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What happens to housing development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?
When a section 114 ‘bankruptcy’ notice is put in place, a council’s non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding ’goes to the back of the queue’. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building.
Can the new housing minister make a difference before the election?
The past nine housing ministers have come and gone in the time it takes to get a large project to site, says Joey Gardiner. So what are the chances that the latest incumbent in the role can do what is required to pick the industry up off the floor?
UK housebuilding recession: How much worse is it going to get?
With little prospect of a rapid reduction in interest rates to spur a recovery, many in the industry are now just looking to “survive until ’25”. Joey Gardiner looks at the prospects for residential developers doing so.
Revealed: average salaries for leadership roles at the top 50 housebuilders
A new survey reveals the locations and job titles within the industry that command the most impressive wages and bonuses. Matilda Battersby reports.
A new and anti-loneliness model for later living: How a charity connects older residents with the community
This modern take on the traditional almshouse is intended to reduce loneliness and isolation.Could it tempt older people out of their family homes?
Being EPIC : talking housing professionalisation with new CIH president Jill Murray
North-east housing heavyweight Jill Murray is putting improved competency of housing staff at the centre of her presidential campaign. In her first interview in the hotseat, she explains how her campaign couldn’t have come at a better time, writes Carl Brown.
How Westminster council is rewriting the rules for council housing and urban regeneration
In a London borough once beset by council housing controversy, a quiet revolution is underway, write Ben Flatman
Direct delivery: Places for People’s Adrian Bohr talks strategic land and building 5,000 homes a year
Places for People plans to ramp up development with the help of its newly-formed strategic land division. PfP executive Adrian Bohr tells Olivia Barber how he sees it working
How the market slowdown is leading to a surge of interest in housing JVs
Simon Rawlinson and Neal Curtis of Arcadis examine whether joint venture models are likely to increase affordable housing supply
Key takeaways and talking points from the Labour Party conference
Amid uncertainty around commitments to net zero and infrastructure investment, the opposition set out its stall for the coming election. Daniel Gayne and Thomas Lowe report
Housing association accounts 2022/23 coverage all in one place
The deadline for most housing associations to publish their annual accounts has now passed. Here are all our reports as the biggest developing providers revealed their figures from a year of difficult choices and rising costs
Reforming planning: one way to solve the housing crisis
The Building the Future Commission has spent several months analysing the English planning system. Joey Gardiner reports
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