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Could standard section 106 templates speed up delivery?

By Pete Canavan

A committee of MPs has called for national standardised section 106 templates. Pete Canavan assesses what impact this could have

We should stop apologising for building high-quality market homes – ‘moving chains’ lead to more affordable housing

By Paul Smith

Critics argue we should only build social homes, but building ‘luxury’ homes also makes homes in the market more affordable indirectly, argues Paul Smith

Why bringing quantity surveying in-house is about more than saving money
By Chris Todd
Healthy Homes Standard: what the new daylight rules mean for affordable housing delivery
By Mike Scanlan
Who really holds the power? Time to give tenants real influence over social landlords’ long-term priorities
By Kai Jackson
We must seize the renewed opportunity for regeneration in the north of England
By Tracy Harrison
Why a new shared ownership mortgage staircasing model could unlock billions for housebuilding
By Paul Hackett
We must strengthen national urban design guidance and apply it to greenfield developments
By Ben Derbyshire Lucy Montague Andrew Beharrell Andy von Bradsky Matthew Goulcher
Competence, conduct, and culture: Why housing standards matter more than ever
By Gavin Smart
What the government’s new supported housing strategy means for providers
By Charlotte Cook
Why ForHousing has launched a ‘tenant talent pool’
By Jenny Neville
Navigating the building safety levy: what housing developers need to know
By Hannah Eastaff, Lydia Jones and Sarah Langworthy
Right to Work scheme expansion: What housebuilders need to know
By Ilaria Iovieno and Devina Sanghera
Housebuilders’ sales teams must be clued up on competition rules and stick to them
By Juliette Enser

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