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More council owned homes in radical estate renewal scheme

|Date: 7 November, 2019

More council owned homes in radical estate renewal scheme

Enfield Council has agreed to plans that will transform two adjacent Edmonton estates, dramatically impro ...

Enfield Council has agreed to plans that will transform two adjacent Edmonton estates, dramatically improving residents’ lives. Both Joyce Avenue and Snells Park have been earmarked to be redeveloped ...

7 November, 2019
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Industry Comment | The Queen’s Speech and housing

|Date: 4 October, 2019

Industry Comment | The Queen’s Speech and housing

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

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the Queen’s Speech and what it will have to say about housing. With the odds on a November General El ...

4 October, 2019
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Henry Normal helps celebrate 100 years of council housing

|Date: 16 September, 2019

Henry Normal helps celebrate 100 years of council housing

One of Nottingham's most famous sons, writer, poet, film and TV producer Henry Normal, is in the city to ...

One of Nottingham's most famous sons, writer, poet, film and TV producer Henry Normal, is in the city to help celebrate 100 years of council housing this week. Nottingham City Homes marked the centena ...

16 September, 2019
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Sandwell Council presses ahead with building more new council homes

|Date: 3 September, 2019

Sandwell Council presses ahead with building more new council homes

Sandwell Council is pressing ahead with its plans to build hundreds of much-needed new council homes and ...

Sandwell Council is pressing ahead with its plans to build hundreds of much-needed new council homes and families have already moved into 50 new properties at Carisbrooke Road, Friar Park in Wednesbur ...

3 September, 2019
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Right to Buy rules undermining council efforts to boost housebuilding

|Date: 23 August, 2019

Right to Buy rules undermining council efforts to boost housebuilding

Housebuilding efforts by councils — who built more homes last year than they have for a quarter of a cent ...

Housebuilding efforts by councils — who built more homes last year than they have for a quarter of a century — risk being undermined without reform to the Right to Buy (RTB) scheme in next month’s Spe ...

23 August, 2019
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Modular housing project in Crofts Street, Plasnewydd will deliver 100% affordable homes

|Date: 21 August, 2019

Modular housing project in Crofts Street, Plasnewydd will deliver 100% affordable homes

An innovative pilot scheme, which will see the first modular homes built as part of Cardiff Council’s fla ...

An innovative pilot scheme, which will see the first modular homes built as part of Cardiff Council’s flagship housebuilding programme, has been given the go-ahead by Planning Committee. The 100% affo ...

21 August, 2019
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Bristol breaks new ground with innovative low carbon development

|Date: 20 August, 2019

Bristol breaks new ground with innovative low carbon development

Bristol’s commitment to achieving its carbon neutral pledge by 2030 is being realised with the aid of a s ...

Bristol’s commitment to achieving its carbon neutral pledge by 2030 is being realised with the aid of a sustainable housing development, featuring innovative low-carbon heating. Bristol City Council’s ...

20 August, 2019
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Nearly 200 council house residents helped into work by Nottingham City Homes

|Date: 13 August, 2019

Nearly 200 council house residents helped into work by Nottingham City Homes

Nearly 200 council house residents in Nottingham have been helped into work by their landlord Nottingham ...

Nearly 200 council house residents in Nottingham have been helped into work by their landlord Nottingham City Homes (NCH). A programme run by NCH to get previously unemployed council house residents i ...

13 August, 2019
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Addison Act at 100 | An investment in council housing is an investment in Britain

|Date: 1 August, 2019

Addison Act at 100 | An investment in council housing is an investment in Britain

The Addison Act, which paved the way for council house building on a large scale, marks its 100-year anni ...

The Addison Act, which paved the way for council house building on a large scale, marks its 100-year anniversary As the oldest construction trade association in the United Kingdom, the National Federa ...

1 August, 2019
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Ceremonial plaque for first council house installed in Rotherham

|Date: 25 July, 2019

Ceremonial plaque for first council house installed in Rotherham

Rotherham Council leaders have unveiled a plaque to commemorate the first ever council home in the boroug ...

Rotherham Council leaders have unveiled a plaque to commemorate the first ever council home in the borough to celebrate 100 years of council housing. The plaque has been installed on number one First ...

25 July, 2019
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