Housing delivery

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Social rent starts funded by Homes England up 43% year-on-year

2025-07-04T09:43:00+01:00

New social rented homes figure at highest for years as shared ownership starts fall

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Stonewater agrees £75m loan with RBS

2025-07-04T09:41:00+01:00

Interest rate will be linked to sustainability targets

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Gleeson’s housebuilding CEO departs after margins fail to improve

2025-07-04T09:33:00+01:00

Review identified need for management and organisational changes following cost overruns

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One year of Labour — are we likely to get Britain building again?

2025-07-04T06:00:00+01:00

Starmer’s administration has made a good start, but the next 12 months will determine whether we see real impact on the ground, writes Spencer J McCarthy

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Government launches £12m council housebuilding skills and capacity programme

2025-07-02T21:41:00+01:00

Pennycook says he is “acting to restore the capacity of council workforces to deliver.”

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MHCLG to work with sector to design £2.5bn low cost loans over the summer

2025-07-02T15:13:00+01:00

Loans could be deployed as part of an ‘amortising grant’ or ’repayable subsidy’ model proposed by Housing Today and the G15

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At-a-glance: What we know about the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme so far

2025-07-02T13:53:00+01:00

Fresh details are emerging today about the government’s flagship affordable housing funding programme, including the timings of the prospectus, the London split and use of funds.

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Rayner’s delayed homes penalty will slow down building, says the Housing Forum

2025-06-24T08:37:00+01:00

Members’ organisation claims latest government plans will backfire and undo positive recent work

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Government confirms equal access to building safety funding for social landlords

2025-06-11T13:13:00+01:00

Peabody and Southern CEOs welcome announcement

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Reeves to announce £39bn Affordable Homes Programme and 10-year rent settlement

2025-06-11T00:00:00+01:00

Treasury also confirms CPI plus 1% annual rent rises and a consultation on convergence in a major win for the affordable housing sector

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Bellway increases completions forecast after ‘robust’ spring selling season

2025-06-10T09:53:00+01:00

Housebuilder reports strong demand in second half of year

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MHCLG to push ahead with requirement for larger sites to be mixed-tenure

2025-05-27T09:09:00+01:00

Department says build out is faster on mixed-tenure sites and is seeking feedback on what the threshold should be

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Sage Homes raises £270m through sustainable bond

2025-05-21T09:58:00+01:00

For-profit provider aiming to deliver 30,000 homes by 2030

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New towns housebuilders to be stopped from ‘diluting’ design or housing mix, taskforce chair warns

2025-05-21T07:49:00+01:00

Michael Lyons tells UKREiiF conference that working on government’s 10,000-home developments will come with ‘clear expectations’ around design and mix

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Crown Estate signs development JV with Lendlease which could deliver 26,000 homes

2025-05-19T10:15:00+01:00

Six major schemes in London and Birmingham named in deal

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A vision for 150,000 homes but no water to supply them. Does Gove’s Cambridge plan stand a chance?

The housing secretary wants to build nearly three times as many homes as the target set by Cambridge’s own planners. Is there something he knows that they don’t? Daniel Gayne reports

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