Housing News – Page 281
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Housing tenant ties himself to bridge in protest over repairs
Worcester Community Housing tenant stops rush-hour traffic in frustration at four-month wait for completion of repairs
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NewsAffordable housing shake-up needed to keep villages alive
Review calls for an end to badly designed estates around market towns
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Private shared-equity housing schemes fall foul of credit crunch
Review finds that nascent market among private providers has been strangled by economic downturn
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Natural England sets green test for new housing growth points
Agency demands wildlife-rich green spaces are placed at the heart of all new housing developments
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NewsLiverpool's waterfront takes shape
Latest images of construction progress at Pier Head/Mann Island, where three major regeneration projects are under way
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Council leaders warn eco-towns face legal challenge
Local Government Association says government approach is flawed and could create grounds for judicial review
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NewsZero-carbon houses cost up to £47,000 more to build
First government Code level six figures show varied extra budgets to achieve zero carbon for different housing types
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NewsHousing growth points: can we build our way out of a crisis?
Several areas tackling low housing demand are now getting money to build extra homes, but can they juggle the two tasks?
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NewsLondon architect reveals bamboo building in Taiwan
Bamboo screen that enables natural ventilation without compromising security could provide local model for sustainable housing
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NewsMakin wins approval for Manchester's first zero-carbon flats
Moylan Homes' sustainable city-centre housing development will be green in more ways than one
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NewsStewart Milne Group to lay off 20% of staff
Housebuilder responds to Scottish economic downturn by axing a fifth of workers
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NewsGovernment announces 20 new housing growth points
Nearly 75,000 more homes from Newcastle to Cornwall
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New affordable housing model could become law
Community Land Trusts to be included in proposed amendment to Housing and Regeneration Bill
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Government announces sites for 'extra care' homes for elderly
Department of Health will spend £80m on more than 2,000 homes across the country
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NewsYoung people opt for sheds as affordable homes
Potential first-time buyers are shunning the property market to build wooden chalets in parents' back gardens
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NewsMears wins £170m of social housing contracts
Social housing sector in London, Berkshire and Midlands proves fruitful for Mears group
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NewsHouse prices tumble 1.8%
July average house prices fall £4345 as desperate sellers cut prices to search of deals
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NewsHousebuilding's evolutionary moment: survival of the fittest
The big beasts of housing may face extinction in a downturn but there are all kinds of small creatures waiting to take their place
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Government pushes for more homes in South-east
Draft regional spatial strategy plans over 33,000 new homes each year, against local objections
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Birmingham cowboy fined for botched loft conversion
Gerald Collins convicted of convening Building Regs after causing structural damage to client's home