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Khan’s £11.7bn affordable programme to introduce new key worker living rent product
City Hall publishes prospectus outlining how London’s share of the £39bn for affordable homes announced in the spending review will be allocated
L&Q boosts completions and starts in first half of the year
110,000-home landlord builds more than 1,000 homes in the six months to 31 September
Building 1.5 million homes requires a radical, joined-up strategy
Saying ‘build baby build’ is not a policy, we need fundamental structural change to housing, writes Richard Jones
Registered providers’ interest cover not expected to reach 100% until 2028, warns regulator
RSH says financial performance of RPs has fallen for seven successive years
Small housebuilders are being pushed to the brink. What would the late Duncan Davidson do in this market?
Persimmon’s founder once embodied the bold spirit of the industry — a spirit Denise Chevin argues is now being stifled by rising costs, red tape and planning inflexibility
Yorkshire Housing says rising borrowing costs hampering build plans as it misses target
19,000-home landlord increases surplus and turnover
Plans submitted for £200m Huyton town centre regeneration scheme
Mixed-use plans to include council headquarters and new homes
Innovation, collaboration and the search for capital: Greg Reed outlines what the social housing sector must do post-spending review
Following the better-than-expected spending review, the Places for People boss argues that the sector now needs to work out how best it can deliver an offer in return – and that includes finding new ways of attracting investment.
MTVH ‘confident’ it will build record 1,200 homes this year
G15 landlord on track to more than double development after ‘strong’ starts figures
Will the expected London housebuilding package rescue the stalled development industry?
With one in six housing schemes in the capital on hold and demand at rock bottom, Joey Gardiner asks whether simply reducing expectations for affordable housing will be enough to get construction going again
We can’t fix social cohesion without fixing housing
Secure homes are the foundation of safer, stronger, more united communities, argues Rachael Williamson
‘Emergency’ planning package to boost London’s housebuilding delayed
Measures reportedly include a reduction in affordable housing requirements on sites
A hidden housing hurdle: How sewage treatment capacity is stalling 30,000 new homes - and why it could get much worse
A growing number of water companies are objecting to planning applications for homes on the basis that there is not enough local sewage treatment capacity to cope, writes Joey Gardiner.
Housing Forum appoints placemaking expert Alex Notay as chief executive
Membership body announces successor to long-time boss Shelagh Grant
Almost all homes fitted with external insulation under Conservative governments’ retrofit schemes need repair work, report finds
National Audit Office survey uncovers litany of failures on two energy efficiency schemes including widespread suspected fraud
Housing must be delivered locally and councils need the tools to do it
Research from Key Cities has found financial constraints and land availability - not planning - are the main barriers to delivering homes. Michael Mordey argues we need to empower local authorities to boost delivery
University of Cambridge submits masterplan for next phases of 5,600-home Eddington scheme
Outline plan lodged for up to 3,800 additional homes and 50ha of open space
Citizen vows to learn from contractor insolvencies as completions impacted
Housing association puts in place ‘live monitoring of contractor risk’ after undershooting development target
Plans being drawn up for 22-storey student accommodation tower on former London Met School of Architecture site
Mixed-use scheme would add new education space to school site formerly known as The Cass
Annual house price growth falls to lowest level for 18 months
Commentators point to pre-budget hesitancy
Housing delivery: case studies
‘We brought Livv back from the brink of destruction’…Léann Hearne on personal and professional challenges and what comes next
The CEO of Livv Group announced in April that she was stepping down in response to a series of “personal challenges” involving her family. She tells Matilda Battersby about her journey
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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