All Housing Today articles in May 2020 – Page 3
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NewsGrand Union secures £237m for housing plans
Housing association secures funding deal that allows it to push ahead with development
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NewsTory MP to oversee set up of new homes ombudsman
Natalie Elphicke will chair interim board designed to deliver service by the beginning of 2021
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CommentHow lobbyists distort the housing market
Influencing government policy is for the benefit of vested interests, not the home buyer
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NewsRIBA calls for combustibles ban exemption for building structures
Architects’ body argues for lower height threshold for ban but change in scope which will allow CLT buildings
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NewsWork restarts at Grenfell Tower
Re-wrapping of the tower was pause in March as lockdown announced
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NewsScottish housing sites to begin phased reopening next week
Full reopening construction sites will require government decision to move to “next phase”
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NewsNumber of first time buyer mortgages drops by 90%
The cost of borrowing for those without big deposits is also rising
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NewsGrenfell architect falls in to liquidation
Studio E, which designed ill-fated tower refurb project, owes creditors £144,000
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NewsResidential contractor and developer announces redundancies
Family-owned construciton giant Wates has cut 300 jobs in response to downturn inspired by covid-19 outbreak
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NewsHousing associations’ unsold stock soars by a fifth
Report by regulator finds associations are reducing development plans in light of covid crisis
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NewsHouse sales collapse by 53% in April
Official data shows extent of impact of lockdown on residential transactions
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NewsValue of student housing firms fall on university fears
Unite and GCP suffer share price hit as Cambridge abandons face-to-face teaching for next academic year
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In FocusInterview: Tom Copley, deputy mayor for housing, London
The new arrival talks about his ambitions to increase the number of socially rented homes in London
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NewsLondon covid taskforce to call for funds to ‘flip’ unsold homes
Plan to convert unsold houses in to homes for affordable rent will need government cash, says deputy mayor
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CPDCPD 6 2020: Building a modular future
This CPD, sponsored by Portakabin looks at the factors to consider when adopting modular construction and how architects and contractors have a major role to play in realising its full potential
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NewsHomes England commissions MMC research to drive construction innovation
Atkins and Faithful + Gould to carry out benchmarking
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NewsGovernment suspends house price index
Suspension announced as 0.2% drop in prices in March revealed
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry set to resume physical hearings
Limited attendance will be permitted but not until July at earliest
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NewsIkea-backed developer signs up modular start-up TopHat
BoKlok will use Goldman Sachs-backed TopHat to manufacture homes for planned UK expansion