All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 8
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NewsGove names and shames three more landlords
Orbit, Lambeth council and Birmingham city council put in the spotlight for allowing tenants to live in “disgraceful conditions”
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NewsTelford wins permission for 11-block housing scheme in Ilford
HTA-designed development to include more than 800 homes in towers rising to 36 storeys in height
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NewsGovernment launches £1bn fund to insulate least energy efficient homes
Scheme to come into effect in April 2023 and run for up to three years
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NewsEnergy efficiency drive ‘must learn from past failures’
Riba says government’s retrofit programme must build a competent supply chain following previous failed schemes
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NewsAutumn statement: £6bn funding package for energy efficiency
Construction firms welcome three-year package as ‘step in the right direction’
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis appoints former Foxtons COO as new chief executive
Patrick Franco to lead 67,000-home housing association at the age of 39
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NewsKwarteng slashes stamp duty as he pledges to ‘get Britain building’
Chancellor’s ‘mini-budget’ included sweeping cuts to taxes and regulations aimed at reversing construction slump
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NewsUKGBC: £150bn cap won’t solve energy bills crisis without retrofit programme
Liz Truss faces call for action to retrofit homes in addition to borrowing in order to freeze energy bills
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NewsHousing architect appoints strategic director
Laura Cassullo joins Jo Cowen Architects, firm behind Present Made’s suburban Build to Rent push
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NewsHaringey council appoints designer for Broadwater Farm estate refurb
Tottenham blocks found to be structurally unsound in tests carried out in wake of the Grenfell Tower fire
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NewsArchitects brace themselves for housing market stagnation
Expectations of future workloads by resi architects fall to lowest level for two years in RIBA survey
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NewsUKGBC calls for standardised carbon saving measurements when reusing materials
Lack of agreed metrics on carbon savings from retaining components in projects is an important gap in industry knowledge, climate group claims
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NewsGreen light for reworked 400-home Southwark scheme
Major scheme approved four years after intitial plans were rejected over density and design concerns
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NewsGovernment admits deregulation drive stopped officials raising fire safety warnings prior to Grenfell
But housing department lawyer tells Grenfell Inquiry that “competent” industry professionals would not have signed off flammable cladding systems
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NewsHousing sector slams Johnson’s plans to extend Right To Buy
Housing associations will not have resources to replace sold homes, industry groups warn
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NewsModular construction 'emits 45% less carbon than traditional methods'
Study by Cambridge University and Napier University found 28,000 tonnes of carbon were saved on two modular schemes in London
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In FocusLocal elections 2022: how will housing and planning issues affect voting?
Concerns over local planning and housing issues could be the deciding factor in a number of swing seats tomorrow - here are some to watch
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NewsProducts firms refusing to back down over demand to pay cladding bill, CPA says
Boss says “all manufacturers stand behind their products” as row shows no sign of being resolved
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NewsLondon’s tower block pipeline dwindles
Applications for blocks of more than 19 storeys have fallen by a third, even though record numbers of plans approved in the last year
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News‘Too many unknowns’ to pay up, products group tells Gove
Industry body queries firms’ ‘connectivity’ to at-risk buildings in wake of housing secretary’s anger at sector’s response to cladding pledge