroom affordable homes for the over 55s has been completed.
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Thursday, 10 March 2022
Council has supported 9,000 vulnerable households this winter
Over the winter months, 9,000 vulnerable households received support from Central Bedfordshire Council.
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Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Get tailored housing advice for you
We've launched new housing advice for our customers.
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Monday, 28 February 2022
We've brought 80 homes a year back to life
During this week’s Empty Homes Week (28 February to 6 March), we are making the public aware of the steps it can take to bring empty homes back into use.
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Tuesday, 18 January 2022
Names revealed for Dunstable’s new flagship integrated health and care hub
We've revealed the new name of the flagship development currently under construction in Dunstable as the Grove View Integrated Health and Care Hub and Grove View Apartments.
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Thursday, 23 December 2021
Farrans Construction awarded the build contract for a new £50 million development that will see the realisation of an older person’s village in Flitwick
Farrans Construction awarded £50 million contract to build a new older person's village in Flitwick
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Monday, 8 November 2021
Warmer, greener homes on offer with an extra £3.9 million funding from the Green Homes Grant scheme
More Central Bedfordshire residents are set to benefit from the government’s Green Homes Grant Scheme, with funding available to install free loft and cavity wall insulation.
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Monday, 8 November 2021
We're proposing a change to social housing tenancies to give tenants more stability
We've reviewed our Tenancy Strategy and have launched a consultation on changing the length of the housing tenancies it offers.
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Thursday, 21 October 2021
Park home site owner fined over £20,000 for operating with unsafe electrics
The owner of a park home site in Caddington has been fined over £20,000, after we investigated.
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Thursday, 7 October 2021
Housing Minister pays a visit to Central Bedfordshire park home residents
Last week (Wednesday 29 September), we welcomed Housing Minister, Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP to a local park home to see ‘green’ improvements made to residents’ homes.
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Tuesday, 21 September 2021
One hundred park home residents benefit from £1million green homes grant to improve the thermal efficiency of their homes
A Green Homes Grant of £1m from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has been used to improve the energy efficiency of older, poorly insulated park homes.
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Thursday, 16 September 2021
Improving Park Home and Caravan Site Management in Central Bedfordshire – Fit and Proper Person Register
In 2013 the government introduced new laws to give tenants more protection and further regulation has now been introduced with stricter rules.
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Thursday, 2 September 2021
Owners of unlicensed shared housing fined £30,000 for fire safety breaches
The owners and manager of an unlicensed shared housing property have been issued with fines totalling £30,000, for putting the safety of their tenants at risk.
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Friday, 27 August 2021
Supporting Afghan refugees
Our thoughts go out to the families and individuals in Afghanistan affected by the current humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in the country.
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Wednesday, 5 May 2021
The go-ahead has been given for much-needed homes for older people in the Flitwick area
The plans for the site on Steppingley Road (the site of the former leisure centre) have been approved at our Development Management Committee today (5 May) and work could start in the autumn.
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Thursday, 25 February 2021
Park home cladding and insulation grant boosted by £4 million
We've extended our programme to enable the installation of cladding and insulation for park homes at an additional 12 sites across Central Bedfordshire.
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Friday, 11 December 2020
Park home residents to benefit from £1 million green homes grant
A new green homes grant, enabling the installation of cladding and insulation in park homes, has been launched after being approved by our Executive Committee this week.
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Friday, 16 October 2020
Planning consultation begins for new care home in Leighton Buzzard
We've just launched a planning consultation for feedback on a new care home in Leighton Buzzard – the first we'll have built in around 40 years.
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Monday, 13 July 2020
Local landlords – get expert advice in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic
As a landlord, you're invited to a Central Bedfordshire-wide virtual forum, to hear about new legislation and find out how we can support them.
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Thursday, 19 March 2020
Clamp down on unlicensed mobile home parks
We've successfully prosecuted another mobile home park owner for illegally operating two mobile home sites on Watling Street, Caddington without a licence.
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Wednesday, 8 January 2020
Thumbs up to homelessness and rough sleeping strategy
Plans to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in Central Bedfordshire over the next five years was approved at a meeting by the Council’s Executive yesterday (7 January).