All Housing articles – Page 108
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In Focus
Interview: Barbara Spicer, Plus Dane Housing
The adviser to Liverpool’s mayor discusses the challenges and rewards of regeneration in northern England
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Housing Delivery
Case study: Lollard Street social housing
A Section 106 agreement gave rise to a scheme of housing, a green square and a nursery in London’s Lambeth
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In Focus
Build-to-rent sector: what you need to know
There’s a buzz about build to rent right now, but does the data prove it’s a significant market?
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In Focus
Interview: Paul Hackett on the London social housing scene
The chair of the G15 group of London housing associations has worked in the sector for 30 years – how does he see its future unfolding?
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In Focus
How is Brexit affecting housebuilding?
Uncertainty is compounding the downturn, with housing associations affected as well as volume housebuilders
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In Focus
Interview: Stephen Kinsella, Homes England
The Homes England director on offsite housebuilding, working with housing associations, and on being a master developer
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In Focus
Your essential guide to the UK housing sector
The facts and figures on all the big players and disruptors in the sector – and what they’re doing now and next
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Housing Delivery
How Sweden is championing offsite to build its homes
Sweden uses offsite manufacture to build at least 45% of its new homes. Could the UK emulate this approach, making use of modern techniques?
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Housing Delivery
Welsh Streets, Liverpool: developing derelict Victorian terraces for 21st-century living
This radical build-to-rent scheme encourages community and provides a blueprint for other developers
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In Focus
What does the Letwin review mean for housing policy?
Oliver Letwin’s review into build-out rates espouses a more varied approach to development. But some fear his proposals are too complex
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Housing Delivery
Wembley Park, London: plans for the UK's largest build-to-rent scheme
On a vast regeneration site in London’s Wembley Park, developer Quintain is building what it hopes will be the UK’s largest build-to-rent scheme
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In Focus
Is custom build the future of housing developments?
Buyers frustrated with a lack of housing choices are fuelling a growing market for custom build, with new developments offering a range of customisable features. Is designing your own home going mainstream?
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Housing Delivery
Bourne Estate, London: valuing high-quality communal space
Matthew Lloyd’s clever remodelling of an inner London estate shows the value of high-quality healthy communal space
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In Focus
What will the housebuilding industry look like in 25 years' time?
Here, Joey Gardiner asks if the next 25 years will witness a radical rethink in order to hit the ambitious goal of 300,000 homes a year
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In Focus
How the Oxfordshire housing deal is a challenge to Cambridge
Oxford has great hopes for its rowing crew’s performance in this weekend’s Boat Race – but are Oxfordshire local authorities equally primed to deliver on a mammoth £215m housing deal from central government?
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In Focus
Grenfell is changing how we build homes - and the mid-rise could be on the up
Dame Judith Hackitt’s review into fire safety – prompted by the Grenfell disaster – will have consequences for every aspect of how we build homes. Many of the potential changes will favour the medium-sized building
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In Focus
Is Help to Buy heading for the scrap heap?
Help to Buy is the government’s big leg-up to help housebuilders increase output. So news of ‘obscene’ executive pay along with scandals over leaseholds and defects are not going down well
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Housing Delivery
Why North West Cambridge is a model for building on the green belt
This £1bn development is Cambridge university’s answer to a critical housing shortage for its students and staff. But instead of getting the private sector to build for it, the university has taken on the role of developer itself