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NewsGovernment launches £562m housing retrofit drive
Policy to improve 50,000 homes branded ’simply not enough’ to tackle problem
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MPs reject bid to protect leaseholders from recladding costs
House of Lords amendment to the Fire Safety Bill is voted down by government
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Crest says 2021 profit to be above expectations
Shares in housebuilder up 5% as it reports strong weekly sales rate
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Housing market sees post-Budget spike in demand
Chancellor’s stamp duty extension boosted interest among first-time buyers, says Zoopla
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Plans for £1bn Kensington tower scheme withdrawn
Move comes in advance of planning inquiry into controversial 30-storey scheme
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Ousted Kier boss to chair Hull fire safety firm
Haydn Mursell left the top job at Kier two years ago
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MPs slam 'disastrous' Green Homes Grant failure
Environmental audit committee calls on government to launch national retrofit strategy
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Unite secures 700-bed Notts student housing permission
Announcement comes days after firm reported £120m pre-tax loss for 2020
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New L&Q chief exec slashes five-year build targets
Housing association says it will build 3,000 homes a year, down from 10,000 per annum ambition
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Road project seen as vital to Ox-Cam homes plan scrapped
£3.5bn Expressway project seen as vital to building of one million homes in the Oxford-Cambridge arc
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Developers can’t pay for affordable housing, says British Land exec
Canada Water chief Roger Madelin said that general taxation should fund submarket housing
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Certifier reprimanded for ‘serious’ error in Grenfell insulation, inquiry hears
BBA’s certificate for Kingspan product described by inquiry counsel as ‘dangerously misleading’
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Legal challenge launched to stop end of ’virtual planning’
Local government bodies seek judgment designed to prevent planning system “grinding to a halt” in May
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Taylor Wimpey and Countryside threatened with court action over leasehold scandal
Competition watchdog pledges action unless firms remove “doubling” ground rent clauses
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Plans for 500 city centre homes approved in Southampton
Bargate Quarter scheme approved after retail and hotel space scaled back in wake of pandemic
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Manufacturer changed Grenfell cladding without alerting certifier, inquiry hears
Arconic did not formally update British Board of Agrement when it changed the core of its ACM panels
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Housing starts fell 16% in pandemic year
First official figures show similar drop in completions for 2020
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Homebuyer satisfaction hits highest level on record
Latest HBF survey findings follow industry focus in aftermath of build quality scandals
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Government suffers Lords defeat on leaseholder liability for repairs
House of Lords votes to reinsert amendment protecting leaseholders from cladding costs
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Certifier based insulation fire rating on tests of other products, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former deputy chief executive of the BBA said he was not sure if the decision was permitted under UK fire regulations
