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‘London is the epicentre of the housing crisis’ — London Councils responds to new research

|Date: 13 October, 2021

‘London is the epicentre of the housing crisis’ — London Councils responds to new research

The new research report, Building post-pandemic prosperity, produced by Pragmatix Advisory for the Associ ...

The new research report, Building post-pandemic prosperity, produced by Pragmatix Advisory for the Association of Retained Council Housing, Local Government Association and National Federation of ALMO ...

13 October, 2021
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Industry Comment | Is planning really a problem?

|Date: 3 August, 2021

Industry Comment | Is planning really a problem?

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), looks at the iss ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), looks at the issues surrounding planning and argues that councils need more powers to incentivise developers to ...

3 August, 2021
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Industry Comment | Council housing fit for the future

|Date: 22 June, 2021

Industry Comment | Council housing fit for the future

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the la ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the latest developments in government policy initiatives relating to building safety, Decent Homes an ...

22 June, 2021
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Industry Comment | Council housing finance after the pandemic

|Date: 31 March, 2021

Industry Comment | Council housing finance after the pandemic

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the im ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the impact of the pandemic on local authorities. Provided roll-out of the vaccination programme permi ...

31 March, 2021
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Post-coronavirus boom in social housing needed says new report

|Date: 16 November, 2020

Post-coronavirus boom in social housing needed says new report

A post-pandemic building boom of 100,000 new social homes for rent each year would not only meet demand f ...

A post-pandemic building boom of 100,000 new social homes for rent each year would not only meet demand for affordable homes but deliver a £14.5bn boost to the economy — the equivalent to over half of ...

16 November, 2020
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Industry Comment | Setting ambitions for housing

|Date: 13 October, 2020

Industry Comment | Setting ambitions for housing

What kind of post-pandemic stimulus do we need, asks Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association ...

What kind of post-pandemic stimulus do we need, asks Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH). The Government has spent the last six months in fire-fight ...

13 October, 2020
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Industry Comment | Zero carbon future

|Date: 16 March, 2020

Industry Comment | Zero carbon future

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH) considers a zero ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH) considers a zero carbon future for social housing. In May 2019, Parliament, with the support of MPs from all maj ...

16 March, 2020
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Industry Comment | Maintaining housebuilding momentum

|Date: 11 February, 2020

Industry Comment | Maintaining housebuilding momentum

Without debt caps, councils will build more homes says Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Associati ...

Without debt caps, councils will build more homes says Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH). Theresa May’s announcement, at the Conservative Party Co ...

11 February, 2020
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Opinion | Housing under the next government

|Date: 25 November, 2019

Opinion | Housing under the next government

The General Election called for 12th December is proving to be about much more than Brexit. The party man ...

The General Election called for 12th December is proving to be about much more than Brexit. The party manifestos include a range of new pledges on public spending, taxation, immigration, the economy, ...

25 November, 2019
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Industry Comment | You win some, you lose some

|Date: 5 November, 2019

Industry Comment | You win some, you lose some

In the same week that the prestigious Stirling Prize for architecture was awarded to a social housing sch ...

In the same week that the prestigious Stirling Prize for architecture was awarded to a social housing scheme in Norwich, council Treasurers were informed by Treasury that new loans from the Public Wor ...

5 November, 2019
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