All Housing articles – Page 8
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West of Scotland Housing Association boss to retire next year
Brian Gannon has announced he will be stepping down as chief executive of the Glasgow-based housing association in spring 2025
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Guinness undershoots development target by nearly half
Landlord says resource pressures and contractor administrations hit annual development figures
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Consider allowing developers to pay for faster planning decisions, says Tony Blair Institute report
Report also calls for replacement of section 106 mechanism
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Last government’s retrofit programmes to stay as minister says no time for ‘hiatus’
Miatta Fahnbulleh said DESNZ would take ‘area-based’ approach to rolling out efficiency improvements
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In partnership
Green upskilling: How is Sheffield council driving retrofit in the city?
Laura Hayfield, head of employment, skills & economy, Sheffield City Council speaks to Jordan Marshall about the initiative
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News
Housebuilder sets out plan to build 400 homes on abbatoir site next to Manchester City's stadium
Kellen Homes and Great Places file application to demolish buildings on 18-acre site
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Hyde looks to pick new contractors to help build 1,500 homes a year
Previous iteration of five-year framework was worth £2bn
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Comment
Starmer must do more to boost net zero by linking it with social housing policy
The new government has made a promising start, but comments at a recent roundtable with social housing providers suggest we need more policy certainty and consistency over net zero to enable the sector to do more, writes Mike Foy
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Comment
Will proposed planning changes help Labour to deliver more homes?
Last week was dominated by housing policy including a new towns task force and proposals to build more homes in more places including the green belt.Thomas Lane assesses what implications the proposals may have for new housing supply
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Comment
We are working to end homelessness – but it requires a united effort
It is an honour to join the international mayors’ council on homelessness and to share the work we are doing with an international audience, says Tom Hunt
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Housebuilding volumes must double if Labour to meet 1.5m homes target, says NHBC
New homes figures show quarter-on-quarter rise in building rates
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Comment
In the rush to build 1.5 million homes how do we safeguard quality?
Starmer’s government wants to build at a speed and scale not seen since the 1970s, but the building spurts of the past resulted in homes of dubious quality, warns Denise Chevin
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Comment
Here are some alternative housing policies for the new government
New towns, 1.5m homes and building on the green belt will use up the UK’s entire carbon budget but there are other things Keir Starmer can do, writes Chris Brown
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In partnership
Wolverhampton’s Royal Quarter: How do you put placemaking at the centre of regeneration?
Rebecca Bennett Casserly, corporate director of development, WHG speaks to Jordan Marshall about the project
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Comment
How voters look at housing as an election issue: a short history
Ben Marshall of polling firm Ipsos looks at how housing has ranked as a priority for the electorate over the decades and what it says about the gap between politicians and people
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England needs 550,000 new homes a year to solve housing shortage, says report
If the UK returned to pre-financial crisis productivity levels, salaries could be up to 25% higher
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