All Housing Delivery articles – Page 14
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News
Reading Council set to wind down ‘unviable’ housing company
The local authority says the wholly-owned Homes for Reading has missed two loan repayments
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Comment
Section 106 delivers numbers- but to ensure good services, HAs need more control
L&Q has launched a review into how it can work with managing agents where ownership arrangements make it hard for the association to influence services and costs for residents. Fiona Fletcher-Smith explains more.
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Midland Heart appoints new executive director of property services
The 35,000-home housing association has promoted Sayeed Harris to the role
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Thinktank says ‘mania’ for high rise development has damaged UK cities
Policy Exchange report says tall buildings do not deliver high densities as claimed, and that boom in high rises has not helped address housing crisis
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Clarion full-year completions fall 24%
Housing association giant takes a more “cautious” approach to new build as it undershoots original development target by 600 homes
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Green light for 433-home scheme on London’s South Bank
£1bn project finally gets nod after delays caused by Historic England intervention
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Accent hires interim chief executive to replace Paul Dolan
Sarah Ireland will fill the role while the housing association searches for a permanent chief
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Great Places misses annual development target by nearly 300 homes
‘Site-specific’ delays cited as reason 786-home target was not met
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More than five million homes need to be built by 2040 to meet demand, report says
Greater London will need 1.8 million new homes, while Birmingham needs to build the most homes out of any local authority
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Clarion’s development arm secures planning for 481 homes in Digbeth
The deferred planning application has been approved following concerns over section 106 agreement
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Plans in for 76-storey residential tower in Manchester
Proposed scheme by developer Salboy would be the tallest building outside London
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Comment
Housing associations must create more efficient development delivery models
The challenging market requires providers to look at their overheads, but this also provides an opportunity to innovate, writes Richard Jones
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News
Flagship submits plans for 1,100-home Norfolk regeneration scheme
The regeneration of the 1960s Abbey Estate, located between Norwich and Cambridge, will take place over 20 years
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Enfield Council seeks developer for next phase of 10,000-home Meridian Water regeneration
The contract is worth £260m, and homes will need to be delivered between 2025 and 2033
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In Focus
‘Good, but not perfect’ – What next for Homes England?
A year after the launch of its five-year strategic plan, an independent review of Homes England has set out recommendations for improving the body. But with an election coming soon, what might the future actually hold for the agency? Daniel Gayne reports.
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Peabody appoints developer to deliver its first Passivhaus scheme
The scheme will deliver 189 affordable, low-energy homes in South-east London
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Labour to unveil golden rules for building on ‘grey belt’
The policy has the potential to unlock land to build hundreds of thousands of new homes, says Knight Frank
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Andy Street pledges to triple social housing delivery if re-elected as West Midlands mayor
Polling shows uphill battle for incumbent in fight for West Midlands mayoralty
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Government to confirm lowered Affordable Homes Programme delivery target ‘shortly’
Revised target for £11.5bn programme will be announced after government admitted it won’t hit 180,000 homes