Monthly Archives: October 2017

An issue often faced by social landlords is having a fenestration partner they can rely on for responsive maintenance in quick turnaround. Whether this is caused by break-in, damage, breach of legislation or replacing old, draughty product, Profix offers a responsive service as part of our #onecall promise. Through over 25 years’ experience working within the social housing sector, Profix has developed the #onecall service to ensure we can supply any window and door product, control the entire process and keep disruption to a minimum. When it comes to responsive maintenance, from the point of access to the property, we work on a 10 working day turnaround for standard products and 15 working days for fire.

Wednesday’s announcement that an additional £2billion in funds is going to be made available to build more social and affordable housing made great headline news for our industry in general. There is a renowned national shortfall in housing, particularly in the level of affordable homes available to rent or buy. Social rent is genuinely more affordable for those on a lower income, but the rapid fall in houses being built or acquired for social rent has meant the total number of extra homes categorised as "affordable" has been on a downward trend. It is interesting that councils will be encouraged to engage in providing certainty over future rent levels and thus, hopefully play a larger.