All In Focus articles – Page 5
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What is the social housing sector doing to get ready for mandatory qualifications?
The government is consulting on mandatory professional qualifications for social housing managers. This change may be more than a year away but, as Olivia Barber finds out, many social landlords are already preparing.
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Race against time before April: Are we heading for a building control inspection crisis?
LABC fears a shutdown of building control services in April due to a lack of certified inspectors. How worried should we be? asks Daniel Gayne
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‘The figures on starts are terrifying’. What’s really happening to the Affordable Homes Programme
The government has admitted that it will not hit its development targets. Joey Gardiner asks what’s really going on and looks at how the situation can turn around
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Geeta Nanda: ‘I will remain connected to housing, I think it’s in my blood now’
As she announces her plan to stand down, Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing’s chief executive reflects on her 35 years in the housing industry and what she thinks the future holds for the sector
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Gove and Khan’s row over London’s housing delivery numbers explained
How the mayor’s spatial development strategy became the centre of a spat in this multiple-election year
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How and why Stewart Milne collapsed: analysing the numbers
The collapse of the well-known Scottish housebuilder has shocked many within the housing sector. As Daniel Gayne finds out, the firm’s balance sheets over the past few years provide some clues as to what went wrong
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What the Future Homes Standard means for net zero
Proposed 2025 energy regulations focus on PV and services rather than building fabric to reduce emissions. Will this be enough to help meet the UK’s 2050 target? Thomas Lane finds out.
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Croudace Homes Group is embracing the future with Posi-Joist
Posi-Joist is helping professionals from every trade do their jobs to the best of their ability, saving precious time in labour costs. See the positive impact it’s having on one Surrey development
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Boosting development to 300,000 homes a year and beyond: our initial recommendations
As the political parties gear up for a general election, Housing Today publishes a number of key recommendations to shape the debate about how to boost housebuilding
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Closing the performance gap to achieve true energy efficiency
Matthew Prowse, specification and housing director, for Knauf Insulation, looks at a central challenge to building energy efficient homes and what housebuilders can do to overcome it
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Will the government’s biodiversity plans prove a net gain for the housebuilding sector?
From this month, all developments will have to show how they increase biodiversity by 10% in order to receive planning permission. Joey Gardiner looks at whether the policy is a win-win or too much too soon
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Best of 2023: news stories
Our pick of the most signficant news stories from the past 12 months
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Best of 2023: opinion
Our pick of the best Housing Today opinion pieces from the past 12 months
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Housing Today’s best content in 2023
Below are links to the best of Housing Today’s award-winning content in 2023. Best news stories https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/in-focus/best-of-2023-news-stories/5126944.article Best opinion https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/in-focus/best-of-2023-opinion/5126947.article Best features and interviews https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/in-focus/best-of-2023-features-and-interviews/5126941.article
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Best of 2023: features and interviews
Our pick of the best Housing Today features from the past 12 months
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Key takeaways from Gove’s big planning speech
Daniel Gayne looks at what the secretary of state’s new planning policy could mean for the housing sector - and what you might have missed in his speech
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North East Housing Partnership: using strategic sites and aligning funding to build more affordable homes
A total of 17 social landlords have come together to form a group aimed at boosting affordable housing delivery in the North-east. Olivia Barber finds out more.
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Top 50 Housebuilders 2023: The calm before the storm
Despite a year of turbulence in the housing sector, the year’s Top 50 rankings largely record the growth period seen before Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini Budget imploded the market last year. Joey Gardiner sees what the numbers say about who’s up and who’s down
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Top 50 Housebuilders 2023
Full sortable data from Housing Today’s ranking of the top 50 UK commercial housebuilders
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Maximise occupant safety with Kidde’s new safety device
The new Cavius Relay RF Interconnect is an interface between Cavius RF smoke and heat alarms and hard-wired, third party input and output devices