All Housing articles – Page 97
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Boss had ‘every confidence’ in project's building control officer
Council manager says surveyor only had 30 live projects and rejects allegations of ‘culture of bullying’
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NewsCambridgeshire council signs up housebuilder for development JV
South Cambridgeshire forms partnerships with Hill Group and Balfour Beatty
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NewsWhat we learned at last week's Grenfell Inquiry hearings
Cladding fitters unable to explain ‘unacceptable’ errors while austerity staffing cuts hampered building control inspections
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News‘Heartbroken’ building control officer laments lack of time on Grenfell refurb
Local authority surveyor blasts council staffing cuts but admits to Inquiry his checks fell short
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NewsMcStone partners with Anchor for new later living homes
The UK’s largest providers of housing for older people join forces to develop new homes
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NewsHA consortium to kick start offsite homes procurement
Building Better group of associations will launch modular framework procurement this month
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NewsGovernment turns down half of applicants for £1bn cladding fund
More than half of the decided applications to pay for remediation of non-ACM clad buildings so far refused
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NewsArgent founder to chair housing quango
Peter Freeman given Homes England job after departure of Sir Edward Lister to be Downing Street adviser
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NewsGrenfell council cut corners on inspections due to austerity, Inquiry told
Building control officer felt forced to make ‘judgments’ about whose work needed most focus
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CommentDesirable home price increases are hiding the true state of the market
When the distressed sales start average house prices will fall
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NewsDeal to kick start major Glasgow build to rent scheme
Insurance giant L G to forward fund 346-home Candleriggs Square tower
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NewsVistry appoints new South east MD
Housebuilder brings in former Bellway exec in latest senior management change
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NewsGovernment launches £3bn housing retrofit programme
Money will be spent on private houses and public buildings
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NewsHousebuilding plummets to lowest on record
Government figures show extent of damage to supply done by lockdown build hiatus
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NewsContractor for window surrounds ‘assumed materials were fine’, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former Rydon project manager oversaw gaps being packed with combustible insulation then topped with uPVC
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NewsCladding subcontractor admits Grenfell work ‘unacceptable’
Osborne Berry partner cannot explain how cavity barriers were placed back-to-front and wrong way around
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CommentForget housing targets, what we need is quality
Trying to build 300,00 homes a year is a fantasy. What people need is more space says Peter Bill
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NewsConsultant tells Grenfell Inquiry it was ‘clearly’ not providing full clerk of works role
John Rowan Partners boss says ‘too many experts’ would have been required for it to check building regs compliance
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we learned this week
Facades specialist questioned on project management failings and reliance on advice from suppliers
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NewsHBF sets up net zero housing task force
Cross sector body will also create delivery hub to drive uptake of new technologies