All housing articles – Page 5
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NewsGive poorer households free heat pumps, experts tell government
Open letter signed by 20 bodies calls for better incentives to drive uptake of energy-saving devices
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FeaturesInterview: Waltham Forest council on its £500m regeneration plans
This east London borough has a massive regeneration plan afoot, spending half a billion pounds over the next few years. Building Boardroom spoke with the council’s Simon Miller, Stewart Murray and Mark Brickell to find out more about their strategy and what they seek in delivery partners
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NewsGreen light for RMA’s 25-storey east London tower
Plans for 274 homes led by Muse and Poplar Harca
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NewsJenrick will meet backbench rebels to win support for planning reforms
Communities secretary insists plans will help small housebuilders
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NewsHousing association announces contractors on £350m housing framework
Lovell, Osborne and Willmott Dixon all land spots on decade-long deal
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Look on the bright side
The Garden Bridge wasn’t bad for everyone, it appears – and at least it’s half term! Meanwhile in Italy, Renzo Piano has had his jab
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FeaturesAfter Nick Walkley: What direction will Homes England take next?
Agency faces triple threats of market uncertainty, fire safety and net zero if it wants to deliver homes
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Nutty effervescence
A housing minister comes over all Marie Antoinette as he sips a bit of bubbly… meanwhile, working parents are going round the bend
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NewsCommercial and housing sectors won’t recover until 2023, new report says
Latest forecast from Experian predicts output will remain below pre-pandemic levels this year and next
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FeaturesResidential market survey: Housebuilders' hopes and fears for 2021
The housing sector is blessed with a mini-boom - if you believe the hype - but new data reveals not all residential firms are bullish about their resilience to covid or their prospects next year
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NewsGovernment announces fire safety form exemption for buildings without cladding
Deal with RICS agreed over weekend
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NewsL&G launches build-to-rent business for the suburbs
New arm to focus on “new ways of living” in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic
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NewsFour chasing first deal at Grosvenor’s £500m homes scheme in Bermondsey
South London job designed by KPF
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NewsDesigns for £450m Sunderland revamp unveiled
Work involves transforming former industrial site along banks of river Wear
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NewsMasterplanning competition launched for huge £8bn Thamesmead regeneration scheme
Peabody and Lendlease behind redevelopment
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NewsChange now if you want to survive the new building safety regulator, Hackitt tells firms
Legislation due before parliament later this autumn
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NewsHTA’s Old Kent Road tower recommended for approval
Industrial-inspired 32-storey scheme to provide 219 homes
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NewsWelsh firm drafted in to fix problems at collapsed Cruden site
Developer warns Runcorn housing scheme poses health and safety risk
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CommentHousebuilding rates are falling off a cliff - it’s time to act
The double-whammy of covid and Brexit means we need some state intervention if we are to have any hope of hitting housing targets