All articles by Olivia Barber – Page 6
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NewsGovernment withdraws £500m for infrastructure projects intended to help deliver 42,000 homes
Funding for 16 projects has been cancelled as they are ‘undeliverable’ due to financial constraints
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NewsFire risk assessments completed on 98% of blocks, second RSH survey says
The regulator has published the findings from its second fire safety remediation survey
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NewsAnchor appoints new executive director of business services
Julia Mixter will join the older people’s specialist housing and care provider in May
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NewsCrawley Council set to declare housing emergency
West Sussex town facing surge in demand for temporary accommodation
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NewsG15 calls for £15bn a year in AHP grant funding amid steep drop in starts
Starts on affordable homes in London have dropped by 76% compared to last year
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NewsContractors appointed for £3.2bn social housing maintenance scheme
85% of the contractors selected are small and medium enterprises
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NewsGovernment to create mandatory national register of short-term lets
The measure is part of the government’s long-term plan for housing, aimed at implementing stricter regulations for short-term lets
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NewsSouth-west housing association hires former UCL boss
Plymouth Community Homes has appointed Tracy Smith as executive director of homes and communities
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NewsOnly one in six councils are using rural exception sites to boost social housing supply
Rural exception sites allow land for housing developments to be provided at below market value
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NewsL&Q and Countryside to deliver almost 4,000 homes at former Ford factory site
With the addition of 947 homes, the revised plans for Beam Park will now deliver 3,947 new homes
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NewsHomes England buys 19-hectare site in Newcastle
The government agency has brought the largest land parcel at Forth Yards in Newcastle into public sector ownership after Quayside West Limited went into administration last year
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NewsHousing associations’ interest cover falls to lowest level since the recession, warns RSH
The costs incurred per social housing increased by 14% due to high inflation and supply chain pressures
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NewsCountryside signs 5,000-home BTR agreement with Sigma Capital
The Vistry subsidiary will deliver a further 5,000 build to rent homes for Sigma over the next five years
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NewsHill Group appoints new group finance director
Tony Parker has been promoted to the group finance director role
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NewsPlaces for People’s takeover of small rural housing association approved
Proposed merger between South Devon Rural Housing Association and Places for People approved
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NewsSocial housing providers seek contractors for new £800m MMC framework
The NHF-backed alliance is looking to appoint dozens of construction firms in England and Wales
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NewsGove’s London Plan review says Khan’s strategy ‘frustrates brownfield delivery’
The review recommends granting presumption in favour of planning permission for brownfield sites
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NewsHousing 21 appoints new chair
The older people’s housing provider has picked Gurpreet Dehal to replace Stephen Hughes at head of board
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NewsCivitas registers subsidiary Quartz Housing with the Regulator of Social Housing
Impact investor says it will bring forward the first phase of its ‘significant pipeline’ of homes this year
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NewsAffordable housing loan scheme gets extra £3bn to build 20,000 new homes
Gove unveils pre-election plans to address the housing crisis, including brownfield planning reforms