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CommentHealthy Homes Standard: what the new daylight rules mean for affordable housing delivery
Daylight is no longer just a consideration if requested for planning, it is now an affordable housing funding issue, writes Mike Scanlan
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CommentWho really holds the power? Time to give tenants real influence over social landlords’ long-term priorities
The strengthened consumer regulatory regime has given tenants more leverage but this is not the same as power, argues Kai Jackson
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CommentWe must seize the renewed opportunity for regeneration in the north of England
Tracy Harrison welcomes the increasing shift in focus onto regeneration and sets out what the Northern Housing Consortium is doing to move the dial
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CommentWhy a new shared ownership mortgage staircasing model could unlock billions for housebuilding
Could a new 100% staircasing model for shared ownership, funded by using recycled capital grant funding and government guarantees, achieve additional supply without inflating house prices? Paul Hackett, who is working on the model, makes the case.
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CommentWe must strengthen national urban design guidance and apply it to greenfield developments
Government must go further to deliver a faster approval process and more efficient use of land as well as higher standards of urban design, a group of housing design experts writes
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CommentCompetence, conduct, and culture: Why housing standards matter more than ever
As a key consultation closes, Gavin Smart advises the government against downplaying the significance of the new competence and conduct requirements
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CommentWhat the government’s new supported housing strategy means for providers
The government has published its long-awaited strategy on supported housing. It is big on ambition yet pushes workload onto already-stretched local authorities, writes Charlotte Cook.
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CommentWhy ForHousing has launched a ‘tenant talent pool’
North-west housing association ForHousing has launched a new fast-track route into employment for its tenants. Jenny Neville explains how the programme will help strengthen the organisation while ensuring it is investing in people
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CommentNavigating the building safety levy: what housing developers need to know
Hannah Eastaff, Lydia Jones and Sarah Langworthy explain how a new tax will affect housing scheme viability
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CommentRight to Work scheme expansion: What housebuilders need to know
The government is planning to extend employer’s requirements to conduct immigration checks to include subcontractors and casual workers. Ilaria Iovieno and Devina Sanghera explain what this would mean for housebuilders.
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CommentHousebuilders’ sales teams must be clued up on competition rules and stick to them
The Competition and Markets Authority last year probed seven housebuilders suspected of exchanging competitively sensitive information.The watchdog’s executive director Juliette Enser explains what housebuilders need to do to avoid following into a similar trap.
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CommentSustainable travel is fundamental to whether a new development works
Too often developers treat transport considerations as just a box to tick, this must change writes Simon Vernan-Harcourt
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CommentThe sector must work together to change the narrative and tackle stigma
Too often people talk about social housing as a last resort and as a problem to be managed. Everybody loses as a result and this must change, writes Elly Hoult
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CommentShared ownership was built for London’s key workers - it’s time the rules caught up
Raising the income cap for shared ownership would be modest, cost-free and ensure the product works as intended, argues Richard Cook
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CommentCollaborate early, stay flexible and think programmatically: how to ensure SAHP bids accelerate delivery
The bidding for the government’s £39bn flagship affordable homes funding programme opens next Tuesday. Tony Woods looks at what tends to work in bids.
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CommentThe economic landscape for housebuilding is challenging – but are there any green shoots?
As taxes rise and growth slows Richard Jones looks for signs of optimism
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CommentThe newly liberated Building Safety Regulator must show it can help get safe homes built – and fast
The signs are promising that the relatively new leadership team can fix the BSR model and restore industry trust, but there is still some way to go, writes Charis Beverton
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CommentHousing associations must be at the centre of the government’s homelessness strategy
The government’s new plan fails to mention the role of registered providers in homelessness prevention through tenancy sustainment. But they have a key role to play, writes Mel Barrett
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CommentSomeone we can do business with: the Building Safety Regulator chair impresses wherever he goes
He’s less than a year into the job but in appointing Andy Roe, the government seems to have struck gold, writes Dave Rogers
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CommentWhy Clarion is putting the ‘five giants of opportunity’ at the centre of its corporate plan
Clarion last year published research inspired by the Beveridge report. David Orr explains what the G15 landlord is doing next