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CommentIdentifying local housing needs through challenging land designation
Gianmaria Givanni explains how one inner city infill scheme managed to be built on ’metropolitan open land’
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CommentWelcome budget measures will support our industry and speed the recovery
Widening home ownership is key to a healthy economy. It is good to see that the government appreciates this, says the Barratt Developments chief
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CommentThe London Plan is already out of date
Conceived in a pre-pandemic world and reliant on high-rise housing, the plan needs flexible implementation, argues Bob McCurry
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CommentHow to make mass housing for individuals
Simon Saint at Woods Bagot argues for a different approach to achieve efficiencies at scale but also consumer choice
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CommentLater living – a misunderstood market
When councillors in Elmbridge rejected a Guild Living scheme it highlighted a broader problem for the retirement housing sector, says Turley’s David Murray-Cox
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CommentRobert Jenrick’s secret plan to solve the housing crisis
The rhetoric around street trees distracts from the real intent behind the government’s new design code, says Paul Smith
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CommentGreen Homes Grant fiasco highlights lack of national retrofit programme
The failure to properly fund domestic retrofit puts a national programme further out of reach
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CommentJenrick’s new developer levies are no easy answer to cladding crisis
Support from developers for the levies will surely splinter when detail emerges
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CommentHousing associations’ social purpose is now urgent
We have to renew efforts to relieve the pressure on disadvantaged communities who have suffered most during the pandemic, says Bob Kerslake
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CommentBrexit is a chance to fix problems that bedevil public procurement
Few of us will miss complicated OJEU rules but cutting out waste in tendering is still a challenge, says Ben Derbyshire
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CommentLet’s ‘buy back’ to help victims of the cladding crisis now
Housing associations are in a position to solve the problem of struggling leaseholders unable to sell, says Maureen Corcoran
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CommentMeeting net zero targets means working more closely with insurers
Renewed scrutiny of fire and building safety regulations poses challenges for the adoption of sustainable construction materials such as timber, says Paul Lowe
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CommentHousing associations must embrace the government’s charter for tenants
The social housing whitepaper rejects top-down models in favour of stakeholder engagement, which can only be positive says Optivo’s Paul Hackett
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CommentTen top tips for post-pandemic resi
Yolande Barnes on how developers and investors can respond to increasing demand for home workspaces
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CommentHousebuilders will have to react quickly to a changing market
Housing companies have responded well to the crisis, but bigger shifts in buyer and renter behaviour are under way, says Arcadis’ Richard Jones
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CommentWhy Oxford is serious about investing in MMC
The city is due to complete its first zero carbon social housing project and soon it will launch a £750m modular framework, says ODS’s Simon Yung
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CommentHow to innovate and make the most of brownfield sites
Turley’s Amy Cooper looks at the ZED Pods housing scheme in Bristol as an example of optimising land in our cities
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CommentGovernment cannot avoid funding cladding repairs
The idea of giving leaseholders loans to meet the costs is deeply flawed, says Igloo’s Chris Brown
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CommentGet the landscaping right, then construction can follow
Too many developers think the space between buildings is little more than a decorative afterthought, says HTA’s Ben Derbyshire
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CommentThe government needs to get its green house in order
Policies to make housing more sustainable have been disjointed and temporary, says Andrew Shepherd