Housing delivery

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UK Design Capital of the Year: How Bradford’s regeneration is driving its revival

Alex Funk takes a closer look at her home city and explores the projects, policies and partnerships driving its transformation that have made it a contender for this year’s award

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How £10bn-turnover Czech giant Penta is using housing JVs to gain a foothold in the London market

Housing Today flies to Prague to speak to Marek Dospiva, co-founder of one of central Europe’s biggest companies, which has recently signed two JV deals for housing schemes with Ballymore in London and is eyeing further deals

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From £50k homes to a £1bn platform: HSPG’s next phase in affordable housing

The social impact investor says a £1bn equity injection from Sixth Street into its for-profit provider PPHA will help it acquire around 4,000 homes and hold more stock for the long term. Guy Horne discusses HSPG’s journey

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Why community matters in the housing debate

The housing sector often talks about numbers of units developed but at its heart housing is about whether a community feels like home, writes Elly Hoult

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We must tackle the tax and regulatory burdens on developers to boost housebuilding in London

Building new homes reduces housing costs, boosts productivity and generates jobs. We should let housebuilders get on and build, writes Chris Weaton

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Honey reduces losses as it aims to more than double annual revenue to £175m

Sheffield-based housebuilder backed by private equity firm targets “rapid expansion”

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Housing Today and G15 call for increased devolution of funding in latest report

The recommendation is among 10 ideas outlined in annual State of the Capital report

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The Future Homes Standard will be challenging but sharing knowledge is the key to success

New requirements confirmed last month are a positive opportunity for the housebuilding sector, writes David Thomas