Housing Delivery

Octopus raises £100m for intermediate rental housing in Scotland

Total commitments in asset manager’s affordable housing fund now total nearly £500m

Landfill tax changes would make projects unviable without boosting recycling, warns NFB

Concern grows over impact of changes designed to boost circular economy

Crest Nicholson shutting office and cutting jobs as it warns profits may be lower than expected

Housebuilder says it has been hit by ’subdued’ market and pre-Budget uncertainty

Is the Building Safety Regulator’s plan to tackle the backlog likely to succeed?

With construction of tens of thousands of homes held up waiting for approval by the new regulator for high rise homes, Joey Gardiner assesses whether the plan by its new management will turn things around

First phase of 3,500-home Edinburgh scheme step closer after Holyrood confirms £42m funding

The first phase of Granton Waterfront will deliver 847 homes

‘My heart is really in regeneration’: Cobalt CEO Claire Griffiths on her new role chairing 22-strong group of Liverpool HAs

Daniel Gayne spoke to the new chair of Liverpool City Region Housing Associations about repairs, development and the opportunity of devolution

Khan’s £11.7bn affordable programme to introduce new key worker living rent product

City Hall publishes prospectus outlining how London’s share of the £39bn for affordable homes announced in the spending review will be allocated

L&Q boosts completions and starts in first half of the year

110,000-home landlord builds more than 1,000 homes in the six months to 31 September

Building 1.5 million homes requires a radical, joined-up strategy

Saying ‘build baby build’ is not a policy, we need fundamental structural change to housing, writes Richard Jones

Registered providers’ interest cover not expected to reach 100% until 2028, warns regulator

RSH says financial performance of RPs has fallen for seven successive years

Small housebuilders are being pushed to the brink. What would the late Duncan Davidson do in this market?

Persimmon’s founder once embodied the bold spirit of the industry — a spirit Denise Chevin argues is now being stifled by rising costs, red tape and planning inflexibility

Yorkshire Housing says rising borrowing costs hampering build plans as it misses target

19,000-home landlord increases surplus and turnover

Plans submitted for £200m Huyton town centre regeneration scheme

Mixed-use plans to include council headquarters and new homes

Innovation, collaboration and the search for capital: Greg Reed outlines what the social housing sector must do post-spending review

Following the better-than-expected spending review, the Places for People boss argues that the sector now needs to work out how best it can deliver an offer in return – and that includes finding new ways of attracting investment.