All Housing Today articles in May 2022 – Page 5
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The government should do more to support build-to-rent
Despite a fall in starts and completions last quarter, build-to-rent is on the rise but needs more backing from ministers, argues James Simondson
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Stewart Milne stems losses with slight pre-tax profit
Increased sales prices for homes and more efficient designs and operational delivery lead to higher profitability in 2021, the Stewart Milne Group has reported
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Associations in merger talks name CEO and chair designate
Housing associations BPHA, Futures Housing Group and Flagship Group have named David McQuade chief executive
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Affordable home starts jump in London
Mayor of London claims highest starts for ’genuinely affordable’ housing since 2003
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Planning fees to soar by a third in bid to ease planning gridlock
Department proposes increase in order to pump resources into ’stressed’ planning system
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Homes England vows to keep working with ‘innovative partners’ after Urban Splash JV collapse
Administrators say 160 positions will be made redundant as modular business part-owned by Homes England enters administration
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Help to Buy sales continue to plummet following introduction of stricter rules
Completions through equity loan scheme are 41% down on the same period pre-pandemic
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Gove ditches five-year land supply policy
Councils with up-to-date plans will not have to show a five-year supply of housing sites under new plans
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The government’s regulation and rhetoric threatens the viability of sites
Ministers’ focus on quality over quantity could increase costs, hit delivery and make it harder for smaller builders to flourish, argues James Thomson
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Housebuilding output dips for second consecutive month
Official figures support fears housebuilders are beginning to rein in activity
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Bromford increases housing delivery and turnover
Housing association Bromford increases delivery by 26% as it aims to build 12,000 homes by 2030
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New infrastructure tax to be levied on schemes’ gross development value
Details of proposed Infrastructure Levy emerge as government publishes Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
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L&Q completes nearly 4,200 homes in 2021/22
L&Q releases detailed figures confirming construction of the most homes ever by a housing association in one year
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Fears Queen’s Speech means death of hoped-for planning reforms
Planners call for councils to be ”sufficiently resourced” to deliver what changes are brought forward
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L&G names Vistry to build out 500-home Wandsworth regen scheme
Build to rent project the third time insurance giant has collaborated with partnerships housebuilder
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Gove: Government not bound by 300,000-home manifesto target
Housing secretary says aiming for one target risks “making an enemy of the common good”
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Bristol council housebuilder shortlists architects for 110-home scheme
Goram Homes has put designers including HTA, Groupwork and Levitt Bernstein in the running for city centre car park competition
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HBF appoints new planning director
Barratt exec Sam Stafford will replace Andrew Whitaker at the Home Builders Federation
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Comment
Superfluous and unconvincing: why the levelling up bill is a missed opportunity
The lack of depth in Michael Gove’s flagship legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech will make change difficult, argues Derek Long
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Delayed procurement bill welcomed by industry
Long-awaited and ‘overdue’ bill will seek to create a more simple and transparent system post-Brexit