All Housing Delivery articles – Page 3
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HBF urges the government to launch a replacement for closed Help to Buy
New analysis by the trade body has indicated that the Help to Buy scheme will return £2bn to the exchequer once all loans are repaid
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GreenSquareAccord’s chief financial officer set to join Abri
Jo Makinson will leave GSA in December
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More than 300,000 London households on waiting lists for social housing
Centre for London and the G15 are calling for £15bn funding per year to deliver 33,000 social rent homes a year
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CIH Scotland has ‘serious concerns’ that introducing Passivhaus equivalent will affect housing delivery
Devolved government plans to bring in standard for all new builds
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Solihull Council appoints Vistry to deliver MMC sustainable housing scheme
The development will be 100% affordable
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Comment
Building 1.5 million homes: how do we ensure quality of life in the government’s housing drive?
As ministers seek to increase housebuilding they must remember that rapid construction without planning for sustainability and wellbeing leads to poor outcomes, writes Matthew Morgan
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Places for People appoints new managing director for developments
Andrew Usher has been promoted from development director to managing director for developments
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Councils urge chancellor to take ‘immediate action’ as one in four councils risk needing bailouts
LGA says Budget must provide councils with financial stability to protect the services
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In Focus
Grey belt, green belt and the curious case of Labour’s benchmark land value
The new government’s plans to allow more development on parts of the green belt have been hailed as a potential game-changer for housing supply. However, there are growing fears that the ‘golden rules’ governing the release of sites may simply make sites unviable
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Birmingham City Council proposes reducing affordable housing target for brownfield developments
Council says proposed local plan changes are not about watering down affordable housing, but about being ‘realistic’
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Deaths of homeless people increase 12%, Museum of Homelessness research finds
The number of people who died while homeless rose to 1,474 last year
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Hill Group appoints new dedicated build-to-rent manager as it eyes expansion into sector
Tom Starkey has been hired to help shape Hill’s BTR strategy
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Scottish regulator warns of ‘systemic failure’ to deliver homelessness services
The organisation says the last year has been the most challenging for social housing since the Scottish Housing Regulator was formed in 2012
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North East Combined Authority and Homes England form strategic place partnership
NECA has signed an agreement to form a long-term partnership with the government’s housing and regeneration agency to help unlock local housing development
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Citizen builds ‘record’ 703 new homes
The 32,000-home housing association’s turnover increases, but its surplus falls due to interest costs
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Comment
Starmer’s first 100 days: groundwork laid but now it’s time to deliver
The new Labour govermment has made a promising start, but will it provide the foundations needed for long-term reform? asks Gavin Smart
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Notting Hill Genesis confirms £90m deficit in overdue financial accounts
The 67,000-home housing association’s accounts were late as it was reviewing one-off costs, most of which related to building safety
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Government will miss 1.5 million homes target by almost a third without funding, the NHF and HBF warn
Research by Savills shows there there could be a shortfall of up to 95,000 new homes per year.
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Homes England and combined authority agree £51m deal for 1,500-home Wirral regeneration project
Plans will see gasworks site turned into housing.
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‘Challenging year’ for Torus as surplus drops 45%
The housing association’s surplus has been hit by high inflation and increased investment in its existing homes