All Housing articles – Page 114
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In Focus‘Genuine community building’: Ken Dytor on transforming Purfleet
The Urban Catalyst founder on big plans for the Essex town, improving the health of its residents and what regeneration is like post-Brexit
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CommentHow to balance building more homes with fighting the climate crisis
We need to build housing fit for the future while keeping developments viable for the industry and avoiding huge charges for residents
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CommentIt’s the end of the planning system as we know it (and I feel fine…)
Will the new government, with a strong majority, finally grasp the nettle and fundamentally reform the planning system?
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CommentThe beauty commission's advice is sound on sustainable placemaking
Who can argue against the idea that beauty is "everything that promotes a healthy and happy life"?
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CommentTime to stop building – unless it’s for the greater good
We need fewer, smaller, greener and more affordable homes that improve people’s quality of life, says Chris Brown
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Housing Delivery‘A place of pioneers’: Greenwich Millennium Village
Labour’s vision of sustainable communities is still going strong 20 years on – in at least one case
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CommentStop housing being treated as infrastructure’s poor relation
Give housing associations the chance to create communities, not just homes
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CommentDon’t forget: a lot of housing design is getting better
The critical CPRE audit focuses on a limited number of schemes and tells only part of the story
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In Focus‘Improve the stock of human happiness’: Interview with Neil Murphy, founding director of TOWN
The founding director of developer TOWN on award-winning co-housing scheme Marmalade Lane and how to shake up placemaking
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In FocusWhy is the Home Building Fund failing to reach small builders?
Despite being the main target of the fund and the ones that need it most, SME housebuilders are struggling to access the cash
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In FocusHow good housing can rescue the high street
With Mothercare joining the list of famous retailers to disappear, David Blackman considers alternative ways of keeping town centres alive
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In FocusWill Persimmon now put its own house in order?
Has Persimmon’s financial success come at the expense of quality and safety?
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In Focus‘We are still fighting our corner’: Interview with Katy Jordan, Storey Homes
The managing director of Storey Homes on succeeding as an SME housebuilder and taking on the government
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In FocusHow high-priority will housing be for the new Johnson government?
With five years ahead, the Conservatives have a real chance to tackle the housing crisis – but this depends on where the sector sits on their to-do list
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In FocusBriefing: Key Conservative housing promises
Manifesto includes pledge to build a million homes and support modern methods of construction
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In FocusWhat do the manifestos say about homeownership?
The second of two articles on the main parties’ housing policies looks at their plans to boost homeownership, which is a particular focus for the Conservatives
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In FocusBig election pledges on green building…
But can they be delivered? We explore what the three main parties are promising on energy efficiency
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In FocusWhat housing pledges are contained in the main parties’ manifestos?
As the 2019 general election draws ever closer, David Blackman scrutinises how the main parties plan to meet housing demand
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In Focus‘It is like living in a container, but it’s not’ – Inland Homes’ hugg
How Inland Homes – via a division named hugg – became an accidental pioneer in temporary housing