All Housing Delivery articles – Page 65
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NewsGovernment deregulation drive slowed fire safety review, Grenfell inquiry hears
Officials expanded review of guidance because of Coalition-era requirement to remove more rules than were added
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NewsTaylor Wimpey boss says government shares ‘moral’ responsibility for fire safety clean-up
Pete Redfern says Grenfell Inquiry proceedings show role of government as negotiations over £4bn cladding bill continue
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NewsHousing output highest for eight months – but optimism fades
Construction firms fear impact of rising costs and supply shortages
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NewsTaylor Wimpey turnover returns to pre-pandemic levels
Housebuilding giant reports strong start to sales in 2022
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NewsL&G Modular picks up 80-home scheme
Modular business to partner with association Town & Country over Kent scheme
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NewsPersimmon CEO says he expects new fire safety levy
Dean Finch says new charge most likely outcome of negotiations with government over cladding costs
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NewsFormer official denies government ‘covered up’ cladding test failures
Disastrous 2001 test results on cladding panels used on Grenfell were not made public until this year
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NewsGovernment 'must find extra £14bn of annual affordable housing subsidy'
Study by L&G and BPF says private money and expansion of ‘for profit’ providers also needed to boost supply
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NewsCo-living firm pauses £300m float citing Ukraine crisis
Investment trust set up to acquire three developments from The Collective puts IPO on hold
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CommentThe latest housing delivery test figures show our planning system isn’t working
Annual government figures showing homes delivered by local authority reveal some of the key barriers to delivery and it is time for change, argues Paul Smith
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NewsHousing association development spend 23% lower than forecast
Spending on development hit by materials shortages and planning delays, but still exceeds pre-pandemic levels
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CommentIt should not be so hard to build quality, affordable homes
Working together and applying basic principles can help us improve development, even when using old-fashioned build methods, writes Ben Derbyshire
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NewsGreat Places’ build programme hit by supply chain and planning delays
Housing association misses completion target and revises down surplus
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NewsContractor Graham wins £130m Wirral Waters build-to-rent job
Birkenhead scheme is the biggest single development at one of the UK’s largest regeneration projects
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CommentOn levelling up, ministers must not ignore London or the need for investment
The ‘postcode lottery’ language of the levelling up white paper is divisive, writes former head of the civil service Lord Bob Kerslake
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NewsPersimmon sought legal advice over £4bn cladding threats
Top QC reported as saying Gove would be acting unlawfully if he sought to hinder housebuilders from trading
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NewsArchitects urge mass-retrofit of interwar housing
Improving 3.3m homes would cost £37.5bn, says the RIBA
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NewsHousebuilders putting the brakes on jobs keeps lid on wage inflation, payroll firm says
Hudson Contract reports average earnings fell 10% last month compared to December’s number
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News£174m confirmed for new and refurbished homes for rough sleepers
Councils can access cash to build new homes and convert other buildings into flats
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NewsRedrow CEO brands Gove’s cladding threats ‘unrealistic’ and ‘inequitable’
Matthew Pratt is the first chief executive to speak out against threat to stop housebuilders trading