All Housing Today articles in March 2020 – Page 2
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NewsSafety fears as repair work stops on Bellway fire block
MP calls on housing secretary to intervene as Bellway staff down tools at Barking Riverside scheme amid covid-19 crisis
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NewsModa pushes ahead with Brum tower
Build to rent developer submits planning application despite covid-19 uncertainty
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NewsUrban & Civic warns of planning gridlock
Residential developer expects reduced numbers of consents as lockdown hits planning meetings
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NewsHouse prices forecast to slump amid 15% fall in GDP
Centre for Economics and Business Research predicts double-digit house price falls and soaring unemployment
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NewsGovernment urged to spend billions on social housing
Chartered Institute of Housing calls for increased investment and higher levels of grants
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NewsHousebuilders push through ‘virtual sales’ in lockdown
First sales reported without customers visiting sites as government measures halt housing market
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NewsConstruction lockdown could last six months
Deputy chief medical officer speaks after publication of government guidance on construction sites
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NewsCatalyst leaves contractors to decide fate of sites
Housing association joins firms such as British Land in taking back seat on whether to shut sites
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NewsKier shuts sites and mothballs sale of housing arm
Firm to leave historic headquarters earlier than planned
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NewsBerkeley starts shutting sites as it warns on profit
Coronavirus has cost housebuilder £80m in just six weeks
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CommentA long road back from here
Four days on from the PM’s ‘lockdown’ announcement and the industry is on its back. Keeping hold of staff will be vital to recovery.
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NewsFormer Tory MP appointed special advisor on Grenfell
Boris Johnson stands down Grenfell taskforce and gives Nick Hurd key role
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NewsRedrow to furlough staff and start closing all sites
Housebuilder to shut sites with immediate effect while seeking government-backed loans to support it through shutdown
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NewsChancellor unveils support package for self-employed
But Rishi Sunak warns self-employed: ’We must all pay in equally in future’
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NewsWork stopped at Urban Splash sites and factories
Boss Tom Bloxham says sites could not continue safely
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NewsWork on sites should continue, construction minister says
Nadhim Zahawi urges firms to follow social distancing guidelines – but builders say this is practically impossible
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NewsBrick and block makers suspend production
Materials giant Breedon and leading brick suppliers have slashed manufacturing
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NewsHousing starts down 10% in 2019
Latest government figures show starts fell sharply last year prior to coronavirus outbreak
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NewsMipim 2020 cancelled
Cannes property event previously postponed until June will not now happen until March 2021