All Housing Today articles in November 2024 – Page 18
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NewsGovernment unveils Warm Homes plan measures
300,000 households to benefit from home upgrades, says DESNZ
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NewsCommittee ‘concerned’ Welsh government’s 20,000 social homes target will not meet demand
The Housing and Local Government committee has suggested that the government needs to raise its social housing target from 20,000 to 60,000.
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NewsHousing association development spend 28% below forecast
Cash interest cover forecast to drop to record-low next year due to rising repairs and interest costs
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In FocusSite safety, housing market renewal and the £60k house - A look back at John Prescott’s contribution to the sector
The former deputy prime minister, whose death was announced this morning, forced construction to realise that things couldn’t go on as they were
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NewsYorkshire Housing boosts pre-tax surplus by 80%
The 18,900-home housing association said it has had to ‘flex’ its development programme due to the economic conditions, but is on track to meet its building target.
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NewsCIH hires Rachael Williamson as interim policy director
Williamson steps into role while professional body seeks to fill position on permanent basis
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CommentWhat exit of ‘the Peters’ means for the future of Homes England
The departure of both the chair and chief executive of the government’s housing agency sends a strong message that the ministry wants to build more homes and work with partners in a different way, writes Joey Gardiner
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NewsGovernment publishes consultation on measures to overhaul Right to Buy
Newly-built housing could be exempt for a set period of time and eligibility periods extended as part of Rayner’s package of reforms to help councils protect their housing stock
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NewsPennycook ‘convinced’ 1.5 million homes are deliverable but won’t commit to annual targets
Housing minster tells MPs he can’t provide a figure for the number of affordable or social rent homes to be delivered within the 1.5 million homes target
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NewsUK house prices have risen 3% over past year, says ONS
English dwellings cost around £8,000 more this year than last
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NewsSouthern Housing names new chief financial officer
Current CFO Sarah Smith will stand down in May
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NewsL&G Affordable Homes hires director from Hyde as it embarks on retrofit drive
Catherine Raynsford has joined for-profit provider to oversee acquisition and retrofitting of existing affordable homes
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NewsNewly-formed West Midlands housing partnership appoints contractors for first affordable housing scheme
The partnership launched by West Midlands mayor Richard Parker has selected two framework contractors to deliver new affordable homes
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NewsPeabody's development falls by two-thirds as it focuses on committed pipeline
109,000-home housing association builds 225 homes in first six months of 2023/24
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NewsVistry chief operating officer to depart as role axed
Earl Sibley will depart housebuilder after nine years, as post removed to give chief executive Greg Fitzgerald ‘closer proximity’ to the business in wake of build cost problems
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NewsCrest Nicholson says profit at ‘lower end’ of expectations due to higher proportion of affordable homes built
Housebuilder pledges to focus more on private sales as it trades out of ‘low margin’ sites
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CommentTo deliver 1.5m homes we must rethink our skills system
The government has put housing and skills at the heart of its growth agenda .The housebuilding industry must seize this opportunity and shape a clear skills offering, argues Piers Clanford
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NewsReview finds failings in Aster Group’s maintenance of ‘living roofs’
A review ordered by the Housing Ombudsman after detachment of roof planting finds lack of safety measures and irrigation systems
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NewsUniversity of Cambridge considers doubling size of development to 6,000 homes
University looking at increasing density of Eddington scheme
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NewsTower Hamlets Council refers itself to the regulator over consumer compliance failings
East London local authority becomes latest council to self-refer after review identified fire safety and data gaps