All Housing Delivery articles
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News‘Emergency’ planning package to boost London’s housebuilding delayed
Measures reportedly include a reduction in affordable housing requirements on sites
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In FocusA 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.
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NewsHousing Forum appoints placemaking expert Alex Notay as chief executive
Membership body announces successor to long-time boss Shelagh Grant
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NewsAlmost 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
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CommentHousing 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
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NewsUniversity 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
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NewsCitizen vows to learn from contractor insolvencies as completions impacted
Housing association puts in place ‘live monitoring of contractor risk’ after undershooting development target
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NewsPlans 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
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NewsAnnual house price growth falls to lowest level for 18 months
Commentators point to pre-budget hesitancy
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CommentScaling affordable housing: how do we bring innovation and new capital together?
Traditional funding routes are increasingly looking unviable. Without new funding sources and smarter delivery models, development pipelines will stall, argues Ben Denton
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NewsBromford Flagship and LiveWest enter merger talks to create 120,000-home group
Pair discussing creating £900m-turnover organisation in drive to build 50,000 homes over 15 years
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NewsTaylor Wimpey on track to hit completions target despite drop in sales rate
Housebuilder seeking to increase completions to 14,000 a year in the “medium-term”
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News‘Not good enough’ - MHCLG takes aim at RPs for not buying enough section 106 units
HBF estimates 8,500 homes due in the next 12 months are at risk of not being built or standing empty because of lack of a contract with a registered provider
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News‘Bulk of reform has been done’ - Pennycook warns housing developers against ‘holding back’ for more
Pennycook says results of numerous consultation to be revealed in coming months
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NewsBirmingham Council selects Lovell to deliver 3,500-home Druids Heath scheme
Over half the homes will be for affordable housing
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CommentNow is not the time to panic about low planning approvals
As poor statistics continue to roll in Reed and Pennycook must hold their nerve, stick to their plan and be patient, argues Paul Smith
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis undershoots completions target as four schemes slip
Audited figures confirm £130m deficit as CEO Patrick Franco says he’s proud of colleagues working to turn non-compliant landlord around
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NewsGreensquare Accord puts loss-making offsite manufacturing business up for sale
25,000-home landlord seeks buyer as it reports overall deficit for 2024/25
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In FocusCould the shadow of Grenfell trigger more Ardmore-style collapses of housing contractors?
The contractor’s legacy housing business went into administration due to the weight of building safety issues on its books. Joey Gardiner asks whether we are likely to see other companies suffer the same fate
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NewsA2 Dominion returns to surplus after £100m sale of stock to Westminster Council
G15 landlord exceeds completions target but did not start any homes on site in 2024/25 in line with shift to focus on stock improvements