All Housing Delivery articles – Page 6
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CommentAre SME housebuilders becoming extinct? Why we must unlock cheaper finance for smaller builders
The government has extended the Home Building Fund for SMEs that was due to close this month, but restrictive rules still block smaller housebuilders from gaining access to the loans they need to develop difficult sites, writes Wayne Douglas
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NewsPlanning inspector refuses ‘monolithic slab’ Stratford tower at appeal
34-storey student housing scheme criticised for breaching local plan policy on tall buildings
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NewsMore than 100 housebuilders sign letter calling for Reeves to rethink £3.4bn building safety levy
Home Builders Federation says levy is “nakedly anti-development” and will result in fewer homes being built, hampering Starmer’s 1.5m homes goal
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CommentWhy co-design is a critical tool for inclusive housing development
Tom Greenall and Jane Wong introduce a new online co-design resource intended to support more inclusive and meaningful community participation in the development process
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CommentBalancing quality and quantity to deliver 1.5m homes
The government – and housebuilders – must be given the best possible chance of achieving its ambitious target writes Ben Derbyshire
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NewsL&Q development down 26% as it pursues de-risking strategy
Housing association giant raises extra £30m from stock sales in first nine months of 2024/25
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In Focus'This is a growth story’… How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders
The transport operator’s group property director talks about the ‘new mindset’ at Network Rail – and why the country’s biggest owner of brownfield land is taking an assertive role in redevelopment projects on its sites
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In FocusThe 1.5 million-home question: Does the government’s planning reform programme add up?
Ministers unleashed a barrage of planning reforms in the dying days of 2024. Joey Gardiner asks if these can give the industry the boost it needs to get anywhere close to the government’s ambitious housebuilding target?
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In Focus‘I’m passionate about villages having the right sort of housing’ … My work as a development officer at Hastoe Housing Association
Tim Wells tells Housing Today how his rural roots inspired his career and how he is helping to overcome the challenges to build much-needed affordable homes
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NewsSadiq Khan consults on plans for new intermediate rental tenure for key workers
Mayor London proposes rents based on 40 per cent of key workers’ incomes
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NewsCommittee ‘concerned’ Welsh government’s 20,000 social homes target will not meet demand
The Housing and Local Government committee has suggested that the government needs to raise its social housing target from 20,000 to 60,000.
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NewsYorkshire Housing boosts pre-tax surplus by 80%
The 18,900-home housing association said it has had to ‘flex’ its development programme due to the economic conditions, but is on track to meet its building target.
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CommentWhat exit of ‘the Peters’ means for the future of Homes England
The departure of both the chair and chief executive of the government’s housing agency sends a strong message that the ministry wants to build more homes and work with partners in a different way, writes Joey Gardiner
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NewsPennycook ‘convinced’ 1.5 million homes are deliverable but won’t commit to annual targets
Housing minster tells MPs he can’t provide a figure for the number of affordable or social rent homes to be delivered within the 1.5 million homes target
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NewsNewly-formed West Midlands housing partnership appoints contractors for first affordable housing scheme
The partnership launched by West Midlands mayor Richard Parker has selected two framework contractors to deliver new affordable homes
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NewsUniversity of Cambridge considers doubling size of development to 6,000 homes
University looking at increasing density of Eddington scheme
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NewsSovereign Network Group appoints Guy Slocombe from Hyde to senior role
Former City banker Slocombe will take up chief investment and development officer position, replacing Tom Titherington
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NewsPeabody’s Ian McDermott among three CEOs appointed to NHF board
The chief executives of Peabody, Torus and Curo have been selected to join the board as L&Q’s Waqar Ahmed departs
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NewsSadiq Khan set to appoint Karen Buck as chair of London development corporation
Former MP Karen Buck will be responsible for spearheading the delivery of tens of thousands of affordable homes near the new Old Oak Common HS2 station.
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NewsWolverhampton Council and English Cities Fund submit plans for city centre redevelopment
Plans unveiled for first 331-home phase of 1,000-home masterplan