Housing delivery

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Government to extend judicial review reforms to housing

Six-week consultation launched on plans to cut legal challenges against smaller schemes

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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