All Housing Today articles in April 2020 – Page 4
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NewsHousing secretary approves huge Vauxhall towers
Twin Vauxhall Cross towers designed by Zaha Hadid Architects will deliver 257 homes but breach local height restriction
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CPDCPD 3 2020: Designing daylight solutions for commercial buildings
This CPD, sponsored by VELUX Commercial, looks at how lighting affects health and wellbeing for those working in offices, hotels, transport and industrial buildings
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NewsHomes England invests in development pipeline despite pandemic
Agency bought 19 sites worth £180m in last financial year, with deals signed right up to this month
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NewsMore listed housebuilders furlough workers
Bellway, McCarthy Stone and Vistry stand down staff as Barratt confirms majority of 4,300 employees affected
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NewsHousing secretary under pressure over ‘second home’ trip
Robert Jenrick justifies 100-mile trip by claiming Herefordshire property is his family home
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NewsKerslake calls on government to consider Help to Buy extension
Former head of the civil service says the government should also look at increasing grant rates in response to covid crisis
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CommentWhy continuing to invest in housebuilding makes economic sense
The social housing sector continues to raise cash as demand isn’t going away. The government should step in and lend a hand
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NewsArchitects campaign to stop CLT ban
Group of housing designers call on government to rethink “combustibles ban” so it allows use of structural timber
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NewsGLA pledges London housing recovery plan
Deputy mayor for housing Tom Copley promises to get London building at “pace and scale” once safe to do so
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NewsRedrow furloughs 1,800 staff
Housebuilder says 80% of staff now stood down as it secures £300m government-backed loan
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NewsHouse sales fall at “fastest ever rate”, says RICS
Surveyors’ monthly survey finds expectations of home sales slumped to their lowest ever level in March
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NewsBarratt, Crest and Countryside all furlough staff
Taylor Wimpey also understood to be poised to temporarily stand down staff in wake of covid-19 shutdown
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NewsFour-fifths of UK housebuilding work halted
Analysis by estate agent Savills finds schemes capable of delivering 193,000 homes stopped in wake of covid-19 crisis
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NewsTaylor Wimpey to 'forward fund' suppliers during lockdown
Self-employed workers to be paid up to £600 a month in order to retain them for the recovery
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NewsStarmer appoints Labour shadow housing minister
Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire named after incumbent John Healey moved to defence role
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NewsGleeson looks to raise £16m for post-covid recovery
Firm to issue new shares to pay for acceleration of key worker housebuilding once coronavirus restrictions are lifted
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NewsUnite downgrades value of its 40,000 student homes
Student accomodation developer the first resi property firm to issue downgrade in coronavirus pandemic
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NewsScottish government bans housebuilding
Holyrood publishes list of “essential” construction work which makes clear housebuilding should cease during pandemic
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CommentWhat will happen to house prices once the lockdown is over?
Coronavirus could fast forward structural changes to house prices by 10 years