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CommentIs building new housing enough?
Building new housing must be a top priority for any incoming government. However, we also need to achieve more for people and businesses
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Why the National Design Guide can improve our cities
Critics mused how it could sit within permitted development rules, but a standard for good practice in design is exactly what industry needs
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Cross-subsidy may be dead, but simply calling for more grant is not the answer – here’s what we should do
So, farewell to the cross-subsidy model. But did it ever exist, really?
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Build-to-rent: A new approach to retirement living
With the numbers of people over retirement age rising the next great challenge for the industry will be tackling later living
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Paradise lost? CPRE and the state of the green belt
The truth is if we’re going to deliver 300,000 homes a year, we’ll have to look some areas of green belt that are of poorer quality
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How we can meet the climate challenge
Together we can reach net zero whole life carbon in new housing
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The changes in local government are important for housebuilding – and here’s why
A new ‘super council’ in Buckinghamshire will mean developers and housebuilders will be able to create one vision and one plan covering the county
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Beauty is more than facade-deep
Beauty in the 21 st century is not about style, architectural ‘isms’ or methods of construction
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If we want more homes that people can afford, government investment will be essential
It’s a challenge, but it is one government will need to face
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To deliver the housing we need, we must improve local authorities’ understanding of PPP
Local authority appetite for property partnerships is increasing, but there is a still a gap to close in their understanding of the model
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The question of housing undersupply
With housebuilding yet again becoming a focal point, undersupply is proving to be a key concern
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On the quality trail
Our new columnist Ben Derbyshire believes construction’s culture needs to change
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International money is flowing into affordable housing — but is it helping increase supply?
An investigative film into the financialisation of housing asks questions of the UK market
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To create a successful later living sector, the UK must look to hospitality
In hospitality, there is a golden rule: the customer is always right - but that rule doesn’t exist in the property sector
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Housing crisis: Getting it right
Solving the housing crisis means building the right type as well as the right number of homes
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Spending round: Some money for housing is better than none
The spending round has done little to focus attention on solutions to the housing issue
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Rebuilding public faith in developers
We need to regain communities’ trust if we are to tackle the housing challenge, says Grosvenor’s Alex Robinson
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The residential market is stalling. But I'm taking the long view
We may be in a bit of a lull, but the relative inaction due to market uncertainty can’t last
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Trust me, I’m a developer
Many people do not trust private developers or local authorities – and this is based around many alarming misconceptions
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Co-living: the friendly future of UK housing?
The momentum behind co-living seems to be building and it could provide a way to help end the housing crisis
