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Countryside completions up 17% after covid delays

Work finally set to start on troubled £70m Leeds housing scheme

Doubts raised about industry’s ability to deliver Future Homes Standard plans

Boklok strikes 750-home deal with Hampshire housing association

Architects warn that ‘right to regenerate’ plan could result in a ‘horror story’

Redrow raids Berkeley for its new head of land

Government confirms plan to make new homes meet net zero by 2025

Big firms told to speed up payments to small suppliers

Covid and cladding costs send Watkin Jones profit tumbling

Lone Star to wrap up £647m McCarthy & Stone takeover this month

No update on housing arm sale as Kier eyes improved first half results

Winvic picked for Edgbaston Stadium housing redevelopment

Homes England extends Help to Buy deadline

TopHat to build modular homes at Urban & Civic’s 6,200-home project

Minister with housing brief steps down after ‘devastating’ family news

Construction firms fear lockdown hit to production

Get the landscaping right, then construction can follow

Government announces £30m fund to relieve waking watch costs

Grainger’s Kennington JV with TfL gets planning approval

Ilke Homes to build 57-home modular scheme for Guinness

Newham’s modular rooftop housing programme gets the go-ahead

Homes England to replace delivery partner panel

Khan seeking developer for 220-home MMC scheme

Levelling up should go beyond tackling the North-South divide

Government lays out further PD rights expansion

Gleeson says results will beat expectations

Eco retrofits’ average cost more than double Green Homes Grant limit

Welsh government to invest £35m in MMC homes

Vistry and Bloor win permission for 850-home Crewe masterplan

Government announces £2.3bn for housing as part of new four-year package

The key to longevity is flexibility, so why don’t we design homes that way?

Levelling up means Homes England re-prioritising how it spends

Gas boiler ban in new-builds ‘by 2023’

Government approves £170m grant for Meridian Water scheme

On demand | In conversation with Jerry Tate

L&G launches build-to-rent business for the suburbs

Social housing regulator to inspect major housing associations

Plans approved to kickstart 2,500-home York Central scheme

London affordable starts slump by two-thirds

Peabody chief executive to stand down

Possible Brick by Brick sell-off sending out ‘shockwave’

What does the future hold for council-owned housing companies?

MHCLG set to launch research project into MMC

Vistry reinstates dividend following strong trading

Planning bill set for significant delay

What next for planning reform?

Brick By Brick future up in the air after council parent ‘goes bust’

BoKlok build system wins NHBC accreditation

Labour calls for multi-billion pound housing retrofit boost

Contractors fight for role on Grosvenor’s £500m Bermondsey project

Futures Housing outlines 1,200-home development plan

L&Q sees home completions fall by half

Are joint ventures the answer to risk management?

On demand | Refurbishment webinar

On demand | Net zero for existing buildings

On demand | Energy efficiency webinar

Housing market to stay open during second lockdown

Plans to replace Cheshire care home destroyed by fire approved

First Base planning £155m Cambridge mixed-use scheme

Swan to open second modular housing factory

Peabody and Lendlease start masterplanner search for £8bn Thamesmead regen scheme

Ex-Redrow project receives planning despite absence of developer

Developer given the all clear for 600 homes at former Liverpool scrap yard

The race for space: Housing market trends that are here to stay

Brick by Brick gets green light for 100% affordable project

Notting Hill settled £20m legal claims over Paragon block in 2019

Nine contractors land roles at L&G’s later living arm

Seventeen high-rises left with no plan for dangerous cladding

Regional devolution could help deliver new homes more effectively

Hill announces London land-buying spree

Construction’s Tesla moment is approaching fast

Designers chosen for £58m refurb of Grenfell estate

Inland signs 200-home build to rent deal

Countryside in build-to-rent deal with Goldman Sachs for 1,000 homes

Solve fire safety issues to help people move on

Ilke to supply modular homes for Notts regeneration site

Vistry claims £165m of ‘partnerships’ wins

Newham housing company appoints Vistry to build Plaistow tower

Grenfell architect appointed without being asked about high-rise cladding experience

Join the modular revolution that suits all tastes

Hackitt warns industry to change now to survive the new building safety regulator

Hill JV submits plans for 75 homes

Grenfell client warned project would fail without ‘fundamental’ re-appraisal

We must lift modular into the mainstream

Grenfell Inquiry: What we learned last week

Newest homes ‘least comfortable’ during lockdown

Fire minister calls for modular to solve housing’s safety problems

Grenfell client chose not to hire £30k design advisor, inquiry hears

Faithful & Gould bags roles on £15m modular housing scheme

Safety fears emerge over part-built Onward scheme

Embodied carbon regulations: a case of not if but when

Grenfell consultant described project as a ‘farce’

Post occupancy tests should be condition of Help to Buy cash, government told

Consultant alleges ‘improper’ contact between Grenfell client and contractor

Work to restart on stalled £100m Liverpool job

Housing recovery sparks post-lockdown surge in construction orders

Build to rent investment to hit record high in 2020

Could covid spell the end of open-plan living?…

Legacy body starts developer search for 1,200 homes on Olympic Park

Grenfell Inquiry: Boss had ‘every confidence’ in project's building control officer

