All Housing articles – Page 103
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Housing Delivery
‘A place of pioneers’: Greenwich Millennium Village
Labour’s vision of sustainable communities is still going strong 20 years on – in at least one case
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Comment
Stop housing being treated as infrastructure’s poor relation
Give housing associations the chance to create communities, not just homes
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Comment
Don’t forget: a lot of housing design is getting better
The critical CPRE audit focuses on a limited number of schemes and tells only part of the story
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In Focus
‘Improve the stock of human happiness’: Interview with Neil Murphy, founding director of TOWN
The founding director of developer TOWN on award-winning co-housing scheme Marmalade Lane and how to shake up placemaking
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In Focus
Why is the Home Building Fund failing to reach small builders?
Despite being the main target of the fund and the ones that need it most, SME housebuilders are struggling to access the cash
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In Focus
How good housing can rescue the high street
With Mothercare joining the list of famous retailers to disappear, David Blackman considers alternative ways of keeping town centres alive
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In Focus
Will Persimmon now put its own house in order?
Has Persimmon’s financial success come at the expense of quality and safety?
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In Focus
‘We are still fighting our corner’: Interview with Katy Jordan, Storey Homes
The managing director of Storey Homes on succeeding as an SME housebuilder and taking on the government
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In Focus
How high-priority will housing be for the new Johnson government?
With five years ahead, the Conservatives have a real chance to tackle the housing crisis – but this depends on where the sector sits on their to-do list
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In Focus
Briefing: Key Conservative housing promises
Manifesto includes pledge to build a million homes and support modern methods of construction
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In Focus
What do the manifestos say about homeownership?
The second of two articles on the main parties’ housing policies looks at their plans to boost homeownership, which is a particular focus for the Conservatives
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In Focus
Big election pledges on green building…
But can they be delivered? We explore what the three main parties are promising on energy efficiency
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In Focus
What housing pledges are contained in the main parties’ manifestos?
As the 2019 general election draws ever closer, David Blackman scrutinises how the main parties plan to meet housing demand
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In Focus
‘It is like living in a container, but it’s not’ – Inland Homes’ hugg
How Inland Homes – via a division named hugg – became an accidental pioneer in temporary housing
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In Focus
‘There are many central London sites sitting there that could be earning an income’
Russell Pedley of Assael Architecture explains why how putting homes above a railway line is tricky yet lucrative
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In Focus
Cut down to size: Scrutinising the London Plan
The Inspectors Report has rubbished the GLA’s small sites plans as ‘undeliverable’
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In Focus
Briefing: How Ilke plans to produce 5,000 modular homes a year
Ilke Homes boss David Sheridan spells out how the modular housebuilding operation will realise its ambitions
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Housing Delivery
Barton Park, Oxford: A unified approach to housing development
Oxford City Council could have sold the site, but instead it entered a partnership with Grosvenor to create an exemplar of quality placemaking
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In Focus
Tightening the purse strings: Local authorities and the Public Works Loan Board
The single percentage point hike in the Public Works Loan Board’s lending rate may still sound like a good deal but is causing headaches