Leeds housing providers now have access to the AVAIL Housing Hub, a cutting-edge initiative introduced by Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS).
This innovative hub is tailored to support housing providers in their mission to deliver safe and high-quality social housing to the local community.
It offers a comprehensive suite of services, including material procurement, advanced stock management technology, efficient waste disposal solutions, and expert training. These resources are strategically designed to help address the multifaceted challenges associated with contemporary social housing, such as evolving legal requirements, prioritising health and safety, managing cost fluctuations, and adhering to decarbonisation regulations.
Wealth of products
A wealth of products for construction, maintenance and repairs will be made available to customers via the hub’s large external yard and warehouse. JPS will apply its automated replenishment technology to ensure levels of stock – which are specifically selected to support social landlords with their key challenges – are always maintained.
A fleet of vehicles are available for delivery of products and materials to different sites and properties, either direct to operative or to AVAIL’s Smart Collection points located at convenient spots around the city.
Drop and go waste
In coming months, the hub will include an on-site ‘drop and go’ waste offer, allowing users to save valuable time in the usual waste separation process, as well as a training academy, available to any AVAIL Housing Hub customer and their tenants, offering training on new product launches and construction processes. Courses will also be available for 16–24-year-olds looking to enter the job market, delivered in conjunction with charity YouthBuild.
Social housing plays an important role in Leeds, with 54,000 council-owned dwellings in the city and a commitment in place to build 1,500 more by 2025 through the House Growth Programme. The hub is located in Seacroft, where 70 per cent of households are classed as living in deprivation – the fourth most deprived area in the city.
JPS officially opened the doors to the Leeds hub at the end of September, at an event attended by a wealth of building materials suppliers, contractors and local housing associations.
Raising standards
Scott Cooper, managing director of JPS, said: “From rising material costs and a shortage of labour, to environmental targets and a need to improve the comfort and energy efficiency of homes, housing associations are feeling more pressure than ever before to provide better housing for less while simultaneously raising the standards of their properties.
“The roll-out of our AVAIL Housing Hubs is designed to make our customers’ lives easier in the face of these challenges, which we know are especially prevalent in Leeds. We want to offer social housing providers a way of working that will save them money, while also providing the guidance they need to select the products required to deliver the homes of the future.
“The AVAIL Housing Hub model brings all of that under one roof, and will enable us to act as a supply partner to housing associations in Leeds, helping them deliver on their objectives for the people who need it most.”
The hub in Leeds is open now. For more information, visit https://www.
