All Housing articles – Page 292
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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
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NewsBeckett: 'The Gateway is more than just London's backyard'
Video: Margaret Beckett launches the Thames Gateway Forum and reveals plans for an Institute of Sustainability
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Redrow chief joins HBF board
Neil Fitzsimmons to help give 'even more effective voice' to housebuilding industry body
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Morgan Sindall's Muse unveils £350m Swindon regeneration plan
Scheme in partnership with public sector includes bus station, hotel, leisure and health facilities as well as shops, offices and homes
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NewsHouse prices steadier in November
But Nationwide says monthly fall of just 0.4% does not signal market recovery
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NewsNorth Kent partnership plans to build 5,000 homes
Kent Thameside Regeneration Partnership unveils its strategy for the Kent Thameside Waterfront at the Thames Gateway Forum
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NewsRDAs to reveal developments most at risk in Thames Gateway
Housing minister Margaret Beckett says RDAs will flag up developments hit by financial difficulties
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NewsTaylor Wimpey: banks split over terms of rescue deal
Vocal minority of lenders push for equity guarantee as condition of refinancing package
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NewsThink tank proposes energy 'MOTs' for homes
Government report includes radical proposals for meeting UK environmental targets
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NewsCall for ban on social housing sell-offs
NHF demands temporary ban to prevent 'unsustainable' erosion of England's affordable housing stock
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NewsGreen Gateway
A new institute aims to turn the Thames Gateway into an environmentally friendly region
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