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The Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust has been named as one of the Times Best Companies Accreditation ‘Ones to Watch’ 2012. The Trust, a not-for-profit Registered Social Landlord providing affordable homes in Aylesbury Vale, was assessed through the Times Best Companies’ unique employee evaluation, which identifies workplace performance and best practice according to eight key [...] Full story »

From Monday 13th February to Friday 16th March 2012, the Aylesbury Vale Community Safety Partnership will be seeking the views of local residents and businesses on crime and anti-social behaviour to help set the priorities for the forthcoming year. The Partnership would like to find out what types of crimes are of concern and has [...] Full story »

  The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has confirmed that the Trust is one of their champions for change for the South Eastern region. The Trust takes this significant role along with Thrive Homes of Watford.   Housing Associations like the Trust, are regulated by the Tenant Services Authority (TSA), but this will cease on 31 [...] Full story »

It has been necessary to reschedule the walkabout for Soulbury, originally due to go ahead on 27 June. There will now be a walkabout in Soulbury on Tuesday 3 July, starting at 9.30am. See schedule page for more details. Residents are always welcome to join us on walkabouts. You may also download the results of [...] Full story »

Carol Reeves is settling in to her bright new flat, with its spacious, open plan kitchen and living room, accessible wet room and garden views. Carol is the first resident of the Trust’s new extra care unit at Silverdale, Willow House, which was built on brown-field land between Wharton and Westbury Houses at the supported [...] Full story »

People in Aylesbury and the surrounding areas are now one step closer to getting on the property ladder with the release of two Shared Ownership properties in Stone. The two properties are the first built by the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust under its new Shared Ownership programme, which has been established to make quality [...] Full story »

IS UNIVERSITY THE ONLY WAY TO GET AHEAD? – ‘NO!’ says Dean Gill, Director of Property and Development at the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust, who is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week this week (6-10 February 2012). Dean, who was instrumental in launching the Trust’s first ever apprenticeship programme in 2011, explains: ‘I can confidently say [...] Full story »

The January edition of Residents News (issue 23) is now available. In this issue: Important news of the Rent Rise in April 2012 Furnished Tenancies Affordable Rents Explained Warm Home Discount Scheme Click here for the January edition Full story »

Five key local charities are £1,000 better off, thanks to Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust’s 5th anniversary celebrations. Florence Nightingale Hospice Trust, Stoke Mandeville Hospital Neonatal Unit, Young Carers Bucks, Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust and Aylesbury Homeless Action Group were each presented with their donation at a special reception at Fairfax House. [...] Full story »

The Background The Coalition Government announced a series of cost saving plans in the 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) – a Treasury-led process that allocates resources, based on the Government’s priorities, across all government departments. The affordable housing budget, which housing associations use to build new homes, has been drastically reduced by approximately 48% – [...] Full story »