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Boyer | We need an integrated housing policy

|Date: 26 July, 2023

Boyer | We need an integrated housing policy

We need an integrated housing policy that brings together both brownfield and greenfield housing developm ...

We need an integrated housing policy that brings together both brownfield and greenfield housing development to help solve the housing crisis, says Lawrence Turner, Director of Boyer (part of Leaders ...

26 July, 2023
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£195m funding to kick-start next phase of Meridian Water

|Date: 20 July, 2023

£195m funding to kick-start next phase of Meridian Water

The next phase of Meridian Water is well underway with Enfield Council securing £195m from the Government ...

The next phase of Meridian Water is well underway with Enfield Council securing £195m from the Government, to construct new infrastructure in one of London’s largest regeneration projects. The new in ...

20 July, 2023
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Work begins to retrofit homes in Portree amid Skye’s housing crisis

|Date: 5 July, 2023

Work begins to retrofit homes in Portree amid Skye’s housing crisis

Glasgow-based energy services firm Union Technical has commenced work to retrofit 18 homes in Skye in a b ...

Glasgow-based energy services firm Union Technical has commenced work to retrofit 18 homes in Skye in a bid to help address the island’s ongoing housing crisis. Work has begun on a £540,000 upgrade of ...

5 July, 2023
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Mayor sets out new deal for renters in Greater Manchester with trailblazing package of housing measures

|Date: 28 June, 2023

Mayor sets out new deal for renters in Greater Manchester with trailblazing package of housing measures

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, set out a new deal for renters in Greater Manchester and his i ...

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, set out a new deal for renters in Greater Manchester and his intention to make the city-region the first in the country where every rented home must be above ...

28 June, 2023
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More social housing tenants in rent arrears than during the pandemic

|Date: 22 June, 2023

More social housing tenants in rent arrears than during the pandemic

More social housing tenants are in rent arrears now than during the Covid-19 pandemic as they struggle wi ...

More social housing tenants are in rent arrears now than during the Covid-19 pandemic as they struggle with the cost of living, according to a new report. In a poll of 100 c-suite executives at UK hou ...

22 June, 2023
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Grand Union using £2.8m funding to build new homes for local people

|Date: 26 April, 2023

Grand Union using £2.8m funding to build new homes for local people

Affordable housing provider, Grand Union Housing Group, has secured over £2.8m in grant funding to help b ...

Affordable housing provider, Grand Union Housing Group, has secured over £2.8m in grant funding to help build over 80 much needed affordable homes in three rural sites across Bedfordshire and Northamp ...

26 April, 2023
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Global Home Warranties | Calculating the cost of time lost

|Date: 18 April, 2023

Global Home Warranties | Calculating the cost of time lost

The UK is in critical need of more affordable housing, and local authorities and local authorities and ho ...

The UK is in critical need of more affordable housing, and local authorities and local authorities and housing associations are carrying out the essential work to provide them. But delays in the const ...

18 April, 2023
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Radical rethink needed if Britain ever to meet annual 300,000 new homes target

|Date: 27 March, 2023

Radical rethink needed if Britain ever to meet annual 300,000 new homes target

Radical rethink needed if Britain ever to meet annual 300,000 new homes target as construction workforce ...

Radical rethink needed if Britain ever to meet annual 300,000 new homes target as construction workforce is simply too small, says Make UK Modular in new report 'Who will be the builders? Modular's ro ...

27 March, 2023
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Skills boost for planning authorities to create better neighbourhoods

|Date: 21 March, 2023

Skills boost for planning authorities to create better neighbourhoods

More skilled planning professionals will be recruited by councils following a £1m funding boost from the ...

More skilled planning professionals will be recruited by councils following a £1m funding boost from the Government, announced by the Housing Minister. Social enterprise Public Practice will use the m ...

21 March, 2023
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London boroughs approve majority of major housing planning applications in the wake of London elections

|Date: 21 February, 2023

London boroughs approve majority of major housing planning applications in the wake of London elections

A new report by BECG (Built Environment Communications Group) has revealed that two-thirds (22) of London ...

A new report by BECG (Built Environment Communications Group) has revealed that two-thirds (22) of London boroughs have approved all major residential applications determined in 2022 — a significant i ...

21 February, 2023
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