SLH has signed up to a National Housing Federation campaign to increase house building in rural areas by as much as 6% per year, which will be officially launched during the Federations Rural Housing Week which takes place between 3-7th July 2017. The aim of the week is to highlight rural housing issues and to […]
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Stepping up to deliver 152,000 homes
SLH’s new homes are part of 88,000 being built by PlaceShapers in the next five years. PlaceShapers is a network of more than 100 community focused housing associations. Its new We Build report sets out the increasing contribution that members have made – and will make – to solving the housing crisis. In the next five […]
Read MoreFire Safety
The thoughts of everyone connected to South Lakes Housing go out to all those affected by the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in West London. In light of this tragedy, SLH wish to reassure our tenants and leaseholders that we take Fire Safety and Prevention extremely seriously and wish to take this opportunity to advise […]
Read MoreTenant Newsletter
Today we publish a special South Lakes 5 year Magazine. Read all about our investment in homes and plans for the future. The newsletter shows where we have invested £54 million into homes since 2012 and how we are getting better value for money. It also shows plans for the future including; constitutional changes at Board level, a further £5.3 million […]
Read MoreNew opening hours for our Ulverston office
From 3rd April 2017 our office will now be open at the following times every week Monday 9.00am 1.00pm Tuesday 1.00pm 5.00pm Thursday 9.00am 5.00pm During other times the office will only be open to the public by prior appointment. If you need to contact South Lakes Housing outside the new office times […]
Read More£54 million invested into homes
South Lakes Housing (SLH) has completed its promises to tenants as a result of a £54 million pound investment into the housing stock following the transfer of homes from South Lakeland District Council five years ago. The company will celebrate its 5th year anniversary on the 5th March. The independently run local housing association was […]
Read MoreVoluntary Position: Non-Executive Director
South Lakes Housing is approaching its 5th anniversary as an independent Housing Association and has ambitious plans for its future. We are looking to appoint forward thinking Directors to our Board to help drive our ambitions. We are particularly looking for directors with high level commercial/management experience and those with experience/expertise in finance and treasury, […]
Read MoreQueen Katherine School tea party
Students at Queen Katherine School, hosted a festive Tea Party for South Lakes Housings sheltered housing tenants and students from Sandgate School. The staff and students at Queen Katherine School had been busy preparing for the event for several months by making decorations, crackers and learning how to host an afternoon tea. Tea was served […]
Read MoreOne year after the floods
The Storm Desmond event of the 5th December 2015 led to 60 SLH homes being flooded from a range of sources including; surface water run-off from the fells, river flooding and ground water flooding. 39 households required alternative temporary accommodation with Kendal being the worst affected area. Two sheltered schemes were also badly affected including a […]
Read More£1,030 raised for Growing Well Charity
SLH organised a gin tasting evening to raise money for Growing Well, a local charity who work with people who are in recovery from mental health. The event took advantage of the growing popularity of gin and managed to raise money through selling tickets to the event and also holding a raffle on the night […]
Read MoreCourt action taken against anti-social tenants
South Lakes Housing (SLH) has been granted two injunctions for anti-social behavior within the last few weeks. SLH obtained an injunction against Mark Beckford of Jenkin Rise, Kendal on the 21st of October 2016. SLH first received complaints about noise nuisance in November 2015 which SLH tried to solve by installing insulation between the flats. SLH […]
Read MoreWaterside redevelopment
SLH is about to begin works to redevelop an estate in the heart of Kendal town centre. The Waterside redevelopment will see; six ‘2 bedroom’ houses, four ‘2 bedroom’ flats and four ‘3 bedroom’ houses being built on the site of the existing garage blocks on Dowkers Lane. The plans have been drawn up following extensive consultation […]
Read MoreFlood hit sheltered schemes reopened
Two sheltered housing schemes owned by South Lakes Housing (SLH) have been refurbished following the damage caused by storm Desmond on 5th December 2015. At Birthwaite in Windermere, eight ground floor flats were flooded and at Edgecombe Court in Kendal four were flooded. In total, the floods severely damaged 60 of SLHs properties with the […]
Read MoreAward for ‘dementia friendly’ Birthwaite Sheltered Housing Scheme
Birthwaite Sheltered Housing Scheme has been recognised at a Northern Housing Consortium awards ceremony for ‘Building Healthier Communities’. The prize was collected by Alison Kinnon (Assistant Director of Customers & Communities) and Tina Armitage (Senior Scheme Manager) at the Northern Silver Screen awards in Blackpool on 9th June 2016. Housing an ageing population is a massive […]
Read MoreChanges to sheltered services underway
South Lakes Housing (SLH) is planning changes to its sheltered service to older residents in order to make it more sustainable and affordable in the future. It has recently consulted residents living in its 12 sheltered schemes about delivering the service in a different way, possibly introducing a new Independent Living Service to be made […]
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