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South Lakes Housing (SLH) has completed its promises to tenants as a result of a £54 million pound investment into the housing stock following the transfer of homes from South Lakeland District Council five years ago. The company will celebrate its 5th year anniversary on the 5th March. The independently run local housing association was […]

South Lakes Housing is approaching its 5th anniversary as an independent Housing Association and has ambitious plans for its future. We are looking to appoint forward thinking Directors to our Board to help drive our ambitions. We are particularly looking for directors with high level commercial/management experience and those with experience/expertise in finance and treasury, […]

Students at Queen Katherine School, hosted a festive Tea Party for South Lakes Housings sheltered housing tenants and students from Sandgate School. The staff and students at Queen Katherine School had been busy preparing for the event for several months by making decorations, crackers and learning how to host an afternoon tea. Tea was served […]

The Storm Desmond event of the 5th December 2015 led to 60 SLH homes being flooded from a range of sources including; surface water run-off from the fells, river flooding and ground water flooding. 39 households required alternative temporary accommodation with Kendal being the worst affected area. Two sheltered schemes were also badly affected including a […]

SLH organised a gin tasting evening to raise money for Growing Well, a local charity who work with people who are in recovery from mental health. The event took advantage of the growing popularity of gin and managed to raise money through selling tickets to the event and also holding a raffle on the night […]

South Lakes Housing (SLH) has been granted two injunctions for anti-social behavior within the last few weeks. SLH obtained an injunction against Mark Beckford of Jenkin Rise, Kendal on the 21st of October 2016. SLH first received complaints about noise nuisance in November 2015 which SLH tried to solve by installing insulation between the flats. SLH […]

SLH is about to begin works to redevelop an estate in the heart of Kendal town centre. The Waterside redevelopment will see; six ‘2 bedroom’ houses, four ‘2 bedroom’ flats and four ‘3 bedroom’ houses being built on the site of the existing garage blocks on Dowkers Lane. The plans have been drawn up following extensive consultation […]

Two sheltered housing schemes owned by South Lakes Housing (SLH) have been refurbished following the damage caused by storm Desmond on 5th December 2015. At Birthwaite in Windermere, eight ground floor flats were flooded and at Edgecombe Court in Kendal four were flooded. In total, the floods severely damaged 60 of SLHs properties with the […]