All Housing Today articles in April 2022 – Page 5
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Havering approves plans for 972-home Romford regen scheme
Impact Developments secures ‘resolution to grant planning permission’ for £350m Rom Valley Gardens project
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L&Q completes more than 4,000 homes in ‘bumper year’
Record completions for any housing association ahead of expected drop off in build rate
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Pickles complains about being questioned at Grenfell Inquiry as he had ‘busy day’ planned
Former housing minister told QC this morning to ‘use your time wisely’ as he had a ’number of international guests coming in to see me’
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Fire safety review not delayed by deregulation drive, Eric Pickles tells Grenfell inquiry
Former housing secretary calls claims made by officials they were hampered by red tape cuts “ludicrous”
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UK house prices rise for ninth month in a row, says Halifax
House prices in the UK went up 1.4% from February to March, the biggest increase for six months, according to the lender Halifax
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Countryside to cut staff and stage MMC ‘volte-face’
Boss of partnerships housebuilder blames poor performance on too rapid expansion and modular facilities
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Scottish Government gives £500m Edinburgh development final approval
New community Redheughs village will deliver 1,350 homes, 330 affordable, for the west of Edinburgh
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In Focus
Gove cladding deal tracker: how much extra will each housebuilder pay?
Major housebuilders have been announcing they have signed up to Michael Gove’s cladding deal, with some providing estimates of the likely hit to their finances. Here are the key cost details from the statements so far in one place.
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UPDATED: Bellway, Vistry and Countryside latest to sign cladding costs pledge
10 housebuilders have now publicly confirmed they are signing up to Michael Gove’s deal as 53 firms ‘asked to pay up’
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Investment in UK build-to-rent leaps 50%, says research
Consultancy firm JLL said £1.7b built-to-rent investment deals were made in the UK in the first quarter of 2022
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Former minister says government had ‘completely false’ idea of fire safety before Grenfell
Gavin Barwell says there was a “clear presumption” that review of building regulations was not life critical
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Three HAs in merger talks to create £370m-turnover organisation
Flagship, Futures and BPHA enter three-way merger discussions
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Growth in housebuilding activity slowed in March
Construction sector confidence slumps to 17 month low accoridng to latest data from purchasing managers
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Forward funding deal for Watkin Jones’ 551-home Brum build to rent scheme
The £136m deal between Watkin Jones and Get Living will deliver 47 affordable homes for the centre of Birmingham.
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Inland Homes MD steps down with ‘immediate effect’
Firm gives no reason for ’terminating’ employment of long-time MD Gary Skinner
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Persimmon signs up to Gove cladding deal
Firm confirms ’developer pledge’ will see housebuilders repair blocks going back 30 years, as revealed by Housing Today
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Council-owned company submits rejigged plans for 8,500-home garden village
Folkestone & Hythe District Council pushes ahead with plans for 800-hectare Otterpool Park scheme
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Former minister in charge of building regulations had never heard of flawed fire rating
Stephen Williams says he only learned of banned Class 0 rating at yesterday’s hearing of Grenfell Inquiry
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UK’s poor quality housing causes ‘excess winter deaths’, report finds
Legal & General and the UCL Institute of Health Equity said in their review housing providers needed to think of the neighbourhoods they were creating as well as the homes when building
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Crest Nicholson signs Gove’s ‘building safety pledge’ to fix tower blocks
Housebuilder first to confirm it will sign agreement and estimates cost will be £80m to £120m