All Housing articles – Page 13
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Call for ‘bottom-up’ viability model to boost council affordable housing delivery
‘Flipped’ model could allow councils more say over type and mix of homes and guarantee developers higher returns, report says
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Features
From the archives: The clearance of London’s worst slum, 1843 - 1846
Letters and news items chart the construction of a new road through the centre of the notorious St Giles slum, the “haunt of the drunkard and the debauchee”
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McLaren lodges plans for 45-storey hexagonal tower in Leeds
Mixed-use scheme would be latest addition to growing cluster of tall buildings in the city’s west end
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Rachel Maclean confirmed as housing minister
Former Sunak Treasury aide and Andy Street ally appointed following departure of housing minister Lucy Frazer
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Reshuffle reaction: frustration at housing minister churn but praise for energy shake-up
Rachel Maclean expected to be confirmed as sixth housing minister in a year
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Lucy Frazer to step down as housing minister
Frazer’s promotion to culture secretary means industry in line for sixth housing minister in 12 months
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Ȧ the Future Commission: introducing the housing and planning stream
The housing and planning stream of the Ȧ the Future Commission will examine the housing development sector’s current and future challenges and propose solutions and new ways of thinking
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Government to mandate second staircase in new blocks above 30m
Department estimates fire safety measure will cost business £1.6bn over a decade
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Warning of ‘complete collapse’ in local plan-making after Gove announcement
Developer groups fear the government has “given up” on housing delivery despite asserted support for 300,000-home target
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Stricter controls on developments needed to stem flooding risk, NIC says
Government’s infrastructure advisors said £12bn of drainage network upgrades needed over next 30 years to tackle extreme weather caused by climate change
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Why everyone’s getting excited about the new energy efficiency taskforce
Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to set up a team to drive a programme of energy efficiency improvements to the UK’s buildings, with an ambitious new target. After a series of past blunders, could it actually work this time?
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Housebuilders hit back at ‘anti-development’ building safety levy
Representatives of homebuilders say the government is punishing ‘innocent’ firms for the failures of ‘the few’
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MMC and the Future Homes Standard
Industry experts discussed how modern methods of construction can help the industry achieve the Future Homes Standard, at a rountable hosted by Ȧ and Rockwool
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Fight with housebuilders on the cards as Gove goes back to the future
The re-appointment of Michael Gove as housing secretary is likely to mean the return of fraught discussions about building safety costs
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Industry welcomes £6bn funding for energy efficiency measures
Three-year package is ‘step in the right direction’ but chancellor warned money will be wasted without the right skills
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Vistry £1.2bn takeover of Countryside completes
Merged housebuilder to start trading shares from Monday
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Cost model: Build-to-rent
Build-to-rent offers a solution to low housing supply and stable returns for investors and developers – if they can meet the demands of a quickly evolving tenant base
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Camden after partner for next phase of award-winning estate regen
Contract to complete Karakusevic Carson masterplan worth £133m
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Truss planning reforms ‘set to be ditched’
Reports suggest Rishi Sunak is planning to drop reforms announced in the mini-Budget last month.
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Barratt shareholders protest over lack of women on board
Housebuilder says it will announce appointment of new female non-exec within two weeks