All Housing Delivery articles – Page 2
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CommentSmall 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
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NewsYorkshire Housing says rising borrowing costs hampering build plans as it misses target
19,000-home landlord increases surplus and turnover
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NewsPlans submitted for £200m Huyton town centre regeneration scheme
Mixed-use plans to include council headquarters and new homes
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In FocusInnovation, 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.
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NewsMTVH ‘confident’ it will build record 1,200 homes this year
G15 landlord on track to more than double development after ‘strong’ starts figures
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In FocusWill 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
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CommentWe can’t fix social cohesion without fixing housing
Secure homes are the foundation of safer, stronger, more united communities, argues Rachael Williamson
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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