Andrew Jones MP met four Yorkshire Housing apprentices to find out more about their experience of starting work in the social housing sector. The Harrogate and Knaresborough MP, who is the apprenticeship ambassador in Parliament, met the four young people at Yorkshire Housing’s Harrogate office.
Andrew Jones MP asked the group about what it is like [...]
Locally Grown is helping social housing tenants in West and South Yorkshire to start up their own businesses
Sky-rocketing rents and house prices are stifling local businesses and making it difficult for them to recruit staff, according to employers around England.
A ComRes survey for the National Housing Federation found that nearly four in five employers say the lack of affordable housing is stalling economic growth in local communities, with 70% warning it would [...]
Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1 – 7 June. Yorkshire Housing would like to take the opportunity to say thank you to all our customers who give their time to support their community. Without your valuable contribution Yorkshire Housing would not be able to offer many of the services people may take for granted.
Mervyn Jones, [...]
Yorkshire Housing is supporting National Housing Federation’s Yes to Homes campaign. The campaign is calling for the right homes to be built, in the right place, at the right price, to solve Britain’s housing crisis.
The below video explains how the housing crisis is effecting different people, the examples will probably sound very familiar.
The National Housing [...]
Since 2010, our response to anti-social behaviour (ASB) has made a difference for our customers and neighbourhoods
Mervyn Jones, Chief Executive of Yorkshire Housing appeared on BBC Breakfast News on 17 May, as part of a report about the effect of the Bedroom Tax on tenants and the social housing market.
BBC Breakfast News reporter Jenny Hill visited Yorkshire Housing’s Raynville development, in Bramley, Leeds, where fourteen two and three bedroom houses are being [...]
Prospects aim to inspire success in individuals through dynamic and diverse education, guidance, training and employment services
Congratulations to Maggie Partridge, Needs Advice and Support Officer, based at Yorkshire Housing’s Harrogate office, who recently received a ‘Commended’ award in the Outstanding Contribution by an Individual category at the Foundations Awards 2013.
In the last two and a half years Maggie has managed to raise over £82,500 in charitable and benevolent funding. The money [...]
