All Housing articles – Page 287
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NewsHomebuying discount urged for ‘good’ council tenants
Think tank wants ‘positive’ behaviour rewarded by extra help in buying council home
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NewsTenants should look for work or lose their homes, says report
Conservative think tank says giving council housing to the needy has created ghettos
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NewsHomes and Communities Agency opens for business
New super-agency headed by Bob Kerslake has a budget of £17.4bn over next three years
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NewsBeckett's speech: 'Long-term future rather than announcements'
Havering council's leader Michael White reacts to Margaret Beckett's speech at the Thames Gateway Forum
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News'Housing agency grasping the nettle of the Thames Gateway'
Valli van Zijl, regeneration director at Southern Housing Group, comments at the Thames Gateway Forum
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NewsTories: 'Regional bodies should not impose [housebuilding] targets'
Shadow Thames Gateway minister Stewart Jackson on regional housing targets and incentives for councils to build
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NewsHouse prices fall 8% in a year
Housing market survey finds average property price down 8.1% in past 12 months
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NewsHi-vis kilts keep Scots builders safe
St Andrew's Day is celebrated with unusual safety kit by Connaught workers refurbishing Glasgow homes
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NewsThe recovery unit
The Homes and Communities Agency must invest in land and infrastructure in order to be in shape for an eventual upturn, says the former chief executive of the Housing Corporation
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NewsEastender: New development in east London
The mayor of London has approved a new 27-storey development in east London
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HCA may be lead developer, says Kerslake
Leaders of the housing and regeneration superagency being launched next week are considering turning it into a large-scale direct developer of homes during the housing downturn, it emerged this week.
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Housebuilders voice fury at Darling’s mortgage delays
Anger grows over chancellor’s failure to press ahead with Crosby report recommendations
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Minister urged to suspend code timetable
Housebuilders have called for the government to suspend its plan to make new homes zero-carbon by 2016, after the housing minister admitted that “flexibility” was needed.
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NewsHousing Corporation boss Steve Douglas: Outgoing (to say the least)
Housing Corporation boss Steve Douglas thinks some housing associations will go to the wall, is sceptical about the affordable homes target, but is nevertheless brimming with optimism for the public sector. We spoke to him on the eve of his departure
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NewsRenew boss cautious over emergency Budget
Brian May, chief executive of Renew, has said he will reserve judgment on the merits of this week’s pre-Budget report
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NewsBanks row over TW debt deal
‘Small and vocal minority’ of Taylor Wimpey lenders demand equity stake in return for rescue package
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Report urges Labour to turn back clock on planning reform
Housing minister welcomes proposals to review recent changes to requirements
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NewsHomes and Communities Agency: Quite an entrance
Get out the champagne … On Monday, the long-awaited housing superagency finally opens for business. Joey Gardiner considers the bedraggled legacy of English Partnerships, an organisation Rouse fears will turn up to the new body’s opening night with ‘its clothes tattered and its lipstick smudged …’
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FeaturesPerfidious Weymouth: Portland's 2012 Olympic sailing story
It doesn’t bode well. The first venue to be completed for the 2012 Olympics should have been a regeneration triumph, but instead the sailing facilities on the Dorset island of Portland have sparked resentment among the locals and a grudge against a neighbouring town. Michael Willoughby headed to the south ...
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NewsCrest Nicholson forced to shed another 20% of staff
Refinancing deal drives housebuilder to close three offices in massive restructure