Cambridgeshire council signs up housebuilder for development JV

What we learned at last week's Grenfell Inquiry hearings

‘Heartbroken’ building control officer laments lack of time on Grenfell refurb

McStone partners with Anchor for new later living homes

HA consortium to kick start offsite homes procurement

Government turns down half of applicants for £1bn cladding fund

Argent founder to chair housing quango

Grenfell council cut corners on inspections due to austerity, Inquiry told

Desirable home price increases are hiding the true state of the market

Deal to kick start major Glasgow build to rent scheme

Vistry appoints new South east MD

Government launches £3bn housing retrofit programme

Housebuilding plummets to lowest on record

Contractor for window surrounds ‘assumed materials were fine’, Grenfell Inquiry hears

Cladding subcontractor admits Grenfell work ‘unacceptable’

Forget housing targets, what we need is quality

Consultant tells Grenfell Inquiry it was ‘clearly’ not providing full clerk of works role

Grenfell Inquiry: What we learned this week

HBF sets up net zero housing task force

Grenfell’s flammable insulation picked to hit ‘aspirational’ sustainability target

L&G Modular’s first scheme ‘substantially complete’

Grenfell cladding fabricator admits being aware safer ACM panels available

What do people really want from their homes?

Barratt gets stamp of approval for ‘net zero’ plans

Grenfell project manager misunderstood fire warning, Inquiry hears

Greenwich seeks builders for 117-home social rent scheme

Grenfell cladding specialist denies tower was ‘guinea pig’ for new insulation

Sigma forms JV to deliver 3,000 build to rent homes in London

Why modular isn’t working

Developers to bid for £100m garden city job

Scarborough begins housebuilder hunt for £250m council homes programme

Son of Harley boss given first ever project manager role on Grenfell refurb

Call for 75,000 homes-a-year modular build programme

Nearly 3,000 blocks have dangerous non-ACM cladding

London mayor launches revised MMC design app

Grenfell Inquiry: What we learned last week

Plans for 137-home Chiswick scheme unveiled

Designer at Grenfell specialist grilled over missing cavity barriers

L&Q private housebuilding spend dropped by three quarters last year

Be First wins permission for ‘net zero’ estate regen

Half of ACM fire-risk blocks have had cladding removed

Design manager at Grenfell cladding firm expected ACM to melt, not burn, Inquiry told

Grainger JV with TfL gains first permission

Why fitting sprinklers to medium rise residential buildings makes sense

Call for government to expand national retrofitting programme

‘Project designer’ at Grenfell cladding specialist was freelance draughtsman

Grenfell cladding specialist ‘didn’t check’ insulation fire performance, Inquiry hears

Contractor shuts social housing business

MPs blast government over cladding remediation failures

Housing associations call for more social rent homes

The Infrastructure Levy won’t fund homes where need is greatest

Bid error led Grenfell cladding specialist to recommend ACM cassettes, Inquiry told

The proposed Infrastructure Levy is missing critical detail

Tackling the social housing employment gap

How well has the industry adapted to the new normal?

The methods for allocating local housing targets need to be fixed

Net zero carbon homes: Is hydrogen the solution?

What is is the best way of measuring a home’s energy efficiency?

Uncertainty lingers behind the big promises of First Homes

Getting design codes right will take time, resource and patience

Planning reform: For and against

The planning white paper has three big flaws

A planning committee member on the planning reforms

Planning reform: The devil will be in the detail

Why the planning reforms will promote better quality development

Does the market for high rise apartments have a future?

Extending permitted development rights is a free pass for the unscrupulous

Housing associations need long term funding certainty

Grenfell Inquiry: What we learnt from Rydon’s second week under scrutiny

Why we need the new guidance promoting active travel

How research is helping the industry through the pandemic

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry transcripts should be mandatory reading for everyone in housing

The Building Safety Bill: A big step in the right direction

What might a suburban renaissance look like?

Use the New Towns Act to liberate land for one million new homes

Keep regeneration planning local

What does covid mean for the build to rent sector?

New orders are driving housebuilder share price hikes

Housing investment is welcome - but planning reform is the missing link

Local plan rules should be relaxed to increase housing supply

How to take advantage of the building safety fund

Don’t be fooled by house price optimism

Planning reform: Be careful what you wish for

The impact of covid-19 on viability

Tony Pidgley - a man always ahead of the game

Why the Jenrick affair damages developers

Covid-19 has made the planning process more democratic

How we are tackling discrimination at HTA Design

Interview: Jez Sweetland, Bristol Housing Festival

Now is the time to build the homes that people really want

Covid should be the catalyst for a more sustainable society

Briefing: TopHat’s vision of an automated future

Better housing is the key to a healthier Britain

JV North’s plan for getting building again

What does covid mean for the future of co-housing?

Briefing: Impact Capital, a MMC business for a socially distanced world

How we make sure our workers stay safe

How lobbyists distort the housing market

Interview: Tom Copley, deputy mayor for housing, London

The digital standards in the building safety bill are a missed opportunity

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