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Affordable new apartments released in Bicester through Build! scheme

|Date: 10 October, 2018

Affordable new apartments released in Bicester through Build! scheme

Build!, an initiative developed and delivered by Cherwell District Council, is releasing the last two blo ...

Build!, an initiative developed and delivered by Cherwell District Council, is releasing the last two blocks of apartments for sale on its 42 apartment development at Gardeners Close, Bicester. The f ...

10 October, 2018
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Theresa May announces government will abolish the council housebuilding borrowing cap, sector responds

|Date: 4 October, 2018

Theresa May announces government will abolish the council housebuilding borrowing cap, sector responds

In her speech to the Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced that the Gove ...

In her speech to the Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced that the Government will lift the borrowing cap on councils to help support more housebuilding. Here we garn ...

4 October, 2018
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Green Paper stimulates debate on the importance and role of social housing

|Date: 15 August, 2018

Green Paper stimulates debate on the importance and role of social housing

Sector welcomes the release of the long-awaited Social Housing Green Paper, but do the proposed changes g ...

Sector welcomes the release of the long-awaited Social Housing Green Paper, but do the proposed changes go far enough? Stonewater Nicholas Harris, Chief Executive, Stonewater said: “We welcome measure ...

15 August, 2018
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Bolsover District Council meets housing challenge head on

|Date: 27 March, 2018

Bolsover District Council meets housing challenge head on

With the Government’s ambition to see a new generation of council housing built, Bolsover District Counci ...

With the Government’s ambition to see a new generation of council housing built, Bolsover District Council is ahead of the game and tackling this issue head on by investing millions of pounds into bui ...

27 March, 2018
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New survey shows extent of social and affordable housing crisis

|Date: 26 March, 2018

New survey shows extent of social and affordable housing crisis

Housebuilders are struggling to build enough social and affordable housing to meet demand, according to a ...

Housebuilders are struggling to build enough social and affordable housing to meet demand, according to a new survey. At a time when social housing is high on the public agenda, housebuilders expect j ...

26 March, 2018
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Sajid Javid announces almost £300m government investment to deliver more homes

|Date: 23 March, 2018

Sajid Javid announces almost £300m government investment to deliver more homes

Almost £300m government investment in Greater Manchester, the West of England and Oxfordshire is set to h ...

Almost £300m government investment in Greater Manchester, the West of England and Oxfordshire is set to help deliver thousands of much-needed new homes for local communities, Housing Secretary Sajid J ...

23 March, 2018
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NFB: You cannot diversify the housing market with demand-led initiatives

|Date: 23 March, 2018

NFB: You cannot diversify the housing market with demand-led initiatives

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) comments on the importance of supporting efforts to build more ...

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) comments on the importance of supporting efforts to build more council homes, because they contribute to diversifying the housing market. Research by the Char ...

23 March, 2018
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Housing sector responds to PM’s speech on housing

|Date: 5 March, 2018

Housing sector responds to PM’s speech on housing

Theresa May has given a speech to the National Planning Conference, setting out the new National Planning ...

Theresa May has given a speech to the National Planning Conference, setting out the new National Planning Policy Framework. Here’s how the sector responded: Speaking on BBC news, Catherine Ryder, Head ...

5 March, 2018
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New study reveals local authorities are becoming increasingly engaged in housing delivery

|Date: 12 December, 2017

New study reveals local authorities are becoming increasingly engaged in housing delivery

A new study, Local authority direct provision of housing, has found that 91% of local authorities in Engl ...

A new study, Local authority direct provision of housing, has found that 91% of local authorities in England — of all political leaning and size — are engaged in providing homes in some form or anothe ...

12 December, 2017
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Councils set to build 15,000 homes a year by 2022, says new report on the rise of local housing companies

|Date: 16 October, 2017

Councils set to build 15,000 homes a year by 2022, says new report on the rise of local housing companies

Councils across England are not waiting for government to give them the green light to get building again ...

Councils across England are not waiting for government to give them the green light to get building again. Hundreds of councils are in fact already providing new homes to rent or buy through their own ...

16 October, 2017
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