All Housing articles – Page 49
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NewsUKGBC: £150bn cap won’t solve energy bills crisis without retrofit programme
Liz Truss faces call for action to retrofit homes in addition to borrowing in order to freeze energy bills
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NewsDLUHC told to ‘get a grip’ as watchdog reveals 32,000-home shortfall in AHP
National Audit Office outlines failures in the management of the government’s flagship affordable housing funding programme.
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NewsRegulator warns housing associations facing rent cap not to neglect landlord services
RSH issues warning as concern mounts over impact on development programmes
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In FocusSeven things you need to know about new housing secretary Simon Clarke
Simon Clarke has become the fourth housing secretary in less than a year, but what do we know about him? Carl Brown finds out
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NewsSocial housing bodies call on Truss to fund energy efficiency measures
22 figures sign letter calling for help for providers and residents on costs and retrofitting of homes
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NewsMulalley to pay £10.8m to Hyde after landmark cladding case
Contractor’s bill after July’s High Court judgement higher than previously expected
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NewsRees-Mogg appointed business and energy secretary
Housing sector calls for national retrofit programme as climate ‘sceptic’ Rees-Mogg is appointed
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NewsSimon Clarke appointed housing secretary
Middlesbrough-born Brexiteer becomes fourth MP to hold post in less than a year
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NewsBerkeley ‘on track’ for £600m profit
Housebuilder boosted by strong demand and purchase of regen JV share from National Grid
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NewsHousing associations’ development spend a third below forecast
Latest regulator survey for June quarter finds build programmes hit by ‘supply chain issues’
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In FocusLeading the pack: an interview with L&Q’s Fiona Fletcher-Smith
The boss of the UK’s largest housing association developer L&Q talks to Carl Brown about net zero, her frustrations with government and plans for expansion in the north west
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NewsMacquarie’s £1bn BTR company gets green light for 550-home scheme
Goodstone Living wins approval for BTR scheme in Digbeth, Birmingham
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NewsKingspan half-year turnover smashes €4bn barrier for the first time
Products firm reports record revenue
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NewsLiveWest latest HA to miss development target
Inflation and labour shortages derail association’s plan to build 1,100 affordable homes in 2021/22 but it boosts turnover through strong sales
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CommentThe green belt is strangling the life out of planning
The ‘green belt’ concept is misunderstood, polarising and toxic and needs to be reimagined for the 21st century, argues Samuel Stafford
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NewsPlaces for People appoints former Crest director as first ever COO
Executive director for development Scott Black has been promoted to chief operating officer at 220,000-home housing association
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NewsHouse price growth slowed in June
House prices in the UK rose by 7.8% in the year to June, less than the rate of general inflation.
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NewsPersimmon reports drop in completions amid planning ‘complexity’
Housebuilder says it still expects to hit its target of building 14,500 to 15,000 homes this year despite 10% drop in development
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CommentTruss or Sunak must keep 300,000-home target and make building affordable
Homes are becoming too expensive to build in many parts of the UK and we need tangible policies backed up with ambitious targets to tackle the problem, argues Lauren Atkins
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CommentMarket and political failures are behind our lack of cheap, warm housing
A lost decade in insulating homes has led to the government needing to subsidise energy costs and it’s time to rethink the system, writes Chris Brown