News – Page 60
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NewsSector welcomes Labour’s planning overhaul and reintroduction of mandatory housing targets
Major housing associations, councils and housebuilders react to new government’s first major policy announcement
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NewsNew chancellor Rachel Reeves announces plan to restore mandatory housing targets in first speech
Consultation paper on NPPF due to be published by the end of the month
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NewsFormer Conservative minister Nick Boles reportedly in line to be made Labour planning tsar
Nick Boles switched party allegiance after mini-budget
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NewsAllison Homes reports £4.9m loss as it eyes partnerships shift
Peterborough-based housebuilder confident of return to profitability as turnover grows
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NewsShropshire and Staffordshire housing associations enter merger talks
Wrekin Housing Group and Housing Plus enter discussions about a “potential legal partnership”
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NewsPennycook appointed housing minister
Greenwich and Woolwich MP with a track record of campaigning on low pay, renter rights and placemaking takes key DLUHC brief
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NewsAngela Rayner confirmed as housing secretary
Appointment follows landslide victory for Keir Starmer’s Labour party
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NewsCrest Nicholson rejects approach from Jeff Fairburn-led Avant Homes
Latest rejection comes weeks after Crest Nicholson turned down two offers from Bellway
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News‘A new dawn’ – housing leaders hopeful of meaningful change as Labour lands huge majority
Sector reacts to Keir Starmer’s 400-plus seat victory
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NewsPlanning reforms, new towns, 1.5 million homes and changing the Right to Buy…. what the new government has promised for housing
Keir Starmer’s party has won a large majority as many expected. As we gear up for the first Labour government for 14 years, here is a reminder of what has been pledged
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NewsHouse prices remain stable in June, Halifax HPI shows
Market subdued but overall activity recovering
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NewsNorth London council faced with £1.8bn HRA funding gap
Islington set to focus solely on essential building safety work for next two years as it warns of potential “deterioration” of homes
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NewsJigsaw Homes resumes 131-home development stalled by Ilke Homes going into administration
Morro Partnerships has taken over as the contractor to complete the scheme
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NewsCreate Streets calls on next government to build homes on industrial parks
Think tank sets out 16 key proposals for densifying towns and cities including new tram lines and converting dual carriage ways into tree-lined streets
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NewsGuinness appoints new chief financial officer
Paul Love will replace Phil Day, who joins Peabody in September
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NewsExtra £20m for social housing in Northern Ireland welcomed, but CIH says “significant gap” remains
The number of new social homes expected to be built this year is set to fall by 73%, to 400, but the additional £20m will help build more homes
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NewsG15 and Housing Today to partner at Westminster event in September
Housing Today Live is also backed by the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Housing Forum
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NewsL&G Affordable Homes to post £1.3m pre-tax profit after being hit with £35m of revaluation losses
The insurance giant’s for-profit provider completes 1,304 homes in 2023
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NewsProfit and turnover down at Anwyl Group as inflation bites
Welsh housebuilder moves away from partnership deals with housing associations
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NewsNext prime minister should hold COBRA meeting on housing crisis, says British Land’s Canada Water chief
Panel event at RICS on Tuesday discussed solutions to the crisis