All Housing Today articles in May 2022 – Page 3
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News
MPs call for compulsory whole-life carbon assessments of developments
Committee also urges government to bring forward implementation fo the Future Homes Standard
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In Focus
Housing Champions Q&A: Leanne Taylor, Anchor
Leanne Taylor, land manager at Anchor, talks planning reform, understanding customers, football coaching and time travel
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News
Associations’ development spend 35% below forecast as supply chain issues bite
Planning delays and labour and material shortages hit housing associations’ quarterly development spend, but 38% ‘catch-up’ expected over next 12 months
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News
Canada Water regen masterplan unveiled
British Land will deliver up to 3,000 net zero homes as part of its Canada Water scheme
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Church of England to set up major housing association
Bishop says Church wants to ’disrupt and challenge’ the housing market
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News
Aster appoints growth and strategic information director
Jordan Lister will oversee Aster’s plan to expand its portfolio
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Comment
Housebuilders have signed the developer pledge - now we must work out the details
Housebuilders have pledged publicly to fix issues on blocks they built without using public money, but what is this likely to mean in practice? Solicitor Charmaine McQueen-Prince looks at the detail
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News
Housing minister admits planners are facing resourcing difficulties
Stuart Andrew says garden communities have potential to deliver 320,000 new homes by 2050
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News
Development JV acquires Leeds site for more than 1,000 flats
Cole Waterhouse and Tonia Investments buy Marsh Lane Goods Yard site with permission for 1,012 flats
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UK housing transactions fell back in April
But 12% drop in residential sales still leaves numbers above pre-pandemic levels
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Harworth Group adds 793 residential plots to its pipeline
Rotherham-based firm boasts ‘robust demand’ for serviced residential plots
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News
ReSI reports rise in interim profit as portfolio grows
’For profit’ affordable and later living landlord says it now owns 3,233 homes
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Comment
We must get the design of the new Infrastructure Levy right
It is vital the proposed Infrastructure Levy boosts on-site affordable provision and avoids unintended consequences, writes Paul Hackett
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News
Housebuilder remains construction’s richest man as fortune ticks up £800m
John Bloor’s fortune put at just over £2bn in latest annual ranking
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Government allocates further £15m of funding to garden communities
Long Marston, Halsnead Garden Village and West Carclaze Garden Village to get a slice of the garden city cash
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News
Demand pushes UK house prices up to new high, says Rightmove
Average UK house price rises more than £55,000 in the past two years
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News
Stonewater promotes insider to new sustainability role as it eyes eco-targets
Housing association in drive for all stock to be at EPC band C by 2030
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Comment
Social value, housing associations and the Procurement Bill
The Procurement Bill in the Queen’s Speech hammers home the need for housing associations and public bodies to take into account social value when procuring work, but a lack of consistency in measuring it may prove challenging, argues Steve Cooper
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News
Taylor Wimpey puts former Mace exec on board
Appointment comes amid build cost rises and after pressure from activist investor to ‘enhance’ non-executive team
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News
Use of EWS1 forms still increasing, official data shows
Fire safety assessments being used more often despite being ’scrapped’ by the government last summer