All Policy articles – Page 17
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NewsDLUHC targets 8,000 new homes through latest £80m brownfield funding pot
Local authorities encouraged to bid for funds to bring derelict sites back into use as part of government’s ‘brownfield first’ strategy
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NewsGove summons five housing associations for a meeting over maladministration findings
The secretary of state has written another batch of 10 letters to housing associations, on the back of severe maladministration findings
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NewsRegulator of Social Housing publishes guidance on Tenant Satisfaction Measures
RSH will evaluate TSM requirements for providers with fewer than 1,000 homes following voluntary pilot
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NewsGovernment should create ‘flying squad’ of viability experts for section 106 deals, report says
Centre for London report says viability experts are needed in complex s106 negotiations
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NewsBerkeley halts investment in new development due to planning and regulation concerns
Housebuilder to focus instead on “financial strength” in “volatile and unsupportive” operating environment
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CommentWhy do we keep missing the government’s housing delivery target?
The housing market is not dysfunctional, it is the planning system that is holding back development, writes Paul Smith
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator appoints interim as permanent head
Philip White will continue in role he has been in since April
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator aims to assess four in 10 occupied higher-risk buildings by 2026
New regulator publishes its first strategic plan, setting out a three-year ‘roadmap’ for action
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CommentMoney in the autumn statement was in short supply – but ministers do have tools now to boost development
Jeremy Hunt’s ‘autumn statement’ offered thin gruel for housing but there are reasons to be optimistic, writes Paul Smith
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CommentThe autumn statement showed housing has been pushed to the periphery
If we are really going for growth housing should have been front and centre of Hunt’s announcements, but it was anything but, writes Paul Hackett
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NewsAutumn statement 2023 coverage all in one place
Housing Today’s coverage of the Autumn Statement all in one place
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NewsAutumn statement: LHA rate increase welcomed amid ‘absence’ of housebuilding and decarbonisation measures
Housing sector figures say the Government needs to help “get builders building” and support housing providers with decarbonising stock
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NewsChancellor raises Local Housing Allowance rates in autumn statement
Local Housing Allowance increased for the first time since 2020
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NewsHunt announces £110m nutrient mitigation fund to ‘unlock 40,000 homes’
Extension of affordable homes guarantee scheme and low borrowing rates for councils also confirmed
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NewsGove’s leasehold reform could make housing more unaffordable, says report
Longer leases and scrapping ‘marriage value’ premium could lead to 10% surge in prices on short leasehold stock, warns study by Bayes Business School and Knight Frank
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CommentHow the chancellor can support SME housebuilders in the Autumn Statement
Jeremy Hunt should consider targeted help to boost smaller housing developers this week and there are two things he should do, argues David Cracklen
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In FocusCan the new housing minister make a difference before the election?
The past nine housing ministers have come and gone in the time it takes to get a large project to site, says Joey Gardiner. So what are the chances that the latest incumbent in the role can do what is required to pick the industry up off the floor?
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In FocusUK housebuilding recession: How much worse is it going to get?
With little prospect of a rapid reduction in interest rates to spur a recovery, many in the industry are now just looking to “survive until ’25”. Joey Gardiner looks at the prospects for residential developers doing so.
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CommentFar from being under threat, the green belt is actually growing
We must loudly and repeatedly explain that the green belt is a tool for managing growth, not a kitemark of quality, writes Paul Smith
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CommentThe King’s Speech was a deep disappointment for the housing sector
Tuesday was an opportunity for the government to affirm housing’s role in a prosperous society. It came up short, writes Geeta Nanda.