All Policy articles – Page 33
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NewsAutumn statement: Investment zone bids will not be taken forward
Investment zones policy refocused to benefit research clusters at the expense of major development projects
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NewsAutumn statement: reaction as 7% cap on social housing rent rises confirmed
Industry figures welcome plan to set 7% limit rather than 5%
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NewsAutumn statement: Hunt reverses Kwarteng’s ‘permanent’ stamp duty cut from 2025
Decision comes as OBR forecasts long term pain in housing market
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NewsAutumn statement: social housing rent cap reportedly to be set at 7%
Jeremy Hunt expected to confirm cost-of-living intervention details later today
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NewsToddler death prompts calls for action on housing quality
Coroner calls death of Awaab Ishak from black mould “a defining moment” for housing sector
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In FocusHelp to Buy: It’s the end of an era
The final applications have been submitted and the government’s equity loan scheme in England is due to wind up on 31 March next year. Emily Twinch considers what impact this will have on housebuilders.
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NewsGove pledges to use planning powers stop ugly housing
Secretary of state says design of too many developments is “disappointing”
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CommentGove’s return could mean a fight with housebuilders is on the cards
The re-appointment of Michael Gove as housing secretary is likely to mean the return of fraught discussions with the industry about building safety costs, writes Joey Gardiner
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NewsFiona MacGregor reverses decision to stand down as regulator boss
The Regulator of Social Housing chief executive was due to leave her role in the new year
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CommentNew affordable housing needs to be part of Sunak’s economic solution
The housing association sector can help spear economic recovery, but it needs the government to be active partners once again, writes Geeta Nanda
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Barrister closes hearings with attack on ‘buck-passing’ firms
Final day of inquiry sessions after four years of hearings
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NewsRowley confirmed as minister for building safety
Former housing minister appointed to building safety and local government brief
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NewsSunak pledges to reduce say of ‘distant bureaucrats’ in planning
But prime minister stops short of backing backbencher’s call to remove centrally-set local housing targets from levelling up bill
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CommentWhy now may be a good time to make property taxation fairer
Jeremy Hunt should look at balancing the burden between mortgage borrowers and the equity-rich, argues Yolande Barnes
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: cladding manufacturer Arconic hits back at criticism
Firm hits back at suggestions that its British Board of Agrement certificate for its ACM panels was misleading
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NewsNew housing minister vows to reduce planning delays
Lucy Frazer promises to simplify planning system in first speech as housing minister
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NewsGrenfell survivors’ lawyer describes ‘rogues gallery’ of firms accountable for fire
Closing statements to inquiry continue throughout this week.
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In FocusCapital ambitions: Why Nigel Wilson is persisting with L&G’s huge housing push
Chief executive Nigel Wilson tells Joey Gardiner why not all of L&G’s investments have worked out so far - but why he remains optimistic that they will
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NewsConfusion as ‘housing minister’ says he has local government brief
Department refuses to confirm that Lucy Frazer is to be named as fifth housing minister this year in place of Lee Rowley
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NewsIndustry welcomes review of PM’s ‘nimby’ housing pledges
Rishi Sunak had promised Tory members he would tighten green belt rules and introduce ’use it or lose it’ powers on developers