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£18m fund to create thousands of new homes

|Date: 11 November, 2016

£18m fund to create thousands of new homes

Housing Minister Gavin Barwell announces a new £18m fund to speed up housebuilding on large sites that wi ...

Housing Minister Gavin Barwell announces a new £18m fund to speed up housebuilding on large sites that will provide thousands of new homes where people want to live. From today councils can bid for a ...

11 November, 2016
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Pilot scheme to tackle bad housing and homelessness in Haringey

|Date: 9 November, 2016

Pilot scheme to tackle bad housing and homelessness in Haringey

Shelter and Haringey Council join forces to tackle bad housing and homelessness. An innovative new pilot ...

Shelter and Haringey Council join forces to tackle bad housing and homelessness. An innovative new pilot scheme to prevent homelessness and tackle bad housing is launching this week, thanks to a new p ...

9 November, 2016
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Lyng Community Association completes affordable housing scheme

|Date: 1 November, 2016

Lyng Community Association completes affordable housing scheme

Lyng Community Association (LCA) is celebrating the completion of 200 homes for affordable rent on the Ly ...

Lyng Community Association (LCA) is celebrating the completion of 200 homes for affordable rent on the Lyng estate in West Bromwich. The ambitious redevelopment scheme has spanned more than five years ...

1 November, 2016
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Regeneration project to create 50 affordable homes in Cambridge

|Date: 1 November, 2016

Regeneration project to create 50 affordable homes in Cambridge

Iceni Homes and housing developer Lovell begin construction work on major regeneration project for charit ...

Iceni Homes and housing developer Lovell begin construction work on major regeneration project for charitable housing association Hundred Houses Society in Cambridge. Cambridge City councillor Kevin P ...

1 November, 2016
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A fair share of affordable housing for Scotland’s rural communities

|Date: 1 November, 2016

A fair share of affordable housing for Scotland’s rural communities

Rural and island communities must get a fair share of 50,000 affordable homes target. With the Scottish G ...

Rural and island communities must get a fair share of 50,000 affordable homes target. With the Scottish Government committing to building 50,000 affordable homes over the lifetime of the current parli ...

1 November, 2016
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Next Steps for UK Heat Policy report launched

|Date: 20 October, 2016

Next Steps for UK Heat Policy report launched

Heating and hot water use in buildings make up 40% of our energy consumption and 20% of our greenhouse ga ...

Heating and hot water use in buildings make up 40% of our energy consumption and 20% of our greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. To meet Climate Change Act targets and maintain the UK contribution to i ...

20 October, 2016
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Efficiently-shaped homes could reduce energy consumption

|Date: 20 October, 2016

Efficiently-shaped homes could reduce energy consumption

Energy demand in new homes could be halved if more focus is put on the shape and form of housing being bu ...

Energy demand in new homes could be halved if more focus is put on the shape and form of housing being built, according to the latest report from the NHBC Foundation. The current Building Regulations ...

20 October, 2016
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Complying with London’s zero carbon dwellings policy

|Date: 20 October, 2016

Complying with London’s zero carbon dwellings policy

Zero carbon dwellings policy seminar will look at how those involved in new housing provision across the ...

Zero carbon dwellings policy seminar will look at how those involved in new housing provision across the capital can achieve compliance. The seminar covering the new zero carbon dwellings policy will ...

20 October, 2016
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CIEH praises Shelter’s Living Home Standard

|Date: 19 October, 2016

CIEH praises Shelter’s Living Home Standard

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) says Shelter's Living Home Standard provides clear ...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) says Shelter's Living Home Standard provides clear benchmark for landlords and tenants. Following the launch of Shelter’s ‘Living Home Standard’ ...

19 October, 2016
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Living Home Standard tackles affordability and decency

|Date: 19 October, 2016

Living Home Standard tackles affordability and decency

Four in 10 people (43%) in Britain live in homes which fail to meet the ‘Living Home Standard’ — a new me ...

Four in 10 people (43%) in Britain live in homes which fail to meet the ‘Living Home Standard’ — a new measure of what makes an acceptable home, developed as part of ground-breaking new research relea ...

19 October, 2016
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