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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator wants to get gateway 2 approvals process down to ‘five weeks’, construction leader tells peers
But Mark Reynolds says proposal is ‘long way off’ and that getting it to just 13 weeks would be ‘huge step forward’
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NewsGet Living reports loss after setting aside £411m to remediate Olympic park block
Build-to-rent developer is fixing defects at East Village
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NewsL&Q executive director to leave as part of leadership restructure
Vicky Savage, executive group director for development and sales, will depart the G15 landlord in August
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NewsSpringfield to report ‘substantial’ increase in profit following land sales to Barratt Redrow
Scottish housebuilder to increase revenue after signing deal to sell six sites as it shifts focus to north of Scotland
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NewsPeabody secures £60m loan for social homes retrofit from Lloyds
Agreement is the largest to date under the National Wealth Fund’s £1.3bn social housing retrofit guarantee scheme
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CommentStreamlining gateway 2: time for a two-tiered approach to building safety approvals?
It cannot have been the intention of the Building Safety Act to create delays to development - it’s time for a fresh approach, argues Bhavini Patel
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NewsMHCLG publishes consultation on leasehold reform
Pennycook pledges “bold package of reforms” to “arm leaseholders with greater rights”
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NewsHenry Boot gets planning for more than 500 homes and cyber centre in Cheltenham
Scheme could eventually see 2,500 homes built
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CommentWes Streeting wants to link NHS funding to patient satisfaction – could the same principle be applied to social housing?
Using satisfaction measures to make funding decisions is fraught with difficulty but the data could be used more effectively in social housing by the regulator, argues Alistair McIntosh
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NewsGleeson’s housebuilding CEO departs after margins fail to improve
Review identified need for management and organisational changes following cost overruns
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CommentOne year of Labour — are we likely to get Britain building again?
Starmer’s administration has made a good start, but the next 12 months will determine whether we see real impact on the ground, writes Spencer J McCarthy
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CommentTime for a change of mindset from social landlords on “no access” to properties
Landlords too often record visits as ‘no access’, sometimes closing jobs, without understanding residents’ individual circumstances. We need a new approach that respects residents’ living environments, writes Richard Blakeway
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NewsGovernment launches £12m council housebuilding skills and capacity programme
Pennycook says he is “acting to restore the capacity of council workforces to deliver.”
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NewsMHCLG to work with sector to design £2.5bn low cost loans over the summer
Loans could be deployed as part of an ‘amortising grant’ or ’repayable subsidy’ model proposed by Housing Today and the G15
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NewsFailure to bring in convergence would negatively impact existing tenants, says government as it is sets out consultation
MHCLG consults on whether weekly rents should be able to increase by a cash limit of £1 or £2 a year
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NewsThree-year transition period for larger providers to meet the competence and conduct standard
Timetable confirmed for new rules requiring social housing managers to hold qualifications
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NewsNewly-built council homes to be exempt from Right to Buy for 35 years
Pennycook announces further reforms, including changes to use of receipts, eligibility and discounts
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NewsMHCLG aiming to ensure planners can draw on similar levels of resources as developers in viability negotiations
Senior official says she hopes government plan will tackle imbalance between public and private sectors
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CommentA year on from the general election, what progress are we making towards 1.5 million homes?
This Friday marks a year since Labour won a historic landslide in the general election. Paul Smith assesses how the government has fared against its key housing delivery pledge
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NewsPeabody starts fall by nearly three-quarters as it takes ‘careful’ approach to development
G15 landlord’s pivot to spending more on improving existing homes continues with new, localised approach to services