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Cambridge Investment Partnership: Providing more than just housing

|Date: 11 February, 2020

Cambridge Investment Partnership: Providing more than just housing

Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) and Councillors celebrated another successful start on site at Cro ...

Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) and Councillors celebrated another successful start on site at Cromwell Road, Cambridge, in the heart of the city. This is the 11th start on site for the partner ...

11 February, 2020
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Urgent solution needed to budget delay to stop social housing crisis

|Date: 8 January, 2020

Urgent solution needed to budget delay to stop social housing crisis

The continuing uncertainty around Scottish Government investment in housing post-2021 is preventing the b ...

The continuing uncertainty around Scottish Government investment in housing post-2021 is preventing the building of desperately needed affordable homes, according to the Scottish Federation of Housing ...

8 January, 2020
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Back to the future? Rethinking terraced housing

|Date: 13 December, 2019

Back to the future? Rethinking terraced housing

Political parties of all stripes are vowing to ‘tackle the housing crisis’ and make Britain carbon neutra ...

Political parties of all stripes are vowing to ‘tackle the housing crisis’ and make Britain carbon neutral in the coming decades. This could radically change how we build and live in our homes in the ...

13 December, 2019
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Special Report | Building a digital platform

|Date: 11 December, 2019

Special Report | Building a digital platform

Jeff Hewitt discusses how the social housing crisis can be tackled by building tomorrow's homes with toda ...

Jeff Hewitt discusses how the social housing crisis can be tackled by building tomorrow's homes with today's technology. England is in the midst of a housing crisis, which, if unresolved, will impede ...

11 December, 2019
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Grand Union CEO backs call to end housing crisis

|Date: 20 November, 2019

Grand Union CEO backs call to end housing crisis

Aileen Evans, Chief Executive of Grand Union Housing Group and President of the Chartered Institute of Ho ...

Aileen Evans, Chief Executive of Grand Union Housing Group and President of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), has called on the housing sector to rally behind the National Housing Federation’s ...

20 November, 2019
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Fix the UK’s housing crisis by putting shared ownership at the heart of housing policy

|Date: 18 November, 2019

Fix the UK’s housing crisis by putting shared ownership at the heart of housing policy

Housing association Aster Group has called on political parties to work together fix Britain’s housing ma ...

Housing association Aster Group has called on political parties to work together fix Britain’s housing market and put shared ownership at the centre of their general election manifestos. The group, wh ...

18 November, 2019
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Legal update | Reach for the skies

|Date: 7 October, 2019

Legal update | Reach for the skies

Change is clearly required if we are going to solve the ongoing housing crisis in the UK, and embracing a ...

Change is clearly required if we are going to solve the ongoing housing crisis in the UK, and embracing alternative methods of development, such as airspace development, will be a major step, says Win ...

7 October, 2019
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Mythbusting guide to MMC seeks to solve affordable housing crisis

|Date: 1 October, 2019

Mythbusting guide to MMC seeks to solve affordable housing crisis

A new guide argues that modern methods of construction (MMC) are key to increasing the supply of affordab ...

A new guide argues that modern methods of construction (MMC) are key to increasing the supply of affordable homes in the UK. Published by The Housing Forum, MMC for Affordable Housing Developers aims ...

1 October, 2019
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Brent Council begins work on 149 new council homes in Harlesden

|Date: 30 September, 2019

Brent Council begins work on 149 new council homes in Harlesden

Work has commenced on 149 new homes at Knowles House, Harlesden. Brent Council will be working with devel ...

Work has commenced on 149 new homes at Knowles House, Harlesden. Brent Council will be working with developer Wates Residential to deliver good quality homes, some of which will be used as temporary a ...

30 September, 2019
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Shakespeare Martineau | Forget help to buy, the UK needs help to retire

|Date: 28 August, 2019

Shakespeare Martineau | Forget help to buy, the UK needs help to retire

The key to alleviating the pressure on the housing market is better development of later living accommoda ...

The key to alleviating the pressure on the housing market is better development of later living accommodation, a new survey by law firm Shakespeare Martineau and Housing Learning has shown, but this w ...

28 August, 2019
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