Housing Comment – Page 11
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CommentLabour conference: No borrowing for building
A fretful conference saw Labour tighten its stance on austerity, ruling out extra borrowing for capital spending
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CommentLabour conference: Brownfield or greenfield housing?
We need to get the balance right between brownfield and greenfield development and I’m not sure Labour has done that yet
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CommentBoosting brownfield
Is the government offering enough of an incentive for local authorities and private sector developers with its brownfield housing initiative?
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CommentFears over towers miss the point
Super-dense schemes can work in London as long as they reinforce street spaces
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CommentWhat eighteenth century Rome can teach us about making places
Why generating ‘street life’ - in all its senses - is the key to building successful cities
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CommentHousing's on the up – but can we meet demand?
Planning, skills and finance barriers remain before we can meet the UK’s housing needs
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CommentThe calm before the storm
Westminster will soon be a flurry of activity before the general election - and construction is at the heart of the public policy debate
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CommentWe must re-empower small and medium-sized housebuilders
Tthe current dominance of volume house builders has caused concerns for location and housing quality
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CommentA failure to plan
If housing is a long-term priority for the UK, the planning system does not recognise it
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CommentHow does your garden grow?
Garden cities hold out the attractive prospect of helping meet the demand for new housing, but political, financial and planning obstacles could nip them in the bud
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CommentThe World Cup's over - but Passivhaus is not
Steve Douglas on how a footballing trip to Brazil resulted in an unexpected lesson in low carbon housebuilding
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CommentWas Miller right to sell its construction business?
Nice price for Galliford Try and stuttering housing market add up to a bold decision by Miller
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CommentWhy I'm running for RIBA Council
Architect Ben Derbyshire on why he and fellow architects Andy von Bradsky and John Assael are aiming to reform the RIBA
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CommentFuture impossible?
A couple in the future decide to extend their semi-detached home - here’s how they might do it
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CommentHandling the worker shortage
With both the Bank of England and the government pushing for greater housing production to deal with an overheating market and rising prices, it begs the question: who’s going to build them?
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CommentMore small sites needed to boost housing supply
There’s no chance of meeting demand for homes by prioritising large sites, despite political consensus, says Chris Tinker of Crest Nicholson
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CommentReady to go green?
The construction industry needs to demonstrate a change in culture if it is to be fully prepared to deliver on the government’s promise of going zero carbon on all new homes by 2016, says Andrew Stunell
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CommentWe mustn't ditch affordable homes to boost housing output
Rachel Fisher looks at the risk government progress on housing standards is undermined by relaxation of affordable requirements
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CommentGarden City Prize: Now the hard work begins
Barton Willmore’s Ian Tant on how a housing obsession bagged a place on the prestigious Wolfson Prize shortlist
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CommentWhat I really think about off-site manufacture
HTA’s Ben Derbyshire on why Eric Pickles needs to look beyond just prefab to tackle the nation’s housing crisis