All fair deal for housing articles – Page 3
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CommentBoosting SME builders would have the biggest impact on housing delivery
The government must do much more to encourage smaller builders to contribute to delivery and making it easier for them to access land would be a good start, argues Richard Jones
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CommentSimon Clarke must urgently press ahead with planning reform
The high turnover of housing secretaries is leading to planning reform hiatus, so the new holder of the post must clarify his plans early, writes Paul Smith
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In FocusWhat the housing development sector wants from Liz Truss
Liz Truss has entered number 10. But what are housing developers looking for from her government?
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CommentWhat the rent cap will mean for social landlords
Introducing a cap on the amount by which housing associations can raise rents could jeopardise investor faith in the sector for a generation and have a disproportionate effect on new build social housing, argue Andrew Cowan, Gemma Bell and Jonathan Corris
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In FocusRural housing: Solving the escape from the country
John Sneddon Tetlow King says communities would more likely accept new homes if they only went to people with a local connection
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In FocusLeading the pack: an interview with L&Q’s Fiona Fletcher-Smith
The boss of the UK’s largest housing association developer L&Q talks to Carl Brown about net zero, her frustrations with government and plans for expansion in the north west
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CommentThe green belt is strangling the life out of planning
The ‘green belt’ concept is misunderstood, polarising and toxic and needs to be reimagined for the 21st century, argues Samuel Stafford
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CommentTruss or Sunak must keep 300,000-home target and make building affordable
Homes are becoming too expensive to build in many parts of the UK and we need tangible policies backed up with ambitious targets to tackle the problem, argues Lauren Atkins
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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 FocusA Fair Deal for Housing: Ideas Zone
Find out what individual organisations are calling for to ramp up housebuilding
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In FocusInside 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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NewsIgnore 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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CommentThe 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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CommentWe 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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NewsDame 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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CommentWe 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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CommentMinisters 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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In FocusThe 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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NewsTory leadership candidate pledges to ditch 300k housing target
Foreign secretary Liz Truss said “Whitehall-inspired” housing targets were “Stalinist”
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CommentHousing 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.