Carl Brown
Carl Brown is head of content at Building, Housing Today and Building Design.
He helps to shape the news, insight and analysis across all three titles.
He has many years of experience writing about the housing development market.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 07947 251 424
- Email:
- carl.brown@assemblemediagroup.co.uk
NewsBuilding safety costs help widen deficit at Notting Hill Genesis to nearly £130m
Latest figure comes on top of £90m deficit housing association racked up previously
CommentThe chancellor’s £39bn boost buys time for social housing – now innovative private finance models must help deliver at scale
The Labour government is prioritising funding for grant-heavy, and much-needed, social rented homes while also promising to ramp up delivery to 1.5 million homes a year. Innovation to draw in private finance can help square the circle, says Carl Brown
NewsChanges to Treasury ‘green book’ rules will help boost housing and transport delivery in the regions, say industry figures
Government announces shift to “place-based” focus when appraising projects
NewsReeves to announce £39bn Affordable Homes Programme and 10-year social housing rent settlement
Treasury also confirms CPI plus 1% annual rent rises and a consultation on convergence in a major win for the affordable housing sector
NewsReeves reportedly drawing up plans for ‘housing bank’ and £25bn Affordable Homes Programme
Homes England to be redesignated as public finance institution to allow it to create financial assets and lower capital costs for developers
NewsRolls-Royce team wins competition to build Small Modular Reactors
Winning consortium also includes Laing O’Rourke and Bam Nuttall
NewsBellway says completions this year will now be higher than expected
Housebuilder adds reservation rates have begun to pick up
FeaturesLearning from the land of opportunity: Could a US-style system of low income tax credits boost affordable housing in the UK?
The government is on the hunt for ways to fund affordable housing without increasing short-term public borrowing. A group of activists and researchers believes there is a solution in operation across the Atlantic. As part of Building’s Funding the Future series, Carl Brown finds out more
NewsStudent housing giant Unite makes £719m bid for smaller rival Empiric
Pair have begun due diligence on proposal
NewsSpending review ‘make or break’ for 1.5 million homes target, influential MP tells Treasury
Select committee chair raises concern over claims MHCLG will face reduced funding as an ‘unprotected’ department
NewsHigher build costs and collapsed land sale to hit Gleeson profits
Housebuilder says operating profit will be up to 20% lower than expected
NewsHousing association hit by contractors going under on its jobs
Three schemes hit by firms going bust
NewsWatkin Jones falls to loss in half-year results
Turnover drops at student and BTR developer amid ‘challenging backdrop’
NewsGovernment unveils plans to simplify planning and biodiversity rules for smaller housing sites
MHCLG also publishes consultation paper on plans to delegate most planning approvals to council officers
News‘Housebuilders do not sit on land’ – HBF hits back at Rayner’s plan for slow build-out fines
Trade body calls on government to focus instead on the ‘actual reasons’ for subdued supply
NewsDeal agreed for £500m regeneration project
Longer-term plans will see 2,000 homes built in Wythenshawe
NewsCala blames planning delays as housebuilder’s profit falls
Firm that was recently sold to private equity says starts held up by red tape
NewsDESNZ allocates £630m for energy efficiency upgrades to public buildings
Latest funding awards under Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme confirmed
NewsHousing groups call on Rayner to remove tax and regulations ‘disadvantage’ to attract more finance for social housing
Group tells deputy PM that for-profit sector could increase equity fundraising to £3bn a year, leading to 30,000 new homes annually
NewsVistry boosts sales rate after slow start to the year
Housebuilder says registered providers’ investment constraints mean partner-funded activity is ’relatively low’