All Policy articles – Page 48
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CommentLet’s try and stick with a housing minister for enough time to effect change
if the government was serious about housing it would resist the temptation to keep chopping and changing who is in the ministerial role, argues Paul Smith
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News‘Serious concerns’ raised about BRE five years before Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
‘Damning’ report found lessons had not been learned at testing house
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NewsFormer whip Stuart Andrew made housing minister
Pudsey MP has campaigned against housing plans in his own constituency
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NewsHome counties council put in ‘special measures’ over planning
Decision to designate Uttlesford council comes after years of controversy over housing plans
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NewsBEIS allocates £179m for social housing energy efficiency works
Funding allocations for 69 local authorities announced
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NewsHousebuilders taking legal advice as row erupts over £4bn cladding fund
HBF accuses the government of issuing ‘disproportionate’ threats against the industry over fire safety repairs
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NewsEWS1 forms will still be used for several years, lenders warn
Fire risk assessment process will take a long time says UK Finance
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NewsInfrastructure loan fund will have £624m to spend
The new ‘Home Building Fund’ was announced as part of this week’s levelling up white paper
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NewsGove threatens to stop housebuilders trading unless they pay into cladding fund
Housing secretary steps up war of words with developers
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CommentGove has delivered a levelling up policy lacking real detail or serious money
Michael Gove’s seemingly ambitious vision falls a bit flat and ‘left behind’ towns deserve better, argues Carl Brown
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NewsHomes England details new ‘levelling up’ housing funds
Agency sets out funding criteria for new development finance and infrastructure pots as it is given new regen role
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NewsRICS boss hits back at Gove’s plan for new monitoring powers over body
Interim chief executive Richard Collins questions purpose of planned statutory governance reviews
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NewsIndustry underwhelmed by Gove’s levelling up vision
Housing and construction bodies criticise lack of detail in long-awaited white paper
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NewsFire safety guidance change will ‘fundamentally’ reduce repair costs
Ballymore boss says the withdrawal of the Consolidated Advice Note set to significantly reduce scope of works
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CommentThe Leasehold Reform Bill: a misplaced eye on developers
Limiting a ground rents ban to new-builds seems oddly aimed at housebuilders, who for the most part have modified their practice on this anyway, argues Linda Kirk
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NewsDevelopers ‘don’t know’ how many 11-18m blocks affected by fire safety crisis
HBF working with government to produce reliable numbers as housebuilders argue Gove’s £4bn repair estimate too high
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NewsHousing funding rules set for overhaul to support ‘levelling up’
‘80/20 rule’ axed to channel more Homes England money into the north and midlands
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NewsIndustry bodies to address MPs on cladding costs
Inquiry into Michael Gove’s £4bn cladding funding plan kicks off with evidence sessions this week
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NewsTwo home counties councils reject their own local plans
Conservative-led authorities in Hertfordshire cite changing government policy on planning
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NewsRegen funding of £1.5bn to ‘level up’ 20 places
DLUHC confirms Wolverhampton and Sheffield among those to benefit and says white paper due shortly