Housing delivery

Eddington (10)

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

2024-03-19T06:00:00+00:00

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

Housebuilding

Sadiq Khan announces £100m housing kickstart fund

2024-03-15T10:54:00+00:00

The fund’s objective is to revive housing schemes that have been stalled due to economic challenges

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Competition watchdog opens inquiry into £2.5bn Barratt Redrow deal

2024-03-15T09:19:00+00:00

CMA to probe whether deal will lead to “substantial lessening of competition”

Park View Earls Court

£8.5bn redevelopment of Earl’s Court due to start in 2026

2024-03-14T07:34:00+00:00

The Earls Court Development Company will submit a hybrid planning application for phase one this summer

regulations

Financial position of Scottish social landlords ‘weaker than it has been for several years’

2024-03-13T12:41:00+00:00

Scottish social housing regulator has said landlords have diminished financial capacity to respond to challenges

Council homes

DLUHC confirms end of policy enabling councils to keep 100% of RTB receipts

2024-03-12T12:58:00+00:00

Policy will end despite DLUHC asking the Treasury for an extension

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​Persimmon profit more than halves despite strong end to year

2024-03-12T08:50:00+00:00

Housebuilding giant expects “subdued” market throughout 2024

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How tenure-blind design can help chip away at social housing stigma

2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00

‘Poor doors’ can reinforce segregation based on economic status, but there are often good reasons why affordable housing is kept separate from market sale homes. This circle can be squared, writes James Zamchick

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Councils given new powers to tax empty homes

2024-03-11T11:22:00+00:00

The empty homes premium will apply after one year, rather than the current two years

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‘I’m extremely demanding’: Greg Fitzgerald on delivering the Vistry growth plan

2024-03-11T06:00:00+00:00

The Vistry boss talks about bonuses, subcontractor price cuts, offsite construction - and whether Vistry can really follow through on its expansion strategy

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Dame Kate Barker to lead new housing inquiry

2024-03-08T11:52:00+00:00

The economist will head up a new commission into housing shortages in England, 20 years on from the Barker review of housing supply

new homes

Fresh £450m funding round opens for council refugee housing scheme with focus on new-build

2024-03-08T11:13:00+00:00

DLUHC wants half of properties delivered through the Local Authority Housing Fund round three to be new homes

Richard Jones CROP

A lack of housing impacts every aspect of people’s lives

2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00

As we look ahead to the election, politicians must realise a shortage of homes affects physical and mental health, education, work, mobility and leisure, writes Richard Jones

Bob Heapy

Peabody subsidiary’s chief executive to stand down after 13 years

2024-03-07T11:45:00+00:00

Town and Country boss Bob Heapy will leave the housing association in April

House sales

UK house prices near 2022 peak, rising for the fifth consecutive month

2024-03-07T11:44:00+00:00

February house prices increased by almost 2% year-on-year, according to the Halifax house price index

Craig Pettit (002)

Why green belt development is sometimes the best

2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00

Building on the green belt is politically unpopular, but it can bring benefits that brownfield development cannot, argues Craig Pettit

southburn

Avant Homes submits plans for 230-home scheme in Scotland

2024-03-05T15:39:00+00:00

Jeff Fairburn-led housebuilder planning £51m development in South Lanarkshire

Housing

CIH Scotland to announce housing emergency at national conference

2024-03-05T12:02:00+00:00

Last week the Scottish government cut affordable housing supply budget by almost £200m

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Plans approved for 159 flats at Manchester build-to-rent scheme

2024-03-05T11:59:00+00:00

Peel Waters gets green light for new homes at former dockland site

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Housing associations’ cash levels fall to lowest in a decade as development forecasts reduce

2024-03-05T09:30:00+00:00

Net operating cashflows “insufficient to fund net interest payments”, warns Regulator of Social Housing

Housing delivery: case studies

Eddington (10)

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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