All Housing articles – Page 68
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The government’s plan for tackling fuel poverty is short-sighted
We have the coldest and leakiest homes in Europe, but the long-term solutions have been known for decades, writes Chris Brown
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Housebuilders offer compromise deal to Gove on cladding costs
HBF says members would agree to carry out critical works on own buildings and hand back Building Safety Fund cash
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BRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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Building Safety Bill changes would drive SMEs out of housing development market, CIC warns
Concern grows that extension of limitation period to 30 years could hit insurance availability and damage levelling up ambitions
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Tilia hires third executive with Persimmon connections
Group formerly known as Kier Living completes hat-trick of appointments of current or former Persimmon directors
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Lovell boosts turnover 21%
Morgan Sindall’s partnerships housing arm increases margin target as it focuses on mixed-tenure development expansion
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Gove’s cladding remediation fund: what are the rights of housebuilders now?
Construction lawyer Martha Mordecai explains where Gove’s proposed cladding fund legislation leaves housebuilders legally
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McCarthy Stone boosts land team in £200m acquisition drive
Retirement housing giant appoints new directors to step up land purchase activity
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US fund giant Oaktree to create £1bn co-living portfolio in London
First planning permission secured for new business
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Minister green lights 454-home Wembley scheme following inquiry
Eddie Hughes approves Barratt and TfL development
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The latest housing delivery test figures show our planning system isn’t working
Annual government figures showing homes delivered by local authority reveal some of the key barriers to delivery and it is time for change, argues Paul Smith
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Housing association development spend 23% lower than forecast
Spending on development hit by materials shortages and planning delays, but still exceeds pre-pandemic levels
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It should not be so hard to build quality, affordable homes
Working together and applying basic principles can help us improve development, even when using old-fashioned build methods, writes Ben Derbyshire
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Getting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund
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‘Few housebuilders have built much over 11 metres in height’, HBF tells MPs
Trade body believes housebuilders are being unfairly targeted by Gove
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House prices rise at fastest monthly rate for more than 20 years
No sign of slowdown yet as average house price rise by nearly £8,000 in a month, driven by ‘second-steppers’, says Rightmove