All policy articles – Page 3
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NewsReeves to announce £39bn Affordable Homes Programme and 10-year rent settlement
Treasury also confirms CPI plus 1% annual rent rises and a consultation on convergence in a major win for the affordable housing sector
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NewsWhat deal can Rayner strike for affordable housing? What to watch out for in the spending review
Wednesday’s announcement will have huge implications for housing and infrastructure, but defence and health commitments mean cuts will have to fall somewhere. Daniel Gayne reports
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In FocusLearning from the land of opportunity: Could a US-style system of low income tax credits boost affordable housing in the UK?
The government is on the hunt for ways to fund affordable housing without increasing short-term public borrowing. A group of activists and researchers believes there is a solution in operation across the Atlantic. Carl Brown finds out more
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NewsBlanket 40% affordable housing target threatens viability of new towns, Lords told
Experts also urge multi-decade public lending
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NewsSpending review ‘make or break’ for 1.5m homes target, warns Eshalomi amid reports of housing budget cuts
Select committee chair in letter to chancellor raises concern over media reports that MHCLG could face reduced funding as an “unprotected” department
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NewsGovernment unveils plans to simplify planning and BNG rules for smaller sites
MHCLG also publishes consultation paper on plans to delegate planning approvals to officers
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NewsMHCLG to push ahead with requirement for larger sites to be mixed-tenure
Department says build out is faster on mixed-tenure sites and is seeking feedback on what the threshold should be
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News‘Housebuilders do not sit on land’ – HBF hits back at Rayner’s plan for slow build-out fines
Trade body calls on government to focus instead on the ‘actual reasons’ for subdued supply
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CommentWhy puddles are the latest in a long list of obstacles to building the homes we need
The planning system no longer recognises the difference between rivers and puddles and this must be fixed, says Paul Smith
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CommentGrenfell and the return of regulation: getting the right balance
In the latest in a series of pieces for Housing Today by the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, Jenny Preece looks at academic writings on regulation in the context of the government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry
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CommentThe Planning and Infrastructure Bill offers hope for a system in desperate need of repair
Forthcoming legislation to further shake up the planning system is exactly what the housing sector needs, but there is a long way to go yet, writes Craig Pettit
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News‘Gap must be filled by social housing’ – sector hopeful of funding boost after OBR forecasts 1.3m new homes against Starmer’s 1.5m target
Hopes grow for June 11 spending review with social housing bodies calling for ‘significant’ investment in social and affordable housing to push delivery to 1.5m homes
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NewsPositive reaction to planning reforms but social housing bodies warn wider support for sector also needed
Housebuilders welcome new legislation
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NewsPlanning and Infrastructure Bill sets out radical shake-up of committee system
Legislation would see government dictate which types of applications can be determined by councillors
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NewsGovernment announces 30-month target for local plans
Ministers want to reduce the seven-year average to produce and adopt local plans
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NewsMHCLG pushes ahead with plan to ban leasehold
Shared ownership homes will be able to work within a commonhold says the government as white paper due imminently
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NewsSeven regional groups of social landlords join forces to call for funding overhaul
Joint spending review submission from groups representing 75 housing associations and councils calls for consolidation of funding pots and reclassification of housing investment as infrastructure spend
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NewsHow will the £300m AHP top-up work? The key questions answered
Housing secretary and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner announced a surprise funding top-up last week. Here is an at-a-glance guide to how it will work.
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NewsWider roll out of CPO reforms could slow housing development, warns HBF
Housebuilders’ body warns a ‘general direction’ to remove ‘hope value’ for whole categories of sites to speed up development would have the opposite effect