All Policy articles – Page 55
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NewsStrategic partners allocated £8.6bn from affordable homes programme
Housing ministry says the first part of the £12bn programme will deliver 120,000 homes
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CommentTackling the barriers to housing with care
Andrew Fyfe examines the barriers to delivering adequate amounts of housing with care provision
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In FocusLiverpool defends its status as a city of sensitive regeneration – but Unesco begs to differ
A badge of honour or a certificate not worth the trouble? Liverpool’s loss of its world heritage status has opened a debate about the purpose and value of the designation
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NewsNew housing design tsar criticised for support for PD
Beauty advocate Nicholas Boys Smith accused of piloting “Trojan horse” for planning deregulation
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NewsBidding opens for £150m First Homes pilot
Housebuilders urged to take part in 1,500-home project to test home ownership scheme
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NewsOffice for Place is ‘not Cabe 2’ says government design advisor
Chair of board setting up new body says it is set to take role accrediting new local design codes
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In FocusHow are lenders responding to the government’s EWS1 form announcement?
The government announced last month that EWS1 forms should no longer be required on smaller blocks. But as Carl Brown finds out, there is a wide variety and confusion in lenders’ planned approach
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NewsMortgage lenders need more information before changing EWS1 approach
Most lenders and valuers continue to require assessments on blocks below 18m despite government announcement
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NewsShared ownership grant rate to increase following delivery concern
Move being made to ensure housing associations have appetite to deliver new homes
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NewsModular housebuilder launches with plan for 1,000 homes a year
Steel frame offsite builder CoreHaus set up by partnership between Fusion21 and North-east developer
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NewsFour out of five high street properties ripe for resi conversion
Controversial permitted development conversion rights and new fire safety tests for high rises have come in to force
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NewsJenrick to tighten planning guidance around flood risk
Housing secretary says plans opposed by Environment Agency will be called in for determination
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NewsMPs call for halt to roll out of new PD right
Select committee says wide-ranging new resi conversion right should not be introduced until review undertaken
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NewsHigh rise levy to hit up to 14,000 new homes a year
Ministry to exempt affordable housing from Building Safety Levy but admits charge might knock completions
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NewsAll our Building Safety Bill coverage in one place
All of our Building Safety Bill news, opinion and analysis in one place
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NewsEWS1 forms scrapped for buildings below 18m in height
Government and mortgage lenders back changes after research finds ‘no systemic risk of fire’ in smaller blocks
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NewsLiverpool stripped of world heritage status for 'overdevelopment'
Decision confirmed after 10 years of threats
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NewsPlanning reform ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate change
Nation’s net zero target should be enshrined in new NPPF, says Green Building Council
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In FocusWhat role can housing play in Building Back Britain? An interview with Terrie Alafat
Terrie Alafat is heading up a new commission that seeks to put housing at the heart of Britain’s post covid-19 recovery. Here, she explains why she is confident it will be more than just another talking shop
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NewsGovernment drops one million-home Ox-Cam Arc target
Housing minister says plan for one million homes by 2050 ‘not government policy’