All Housing Delivery articles – Page 80
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NewsGreen Homes Grant to be scrapped this week
Abolition of £3bn domestic energy retrofit scheme is ‘misguided’, construction firms say
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NewsConstruction sites to keep extended working hours until autumn
Measures introduced last May allow jobs to stay open until 9pm
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NewsRedfern ‘no regrets’ over Taylor Wimpey’s lockdown shutdown
Chief executive tells Housing Today he took an ’honest decision’ in 2020 to close sites, despite financial impact on business
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NewsSenior Homes England figure quits to run design charity Public Practice
Departure of Pooja Agrawal follows appointment of charity’s current boss as Malmo city architect
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NewsFormer Grenfell insulation boss denies MPs’ dinner was attempt to stop combustibles ban
Senior Kingspan staff attended January 2018 dinner at Palace of Westminster months after Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
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NewsKingspan director denies misleading Grenfell Inquiry over rigged fire test
Adrian Pargeter says ‘powers of recollection…deserted me’ when giving evidence last December
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NewsOwners of 900 unsafe buildings ‘unable to provide basic information’, minister says
Housing minister Chris Pincher says issue is slowing down safety push
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NewsRetrofits of Victorian homes can cut CO2 emissions by more than 80%
Historic England says improvements needed on the fifth of buildings in England which are over a century old
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NewsBellway sees interim profit drop on fire safety costs
Pre-tax profit hit by £20m charge despite record completions in first six months of the year
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NewsCertification body not set up to counter ‘deliberate misrepresentation’
‘Maybe we were naive,’ admits chief scientific officer as inquiry hears Arconic ignored 11 requests for information
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NewsAssociations announce merger plans to form top 20 landlord
PA Housing and Accent Group are in early discussions over creating one 44,000-home landlord
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NewsGovernment launches £562m housing retrofit drive
Policy to improve 50,000 homes branded ’simply not enough’ to tackle problem
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NewsMPs reject bid to protect leaseholders from recladding costs
House of Lords amendment to the Fire Safety Bill is voted down by government
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NewsOusted Kier boss to chair Hull fire safety firm
Haydn Mursell left the top job at Kier two years ago
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NewsMPs slam 'disastrous' Green Homes Grant failure
Environmental audit committee calls on government to launch national retrofit strategy
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NewsNew L&Q chief exec slashes five-year build targets
Housing association says it will build 3,000 homes a year, down from 10,000 per annum ambition
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NewsCertifier reprimanded for ‘serious’ error in Grenfell insulation, inquiry hears
BBA’s certificate for Kingspan product described by inquiry counsel as ‘dangerously misleading’
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NewsManufacturer changed Grenfell cladding without alerting certifier, inquiry hears
Arconic did not formally update British Board of Agrement when it changed the core of its ACM panels
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NewsHousing starts fell 16% in pandemic year
First official figures show similar drop in completions for 2020
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NewsHomebuyer satisfaction hits highest level on record
Latest HBF survey findings follow industry focus in aftermath of build quality scandals