All affordable housing articles – Page 2
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NewsSolihull Council appoints Vistry to deliver MMC sustainable housing scheme
The development will be 100% affordable
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In FocusGrey belt, green belt and the curious case of Labour’s benchmark land value
The new government’s plans to allow more development on parts of the green belt have been hailed as a potential game-changer for housing supply. However, there are growing fears that the ‘golden rules’ governing the release of sites may simply make sites unviable
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NewsBirmingham City Council proposes reducing affordable housing target for brownfield developments
Council says proposed local plan changes are not about watering down affordable housing, but about being ‘realistic’
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In partnershipHow can we unlock housing delivery in the North-west of England?
There are universal challenges to delivering homes, but what specific obstacles do housebuilders and registered providers face in the North-west? Olivia Barber reports on a Housing Today Live roundtable on this issue, which was hosted in Manchester, in partnership with Willmott Dixon
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NewsNew survey finds attitude to urban brownfield regeneration ‘overwhelmingly positive’
A survey commissioned by Landsec, British Land and Berkeley found that almost 80% of people felt urban regeneration would have a positive impact on their area
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NewsHousing associations will need £54bn to deliver social housing targets in the London Plan, G15 says
The G15 has urged the government to help it leverage more private finance through a 10-year rent settlement and access to the Building Safety Fund
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NewsSlough Borough Council considers future of its troubled wholly-owned housing company
The council will consider the case for continuing with James Elliman Homes (JEH) which has made a loss since 2020
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NewsWest of Scotland Housing Association boss to retire next year
Brian Gannon has announced he will be stepping down as chief executive of the Glasgow-based housing association in spring 2025
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NewsHousing sector welcomes Northern Ireland draft programme for government as ‘starting point’
But bodies stress the need for sufficient funding to deliver more affordable housing
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NewsAster’s surplus hit by higher interest costs and writedowns
The housing association’s pre-tax profit falls 14% due to a combination of an increase in costs caused by inflation and an ‘all-time high’ investment in its homes
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NewsG15 stresses sector’s ‘desperate need for certainty’ and calls for 10-year rent settlement
London’s largest housing associations has warned that to continue delivering affordable homes, it needs rent policy certainty
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NewsCompetition regulator to review GMCA’s brownfield housing scheme
Scheme will provide £500m in subsidies to providers developing brownfield sites in Greater Manchester
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NewsScottish Empty Homes Partnership brings record number of homes back into use
The partnership is part of the Scottish government’s commitment to bringing empty homes back into use as affordable housing
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NewsClarion gets go-ahead for redevelopment of former London Chest Hospital
Latimer is set to deliver 274 new homes at the site, 50% of which will be affordable
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News‘Unburdened’ for-profits have ‘more appetite’ for partnership deals, says Vistry boss
Stephen Teagle contrasts financially burdened traditional housing associations with for-profit providers
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CommentAfter the Labour landslide, it’s time to rebuild
The housing sector must now work with Keir Starmer’s ministers to make its voice heard and get the economic lifeblood of our communities flowing again, writes Kate Smith
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NewsJigsaw Homes resumes 131-home development stalled by Ilke Homes going into administration
Morro Partnerships has taken over as the contractor to complete the scheme
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NewsFor-profit provider backed by social impact fund appoints Richard McCarthy as chair
FAHHA appoints former senior civil servant, who has also served as CEO of the National Housing Federation and Peabody
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NewsRural communities ‘held back’ by high house prices, Stonewater survey finds
People in rural communities also highlighted a lack of public transport and public services as barriers to living in the countryside
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NewsBromford and Flagship reveal plans to merge
Under the proposals, the two housing providers would come together to form a 78,000-home provider called Bromford Flagship