All Housing articles
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FeaturesBuilding’s Budget Scorecard: did Healey’s announcements deliver for construction?
Construction leaders gave John Healey’s first Budget as chancellor a cautious 5.9 out of 10. Carl Brown reports on how they rated it across nine key themes, from retrofit to skills
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CommentPublic housing is back at the top of British architecture
Council homes won both the Stirling Prize and the Neave Brown Award this year. Satish Jassal, whose practice won the latter, says it is heartening
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NewsBritish Land halts further work on £4bn Canada Water project
Developer the latest to pause major housing work in the capital due to viability issues
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FeaturesRapid growth and leaving a legacy: Liam Bevan on the rise of Cardo
Backed by private equity, buoyant from no fewer than 18 acquisitions and expecting to turn over £460m in its current year, the Welsh repairs contractor has grown sevenfold in just three years. Its co-founder talks about the firm’s background, strategy and what comes next
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FeaturesVistry’s retreat to 12,000 homes: will the plan hold?
New chief executive Adam Daniels has set out a new strategy to reduce annual completions to 12,000 as Vistry seeks to put its finances on a sustainable footing. Joey Gardiner asks whether it will work
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NewsReform UK unveils sweeping plans to deregulate planning system
Party wants to scrap BNG requirments, landfill tax, Section 106 payments and most building standards on brownfield housing schemes
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Features‘Good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart’… But what did Burnham’s speech actually mean?
With grand vision and little detail, Andy Burnham last week made his pitch for prime minister. Daniel Gayne picks through his Manchester speech for clues about what the Makerfield MP will actually do when he gets the keys to Number 10
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NewsVistry has ‘no plans’ to raise equity through rights issue, says executive
Stephen Teagle says housebuilder will continue to deliver significant numbers of homes despite its first half profit warning and voluntary exit scheme for staff
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NewsStirling Prize winner appointed to design urban extension on Norwich industrial site
Former Colman’s Mustard factory site part of wider regeneration zone earmarked for up to 3,500 homes
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FeaturesWhat would Reform and Green gains in Thursday’s elections mean for the housing sector?
With the two parties polling strongly and expected to be the biggest beneficiaries in Thursday’s local elections, Daniel Gayne asks what their stated positions and local-government records could mean for housing, planning and delivery
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CommentPlanning commttee decisions are increasingly becoming politicised – the new national scheme of delegation should help combat this
The planning process should be quasi-judicial and about professional judgement rathter than political choices, writes Paul Smith
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NewsGreen light for revised 1,500-home Greenwich scheme
Council signs off 11-block development after affordable housing deal reached
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CommentWhat Wren’s exit tells us about the professional indemnity insurance market
The mutual insurer’s decision to wind down reflects a system stretched by cladding claims, extended liabilities and shifting regulation. Denise Chevin argues we need to find a way to share risk more fairly
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NewsUK housing market to stagnate as Middle East conflict raises borrowing costs, says RICS
New buyer enquiries fall to lowest level since August 2023
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NewsPlaces for People and Barratt Redrow announce JV with plans for 8,500-homes in Hertfordshire
Six interconnected villages to be built on the outskirts of Harlow
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NewsFormer Homes England and Greater Manchester boss Eamonn Boylan dies
Tributes paid to ‘giant of English devolution’ who served as Greater Manchester chief executive for eight years
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FeaturesWhat the chancellor’s plan for regional devolution really means for cities
This month Rachel Reeves announced £2.3bn in additional funding for cities and a plan to devolve – for the first time – the power to keep tax revenues raised in local areas. Joey Gardiner poses the five questions that spell out what this could all mean for ...
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CommentWe must seize this renewed opportunity for regeneration in the north of England
Tracy Harrison welcomes the increasing shift in focus onto regeneration and sets out what the Northern Housing Consortium is doing to move the dial
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CommentNew towns can work – but only if we learn how to deliver them properly
Delivery structures, governance and long-term stewardship are just as important as the housing numbers attached to this next generation of new towns, Tom Mitchell at Metropolitan Workshop writes