All articles by Steve Douglas – Page 2
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CommentRight to buy is not the issue
The Conservatives’ pledge could create a legal minefield and distracts from challenge of building more homes
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CommentThe affordable homes good news story
The Affordable Homes Programme for 2012/15 has finished, so who were the winners and losers?
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CommentWhat's the fuss about knowing your assets?
The pressure is on housing associations to have up to date registers of their assets but they need to go even further than that …
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CommentHousing policy isn't only about building more homes
We can’t forget the areas, both North and South, in need of economic regeneration
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CommentIt's crunch time in social housing
In just over a month we’ll know if the government and GLA have hit their targets - and housing associations will know who their friends are
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CommentCan direct commissioning avoid trap of centralisation?
the latest government move to build homes is to be welcomed if power is kept with local communities
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CommentDon't write off small associations
There’s an opportunity for small developers to help realise social housing construction
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CommentLyons: a roar or a whisper?
If Labour get in to power, it’ll be the Treasury that decides whether the Lyons Review will make a difference
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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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CommentDesperate homebuyers need hungry housebuilders
Superprofits at housebuilding firms point to the idea we need a more managed market
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CommentHas homebuying suddenly trumped private rent?
Construction inflation, Help to Buy and customer sentiment all restrict growth of new build rented homes
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CommentWhy 'dark developments' are on the rise
Homes are being built and left unoccupied while the majority struggle to get on the property ladder
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CommentIs it time to regulate all housing provision?
Radical solutions are needed if the basic right of a roof over your head is to be made affordable again
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CommentContractors: we need you to build homes
The policy signs are good but there is not enough capacity from housebuilders to build the homes we need
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CommentCan housing be sent into space?
The drive to densify cities helps neither families nor social mobility
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CommentIs it wintertime for housing policy?
The leaves are falling, and the government has just downgraded the importance of housing policy. But a new model is still needed to build at scale
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CommentHousing news worth celebrating
Put the champagne on ice until we see a return to a sustainable level of housing supply and affordable prices
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