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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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Monkscroft Villas regeneration scheme approved

|Date: 22 July, 2019

Monkscroft Villas regeneration scheme approved

Following approval from Cheltenham Borough Council’s (CBC) cabinet, the project to replace three properti ...

Following approval from Cheltenham Borough Council’s (CBC) cabinet, the project to replace three properties with 27 new homes is underway. Plans for £4.3m redevelopment of the Monkscroft Villas site w ...

22 July, 2019
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Nottingham City Council to buy more homes to meet housing need

|Date: 8 July, 2019

Nottingham City Council to buy more homes to meet housing need

Nottingham City Council has approved plans to buy back more than 250 former council houses. The four-year ...

Nottingham City Council has approved plans to buy back more than 250 former council houses. The four-year scheme — approved at the Council’s Executive Board meeting in June — will involve more than 30 ...

8 July, 2019
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Council house-building at highest level since 1990, RTPI report finds

|Date: 25 June, 2019

Council house-building at highest level since 1990, RTPI report finds

A study by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has identified at least 9,000 homes directly created ...

A study by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has identified at least 9,000 homes directly created by local authorities in England in 2017-2018. This is based on figures supplied by 83 English c ...

25 June, 2019
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