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Kings Crescent Estate wins Best Regeneration Project at National Housing Awards

|Date: 1 October, 2018

Kings Crescent Estate wins Best Regeneration Project at National Housing Awards

Kings Crescent Estate in the London Borough of Hackney has been awarded the Best Regeneration Project at ...

Kings Crescent Estate in the London Borough of Hackney has been awarded the Best Regeneration Project at this year’s National Housing Awards. It was also awarded Highly Commended for Best Partnership ...

1 October, 2018
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Sadiq Khan to kickstart major council housebuilding comeback in London

|Date: 16 May, 2018

Sadiq Khan to kickstart major council housebuilding comeback in London

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launches a new programme to help get 10,000 new council homes underway o ...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launches a new programme to help get 10,000 new council homes underway over the next four years. In what will be the first ever City Hall programme dedicated to suppor ...

16 May, 2018
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Changing attitudes to deliver better social housing

|Date: 7 March, 2018

Changing attitudes to deliver better social housing

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

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the need for a change in attitude to deliver social housing we can all be proud of. As part of its re ...

7 March, 2018
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£2bn boost for affordable housing and long-term deal for social rent

|Date: 5 October, 2017

£2bn boost for affordable housing and long-term deal for social rent

Government confirms plans for a new generation of council and housing association homes. Funding for affo ...

Government confirms plans for a new generation of council and housing association homes. Funding for affordable homes will be increased by a further £2bn to more than £9bn. Prime Minister Theresa May ...

5 October, 2017
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Lovell set for £45m Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council regeneration scheme

|Date: 19 September, 2017

Lovell set for £45m Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council regeneration scheme

Regeneration specialist Lovell has been appointed by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council for a £45m redevelop ...

Regeneration specialist Lovell has been appointed by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council for a £45m redevelopment of the High View neighbourhood centre in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Above is an artist’s imp ...

19 September, 2017
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Radical changes at Your Homes Newcastle

|Date: 18 September, 2017

Radical changes at Your Homes Newcastle

September's Annual General Meeting confirmed some important changes at Your Homes Newcastle, the organisa ...

September's Annual General Meeting confirmed some important changes at Your Homes Newcastle, the organisation that manages Newcastle’s 26,000 council homes. Jo Boaden, the distinguished and experience ...

18 September, 2017
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LGA calls on government to help councils build new generation of high quality, genuinely affordable homes

|Date: 18 August, 2017

LGA calls on government to help councils build new generation of high quality, genuinely affordable homes

The average new home in England will have to last 2,000 years if the sluggish rate of housebuilding and r ...

The average new home in England will have to last 2,000 years if the sluggish rate of housebuilding and replacement continues, the Local Government Association (LGA) warns. The country has not built e ...

18 August, 2017
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When it comes to building homes and creating communities, councils have a strong role to play, believes the TCPA

|Date: 15 August, 2017

When it comes to building homes and creating communities, councils have a strong role to play, believes the TCPA

Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), strongly believes co ...

Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), strongly believes councils are part of the solution to the housing crisis and highlights compelling research from t ...

15 August, 2017
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Work commences on site to deliver new council homes for Runnymede Borough Council

|Date: 24 July, 2017

Work commences on site to deliver new council homes for Runnymede Borough Council

Family-owned housebuilder, William Lacey Group, begins work on three housing projects in Englefield Green ...

Family-owned housebuilder, William Lacey Group, begins work on three housing projects in Englefield Green, Surrey, on behalf of Runnymede Borough Council — the first new homes the council has built fo ...

24 July, 2017
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People and Places inquiry: local authorities should be allowed greater scope to influence built environment design

|Date: 5 June, 2017

People and Places inquiry: local authorities should be allowed greater scope to influence built environment design

Local authorities have an important role to play in the design of the built environment, believe Alan Pen ...

Local authorities have an important role to play in the design of the built environment, believe Alan Penn and Baroness Whitaker, Co-Chairs of the People and Places inquiry. The Built Environment may ...

5 June, 2017
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Planning system failing those in greatest need, new TCPA report finds

Tackling the humidity risk threatening public sector built assets

Halton Housing unveils 41 new affordable rent homes in Runcorn

Gateshead Regeneration Partnership housing project shortlisted for RTPI planning award

Stonewater delivers new affordable rural homes for locals in Long Itchington

Affordable new apartments released in Bicester through Build! scheme

Wates Living Space brings mental health and wellbeing to Trellick Tower

Southampton Healthy Homes secures additional funds to help residents stay warm this winter

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

UNION launches new ExiSAFE Panic Exit Device range

Kings Crescent Estate wins Best Regeneration Project at National Housing Awards

Kings Crescent Estate wins Best Regeneration Project at National Housing Awards

Lovell set for £45m Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council regeneration scheme

Lovell set for £45m Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council regeneration scheme

LGA calls on government to help councils build new generation of high quality, genuinely affordable homes

LGA calls on government to help councils build new generation of high quality, genuinely affordable homes

When it comes to building homes and creating communities, councils have a strong role to play, believes the TCPA

When it comes to building homes and creating communities, councils have a strong role to play, believes the TCPA

Work commences on site to deliver new council homes for Runnymede Borough Council

Work commences on site to deliver new council homes for Runnymede Borough Council