All housing articles
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NewsPlans submitted for 1,200-home Birmingham tower scheme
Simpson Haugh-designed scheme to include buildings up to 49 storeys
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CommentGood placemaking that endures is much more than a numbers game. Just look at King’s Cross…
The delivery of much-needed new homes requires patient, joined-up thinking that takes into account factors other than profit and speed, says former HS2 design director Kay Hughes
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NewsHousing association slams ISG claims of £7.7m unpaid bill as ‘spurious’
Home Group says it has acted “in accordance with contract terms” and is confident of winning case in High Court
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NewsPlans for 1,500-home ‘smart town’ pulled over viability concerns
£2.3bn coastal project designed by Poundbury-architect Léon Krier have been withdrawn
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NewsCrest Nicholson board ‘minded to recommend’ Bellway’s improved £720m takeover offer to shareholders
Would-be buyer now has until 8 August to make official bid
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NewsLabour removes ‘levelling up’ from department and ministerial titles
DLUHC to be return to former name MHCLG as Angela Rayner describes phrase as a “gimmick”
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NewsHousing association to reduce development to 600 homes a year
Landlord increases projected spend on existing stock from £500m to £770m over the next 10 years
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NewsStrong rhetoric on planning but no surprises as Keir Starmer launches Labour manifesto
Policy document light on new policy and bets big on growth
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NewsSunak pledges to revive Help To Buy at Conservative manifesto launch
Party also pledges to get major infrastructure projects signed off within 12 months
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CommentIt’ll take 10 years to solve the housing crisis – but here’s how we might do it
The UK housing crisis is so entrenched that it needs to be put onto a war footing and fought through a cross-party accord, says Jackie Sadek
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FeaturesYour guide to the May 2 elections: what’s at stake for construction
Three new metro-mayoral positions will be among those filled as local and regional elections take place next month. Carl Brown reports.
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FeaturesA vision for 150,000 homes but no water to supply them. Does Gove’s Cambridge plan stand a chance?
The housing secretary wants to build nearly three times as many homes as the target set by Cambridge’s own planners. Is there something he knows that they don’t? Daniel Gayne reports
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Features‘I’m extremely demanding’: Greg Fitzgerald on delivering the Vistry growth plan
The Vistry boss talks about bonuses, subcontractor price cuts, offsite construction - and whether Vistry can really follow through on its expansion strategy
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NewsBudget 2024: RIBA calls package ‘a missed opportunity’
Institute desribes housing funding as a “drop in the ocean” and laments lack of a retrofit strategy
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NewsStewart Milne owed its bank £108m at time of collapse
Housebuilder offered to 50 firms in doomed last-ditch effort to find buyer
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CommentGove appears to have woken up to the housing crisis – but his solutions are half-baked
To tackle the housing crisis we need strategic leadership but this is beyond the current government, writes Brendan Kilpatrick
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FeaturesRise of housebuilding ‘superleague’ predicted in wake of Barratt’s deal for Redrow as analysts brush off regulatory worries
Yesterday’s £2.5bn move has analysts wondering who might be next to join forces – and reduce risk of being picked off themselves
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Features‘The figures on starts are terrifying’. What’s really happening to the £11bn Affordable Homes Programme
The government has admitted that it will not hit its development targets. Joey Gardiner asks what’s really going on and looks at how the situation can turn around