All Housing Today articles in August 2019
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News
Councils forced to spell out details of CIL deals
Housing minister said residents shouldn’t be left ‘in the dark’ over how much councils receive from developers
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Hyde sees annual surplus soar
Housing association posts surplus of nearly £135m, up almost a third
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LSE academic develops ‘social value’ housing framework
Catalyst for team led by professor Anne Power was Home Group’s Rayners Lane estate regeneration
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Kensington & Chelsea seeks contractors to build 600 homes
New framework covers housebuilding, repair and maintenance activity
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Repair spending on public housing falls to all-time low
Spending has fallen by £2.2bn in the past two decades, says Scape Group study
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Aster bolsters spending plans after profit hike
Repair and housebuilding activity to be kept up after housing association sees revenue rise
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CPD
CPD 12 2019: Facade design – safety, aesthetics and practicalities
This CPD, sponsored by Siderise, outlines developments in cladding used in high-rise residential tower blocks and examines the testing involved prior to installation
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Blackpool signs up local contractor for £10m council homes job
Council said new homes will replace 81 run-down flats
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Local councils ‘must be more interventionist to deliver government’s housing target’
Galliford Try boss says local authorities were ‘fundamental’ to 300,000 homes a year goal
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In Focus
Councils: The new master developers
The £600m recently granted for housing infrastructure is a leap forward for local authorities and need not shut out the private sector either
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Government’s shared ownership reforms ‘won’t boost housing numbers’
Industry figures warn proposals lack detail and will only ramp up prices
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L&G’s Guild Living acquires 300-homes site
Later living developer buys 2.5-acre site in Walton-on-Thames
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Homes plan for Historic England site moves closer
Housing scheme gears up as charity seeks contractor
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L&Q calls for ‘close co-operation’ over competency transition
Housing association’s fire chief urges government and industry to work together amid fears costs could rise due to labour shortages
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Galliard gets go-ahead for Bermondsey resi scheme
Newham Yards scheme is housing developer’s latest of a series in the capital
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Former psychiatric asylum to be transformed into 450 homes
Sunnyside Royal Hospital sits in 64 acres of land near Montrose
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Comment
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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News
Brick by Brick to lend community land trust a hand on housing scheme
The Crystal Palace CLT won a council-run competition to develop a site in Upper Norwood known as The Lawns
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Local Government Association urges Right to Buy reform
Chancellor urged to relax rules so local authorities can keep all the receipts from council house sales