UK housing associations offer framework worth up to £400m to eBay-for-plumbers startup (but it won't get to keep it all)

'Equity-backed' DB-'n'-services biz hooks up tenants with vetted local repair shops

A group of UK housing associations has awarded a framework contract worth up to 400m to property technology company Plentific, in part to help build a trading platform for folks to come in and do repairs and maintenance in people's homes....