All Housing articles – Page 5
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CommentHow to find out what people really think about new homes
Councils should seek the views of a representative sample of the local population, rather than a minority with vested interests, argues Paul Smith
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NewsHousing association asks High Court to clarify Vistry’s responsibility for fire safety defects
Housebuilder rejects responsibility over historic defects in Salford flats built by subsidiary Countryside
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NewsUK needs 100,000 ‘beautiful’ council homes a year to solve affordable housing crisis, report claims
Policy Exchange report calls for new social housing boom which learns from ‘traumatic’ legacy of brutalist post-war estates
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NewsPlans in for resi towers scheme in north London
Proposals would see row of six high-rise blocks built on site near Hendon station
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NewsPlans for £48.5m housing scheme in Birmingham
2.5 acre site in Soho Hill set to deliver 115 homes and flats alongside an 80-bed care home
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NewsHomes England’s £122m investment in 1,100-home Newcastle brownfield scheme approved
Package will pay to fix complex land issues that have kept site derelict for decades
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NewsBellway increases completions 14%
Housebuilder says local authorities “taking time” to adopt to new planning framework
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NewsTaylor Wimpey and Pocket Living figures among six appointed to building regulations review panel
New panel will review approved documents in line with Grenfell Inquiry recommendations
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NewsHomes England brings in former prisons chief as new chief executive
Amy Rees to take up role next month
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NewsPlans for 950 homes on Edinburgh brownfield site submitted
Scheme intended to be 35% affordable
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CommentBuilding safety reform was essential, but there’s lots more work still to do
It was supposed to act as an enabler of safer housing, not an unintended barrier to progress. Here’s how we can make the Building Safety Act work better, says Lee Powell
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NewsHousebuilder chaired by former Persimmon boss increases fire safety provision to more than £100m
Avant admits figure could change as its works its way through which buildings need remediation
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NewsPersimmon and Barratt Redrow get green light for 2,500-home development in Wiltshire
Scheme will be built in Trowbridge
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NewsNew planning application submitted for 1,300 homes at UK’s largest self build scheme
Nearly 800 homes have been built so far at site in Oxfordshire
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CommentThe government must be brutal in reducing planning burdens to help SME housebuilders deliver
There is no chance of meeting the 1.5 million homes target without smaller firms delivering. This government should be bolder in reforming planning to help them do it, argues Paul Smith
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NewsFormer Lendlease developments boss to head up new company set to build 40,000 homes on surplus railway land
Bek Seeley to run government-owned Platform4 formed from merger of Network Rail property arm and LCR
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NewsTaylor Wimpey the latest housebuilder to put supply chain on notice as fresh £222m cladding safety hit plunges firm to £92m loss
Defects discovered in past few months relate to cavity barriers behind brickwork and render
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NewsRevenue and profit down at Cala after sale to private equity
Increase in provisions blunts housebuilder’s bottom line
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NewsMore than 20 firms land spots on new build housing framework
National contractors and local builders appointed to initiative
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FeaturesAhead of a £1.5bn development, Populo Living shares its plan to boost regeneration in Newham
In 2018, a new mayor tasked Newham’s housing company with building more affordable homes. Seven years later, it’s getting ready for its biggest scheme yet. Daniel Gayne headed east to find out more