All fair deal for housing articles
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CommentWhy the levelling up bill may hold back housing delivery
Proposed changes to the primacy of the development plan and removal of the duty to co-operate are causes for concern to housing delivery, warns Jason Towell
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In Focus
A Fair Deal for Housing: Ideas Zone
Find out what individual organisations are calling for to ramp up housebuilding
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Inside the council planning department resource crisis
Hold ups in the planning system are increasingly cited by housebuilders as a major barrier to development. Emily Twinch talks to planners about what is really happening on the ground
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News
Ignore the nimbys and build, says boss of right-leaning thinktank
Robert Colvile says only a “big stick” from government will get enough homes built
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The nutrient neutrality ‘fix’ won’t break development deadlock
The government’s new package of support to get housebuilding going won’t work in the short or medium term and is a missed opportunity to help SME builders, writes David Lohfink
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We need clarity on the Infrastructure Levy
The government’s plan to scrap the section 106 and community infrastructure levy and replace it with a general levy raises some fundamental questions, writes Ian Fletcher
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Dame Margaret Beckett backs A Fair Deal for Housing
Labour heavyweight says lack of housing is one “of the greatest problems’ facing the country
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We need a long-term strategy so we can agree on what good looks like
We must deliver 300,000 homes a year but we also need an easily understood, national housing plan, argues David Orr
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Ministers must take long-term, difficult decisions to boost housebuilding
Ministers can secure A Fair Deal for Housing by limiting house price inflation, reforming housing taxation and using compulsory purchase powers to capture land value uplift for affordable housing, writes Matthew Bailes
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The push for 300,000 homes: interview with Lord Stunell
Lib Dem grandee Lord Andrew Stunell explains why his party isn’t anti-development and how he would increase housing delivery to 300,000 homes a year.
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Tory leadership candidate pledges to ditch 300k housing target
Foreign secretary Liz Truss said “Whitehall-inspired” housing targets were “Stalinist”
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Housing desperately needs long term strategy
As the housing development sector backs Housing Today’s A Fair Deal for Housing project, Colm Lacey argues for a new strategy to make the delivery of affordable housing more certain and commercially attractive.
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New housing secretary acts to ‘re-set’ relationship with housebuilders
Greg Clark has phone call with HBF in first days, contrasting with Gove’s refusal to speak with body at all
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In Focus
How do we stop the nutrient neutrality problem holding up development?
Thousands of homes across are on hold due to new ‘nutrient neutrality’ rules. In a special long-read for our A Fair Deal for Housing campaign, Joey Gardiner investigates the root of the problem
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New homes have been demonised for too long
We must not be afraid to advocate for the benefits of new homes, argues Paul Smith
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Gove’s tenure was not dull – but his successor must focus on housing delivery
Michael Gove achieved much in his 10 months as housing secretary, particularly on building safety. But now the focus must also include helping housing developers build more homes, argues Carl Brown
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300,000 homes a year is achievable if we can remove barriers to delivery
The housebuilding sector is capable of ramping up its output but it needs substantial government support, argues Lord Richard Best
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Later living sector backs A Fair Deal for Housing
McCarthy Stone and membership body ARCO join Churchill Retirement Living in calling for 300,000 homes a year
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The time has come to get building
When it comes to building sorely-needed new affordable housing, it is time to translate words into action and Housing Today’s A Fair Deal for Housing is a good first step, writes Geeta Nanda
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In Focus
Making SME house builders great again
As part of Housing Today’s A Fair Deal for Housing campaign to get Britain building 300,000 homes a year, Emily Twinch looks at the difficulties for SME builders in the current environment
