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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

South Lakes Housings (SLH) heating partnership with Rogerson Homeserve has been awarded a Gold Award at the Morgan Lambert Gas Safety Awards 2016.  The team collected the accolade at the Annual Gas Safety Conference on 2nd June 2016. Rogerson Homeserve has worked in partnership with SLH since 2012 and the contract includes gas servicing and […]

The Chair of the National Housing Federation Diana Warwick is coming to the South Lakes on 28th April to see for herself the local housing challenges and the good work being undertaken by housing associations. Her trip will include visiting a number of development sites, checking the progress of flood recovery work at one of South […]

Elderly residents are due to start moving back in to flats at their sheltered housing scheme in Windermere after being flooded out during Storm Desmond in December. Eight ground floor flats, along with the communal lounge and kitchen areas, were flooded at the South Lakes Housing (SLH) owned Birthwaite sheltered accommodation during the height of […]

We have purchased 16 new homes from developers Story Homes and Russell Armer over the past few weeks at Allithwaite Road in Grange over Sands and Natland Road in Kendal bringing the total number of new homes developed to 26 so far this financial year. Following the completion of the Jubilee Close scheme in Kirkby […]