All general election articles
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Labour vows to end ‘bidding wars’ in the private rented sector
Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves will outline Labour’s rental and housing reforms in an announcement today
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Public believes more upfront investment in infrastructure needed to support social housebuilding, survey finds
Places for People’s pre-election survey found that more than 50% of people worry about the strain that housebuilding would put on existing infrastructure
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House prices flat as sellers pause plans until after election
The prices in five of the six cheapest areas reached record highs
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Places for People joins call for next government to build 90,000 social homes a year
A recent PfP survey found over three-quarters of people believe more social rented homes are needed to tackle homelessness
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Shelter calls on ‘political parties of all stripes’ to commit to building 90,000 social rented homes per year
Analysis of government data shows that social rent home losses have surpassed 250,000 in a decade
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Northern Housing Consortium sets out offer for new partnership with the next government
The NHC key asks of the next government include 10-year funding deals for regeneration and retrofit
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Nationwide reports ‘modest rebound’ in house prices with 0.4% growth in May
Bank’s chief economist says market showing resilience with election not expected to generate significant change
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Highest number of homes on the market in eight years, Zoopla says
But election could ‘increase uncertainty’ and stall market activity
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Report commissioned by Labour proposes introduction of private rent caps
Labour has responded to the report stating that rent controls are not official party policy but that action does need to be taken to protect renters
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CIH Brighton: Homes England ‘building up pipeline to push for funding programme post-election’
Agency keen to demonstrate appetite from sector after hundreds of millions handed back last year
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Labour to unveil golden rules for building on ‘grey belt’
The policy has the potential to unlock land to build hundreds of thousands of new homes, says Knight Frank
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Building 90,000 new social homes a year ‘could boost British economy by £50bn’
Ahead of the general election, the NHF and Shelter are urging political parties to commit to a long-term plan which prioritises social housing
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Affordable housing loan scheme gets extra £3bn to build 20,000 new homes
Gove unveils pre-election plans to address the housing crisis, including brownfield planning reforms
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Seven in 10 housebuilders want Labour to win next election, says Knight Frank
The property consultancy has also identified 11,000 “grey belt” sites with capacity for up to 200,000 new homes
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Government should create £4bn Housing Accelerator Fund, says Housing Forum
The fund would deliver 60,000 new affordable rented homes and more than halve homelessness
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NHF calls for social housing development funding overhaul
New NHF long-term plan says that government funding rules currently act against investment in social housing