All In Focus articles – Page 16
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In FocusFlooding in the UK and building for a wetter future
Following more storms and ensuing floods, the focus is turning from where to how we build in affected areas
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In Focus‘We’re in dialogue with councils across the country’: Atkins bosses on first MMC housing scheme
Atkin’s social housing brand Edaroth is displaying four family homes in Lambeth as a way of building offsite on brownfield land around the country
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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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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
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In Focus‘There are many central London sites sitting there that could be earning an income’
Russell Pedley of Assael Architecture explains why how putting homes above a railway line is tricky yet lucrative
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In FocusCut down to size: Scrutinising the London Plan
The Inspectors Report has rubbished the GLA’s small sites plans as ‘undeliverable’
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In FocusBriefing: How Ilke plans to produce 5,000 modular homes a year
Ilke Homes boss David Sheridan spells out how the modular housebuilding operation will realise its ambitions
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In FocusTightening the purse strings: Local authorities and the Public Works Loan Board
The single percentage point hike in the Public Works Loan Board’s lending rate may still sound like a good deal but is causing headaches