housing crisis Archives - Page 11 of 13

New government statistics on homelessness released

|Date: 14 December, 2017

New government statistics on homelessness released

The Government has released a report, Statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief, Engl ...

The Government has released a report, Statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief, England: July to September 2017, detailing the latest statistics on homelessness. The report showed ...

14 December, 2017
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New report proposes further reform of the planning system to increase homebuilding

|Date: 14 December, 2017

New report proposes further reform of the planning system to increase homebuilding

A new report by Croydon South MP Chris Philp, published by the Centre for Policy Studies, proposes furthe ...

A new report by Croydon South MP Chris Philp, published by the Centre for Policy Studies, proposes further reform of the planning system to increase homebuilding and promote home ownership. With the a ...

14 December, 2017
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New campaign launched to tackle housing crisis

|Date: 6 December, 2017

New campaign launched to tackle housing crisis

A new campaign has been launched in north, south and west Dorset to tackle the housing crisis with a targ ...

A new campaign has been launched in north, south and west Dorset to tackle the housing crisis with a target of 20,000 new homes by 2033. North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and ...

6 December, 2017
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Large-scale housing developments vulnerable to inadequate planning, study of South West region finds

|Date: 24 October, 2017

Large-scale housing developments vulnerable to inadequate planning, study of South West region finds

Large-scale housing sites — developments with thousands of units similar to those envisaged in the Govern ...

Large-scale housing sites — developments with thousands of units similar to those envisaged in the Government’s garden villages — can help bring about housing affordability but only when there is good ...

24 October, 2017
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The all new National Development Conference and Exhibition 2017

|Date: 16 October, 2017

The all new National Development Conference and Exhibition 2017

Housing associations continue to be ambitious by finding new and innovative ways of building the homes th ...

Housing associations continue to be ambitious by finding new and innovative ways of building the homes their communities need now and in the future. The National Housing Federation’s National Developm ...

16 October, 2017
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Retirement housing debate: time for councils to plan ahead

|Date: 20 September, 2017

Retirement housing debate: time for councils to plan ahead

It’s time to start planning properly for retirement housing, says Carl Dyer, Partner at Irwin Mitchell LL ...

It’s time to start planning properly for retirement housing, says Carl Dyer, Partner at Irwin Mitchell LLP. Our population is ageing. We have 11,600,000 people over 65. By 2030 we’ll have 20,000,000 o ...

20 September, 2017
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Stonewater welcomes government’s social housing Green Paper plans

|Date: 20 September, 2017

Stonewater welcomes government’s social housing Green Paper plans

Communities and Local Government Secretary, Sajid Javid, announced that government "will be bringing forw ...

Communities and Local Government Secretary, Sajid Javid, announced that government "will be bringing forward a Green Paper on social housing in England," at the National Housing Federation Conference ...

20 September, 2017
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Councils under pressure to stop housing developers bypassing affordable housing

|Date: 18 August, 2017

Councils under pressure to stop housing developers bypassing affordable housing

Over 30,000 38 Degrees members have mobilised across 27 different areas of England and Wales urging counc ...

Over 30,000 38 Degrees members have mobilised across 27 different areas of England and Wales urging councils to force developers to make ‘financial viability assessment’ documents public and open to s ...

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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First modular homes to be built by a housing association land in Coventry

|Date: 31 May, 2017

First modular homes to be built by a housing association land in Coventry

The first modular homes to be built by housing association Midland Heart have landed in Coventry. The fou ...

The first modular homes to be built by housing association Midland Heart have landed in Coventry. The four, three-bedroom properties on ‘Modular Mews’ in Foleshill are part of a pilot scheme delivered ...

31 May, 2017
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