All Housing articles – Page 7
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In Focus
Making a difference to people’s lives: My work as a neighbourhood manager at BHA
Katie Cockburn has worked in housing on the east coast of Scotland for more than two decades. For our Frontline Stories series, she chats with Olivia Barber about her journey and finding her voice as a changemaker in the housing sector.
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News
Liverpool City Council seeks to boost affordable housebuilding in new strategy
Draft proposals to go out to consultation after council cabinet approval
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News
Persimmon shares dip as rumours swirl of Cala Homes bid
Reports claim housebuilder ‘leaning towards’ bid for billion-pound firm
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In Focus
Home Truths: In conversation with Labour’s Darren Rodwell
Episode 4: Bricks and mortar, hearts and minds - Darren Rodwell, Labour’s candidate for Barking and council leader for the east London borough, on how he expects the Labour leadership to reveal more housing policy detail now the election has been called
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News
Criminal trials for Grenfell Tower fire would not start until 2027, authorities say
Met outlines timeline for one of the “largest and most complex investigations ever undertaken”
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News
Three in four councillors on planning committees warn housing crisis is ‘getting worse’
Nearly three in four councillors sitting on planning committee members say the UK housing crisis has got worse in the past year, according to a survey research published today A survey of 416 councillors by SEC Newgate as part of its National Planning Barometer shows 74% perceive the housing crisis ...
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News
Clarion and London Square form £110m joint venture to build 212-home scheme
Deal signed to build homes on former Richmond College campus site in south-west London
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In partnership
Devon Housing Commission: How do you tackle a region’s housing crisis?
The Commission’s head Matt Dodd speaks to Jordan Marshall about some of the early thinking coming from the work
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News
SNG selects Vistry to deliver 575-home scheme in west London
£157m scheme will deliver homes for a range of tenures
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News
Wheatley Group retains A+ stable credit rating
S&P says 93,000-home Scottish housing association has “very strong liquidity”
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In Focus
Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Toby Lloyd, former No 10 adviser
Housing policy expert Toby Lloyd talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about his time in government at the height of Brexit chaos, higher space standards, capturing land value and what we should read into Labour’s stated ambitions for after the general election
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Comment
Let’s hear it for the humble Energy Performance Certificate
The humble EPC has survived and could become the cornerstone of an information-rich housing market, writes Ben Derbyshire.
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News
East of England housing association group appoints new chair
Eastlight Community Homes chief executive will take over as chair of BuildEast
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News
Berkeley wins approval for 500-home Hackney estate regeneration
Scheme designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands will include 26-storey tower
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Comment
It’s time to rethink how we set social housing rents
Outdated rent-setting practices no longer meet the needs of tenants or providers, argues Charles Kaminaris
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Comment
What should England’s affordable housing target be and how can we reach it?
A committee of MPs last week called for action to build 90,000 social rented homes year. In making its case, it cited up-to-date research from the Chartered Institute of Housing’s UK Housing Review. John Perry explains more about the research.
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In Focus
Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Jennie Daly at Taylor Wimpey
Taylor Wimpey chief executive talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about why the planning system is broken and what would need to change for private housebuilders to consider building council homes at scale. Listen and read extracts here
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News
‘We have not built enough homes’ admits Michael Gove
Housing secretary quizzed on latest homelessness figures
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News
L&Q reports trebling of surplus – but this could be reduced by impairment charges
Housing association giant reports earnings set for hit due to ’development defects and prolonged inflation’