News Releases

Green Lights for FWHG (Release Date - 04/08/2008)

First Wessex Housing Group is delighted to have received four green lights in the latest Housing Corporation assessment of the Group, published on the Corporations website on July 29th.

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Residents move in to cutting-edge homes (Release Date - 16/07/2008)

Portsmouth Housing Association (PHA) is welcoming people moving into Collins Place, at Victoria Road North, a 7.1 million pounds project built using a modern building technique which slots rooms together like building blocks to form flats cutting the cost of constructing the one and two-bedroom homes and reducing building work disruption on the local area.

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Empty Homes Campaign (Release Date - 27/06/2008)

A Portsmouth Housing Association (PHA) employee working to ease the plight of homeless families has urged city residents to help her project by reporting empty properties.

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Charity Abseil Event (Release Date - 27/06/2008)

Intrepid fundraisers abseiled down the side of Portsmouth Housing Associations 20-metre high Peninsular House to support homeless people in the developing world.

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New Home in Old Museum (Release Date - 27/06/2008)

If you think your home has some unusual features you should see where Aaron Bailey lives. For Aarons new home was once a museum commemorating a Portsmouth workhouse for the poor people of the city.

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Skills Project Supports Thousands (Release Date - 25/06/2008)

A major adult education project involving Portsmouth Housing Association (PHA) has helped thousands of people in the south east gain new skills and confidence.

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Day Out for New Residents' Group (Release Date - 17/06/2008)

A new residents group at Lee-on-the-Solent got off to a great start with a trip to Paultons Park theme park near Romsey.

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Football at Rowner (Release Date - 17/06/2008)

Portsmouth Housing Association (PHA) and a residents charity joined together to run free football training sessions at Gosport for local children.

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Jobs Boost for Portsmouth (Release Date - 23/04/2008)

Portsmouths economy has received a jobs boost with the opening of a new state-of-the-art depot to maintain the homes and gardens of thousands of people across the city.

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New Scheme for Deaf Sign Language Users (Release Date - 23/04/2008)

A new purpose-built housing scheme for deaf sign language users has been opened in the New Forest. The property, the only one of its kind in Hampshire, was developed by First Atlantic Housing, part of the First Wessex Housing Group, in partnership with Hampshire County Councils Adult Services Department and New Forest District Council.

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Affordable Housing Plans (Release Date - 12/07/2007)

Local Housing Group welcomes Prime Minister's plans to tackle shortage of Affordable Housing.

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Housing Groups Join Together (Release Date - 03/04/2007)

Housing groups join to bring enhanced services and value for money to residents

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