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Designed to meet the demand for safe and sustainable interim housing

|Date: 20 January, 2022

Designed to meet the demand for safe and sustainable interim housing

Rising accommodation costs, the long-term effects of the global pandemic and a potentially harsh winter s ...

Rising accommodation costs, the long-term effects of the global pandemic and a potentially harsh winter season continue to compound and exacerbate the challenges facing those most vulnerable and at ri ...

20 January, 2022
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Council enters landmark partnership with modular housing supplier to tackle homelessness

|Date: 12 January, 2022

Council enters landmark partnership with modular housing supplier to tackle homelessness

Cornwall Council has entered into a landmark deal to buy SoloHaus ‘micro homes’ to help tackle the housin ...

Cornwall Council has entered into a landmark deal to buy SoloHaus ‘micro homes’ to help tackle the housing crisis. A total of 29 self-contained modular one-bedroom homes have arrived in Cornwall and a ...

12 January, 2022
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Make UK launches new trade body Make Modular to tackle housing crisis

|Date: 9 December, 2021

Make UK launches new trade body Make Modular to tackle housing crisis

Make UK launches new trade body Make Modular, bringing together Britain’s leading modular housing manufac ...

Make UK launches new trade body Make Modular, bringing together Britain’s leading modular housing manufacturers with a plan to solve the country’s housing crisis by delivering 75,000 affordable high-q ...

9 December, 2021
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How to meet the 300,000 new homes per year target, new report makes recommendations including target growth areas

|Date: 29 October, 2021

How to meet the 300,000 new homes per year target, new report makes recommendations including target growth areas

A new report has been released which analyses the UK housing crisis and makes 11 recommendations on how t ...

A new report has been released which analyses the UK housing crisis and makes 11 recommendations on how the sector can achieve the target of 300,000 new homes per year. Entitled 'Better Understanding ...

29 October, 2021
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New Oldham Council action plan to fight back against homelessness

|Date: 18 October, 2021

New Oldham Council action plan to fight back against homelessness

A five-year strategy to tackle homelessness in Oldham is due to be approved by Oldham Council’s cabinet c ...

A five-year strategy to tackle homelessness in Oldham is due to be approved by Oldham Council’s cabinet committee tonight (18th October). The plan focuses on both homelessness prevention and reduction ...

18 October, 2021
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‘London is the epicentre of the housing crisis’ — London Councils responds to new research

|Date: 13 October, 2021

‘London is the epicentre of the housing crisis’ — London Councils responds to new research

The new research report, Building post-pandemic prosperity, produced by Pragmatix Advisory for the Associ ...

The new research report, Building post-pandemic prosperity, produced by Pragmatix Advisory for the Association of Retained Council Housing, Local Government Association and National Federation of ALMO ...

13 October, 2021
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Royal Borough of Greenwich secures £38m Mayor of London grant for council home building scheme

|Date: 7 September, 2021

Royal Borough of Greenwich secures £38m Mayor of London grant for council home building scheme

Royal Borough of Greenwich’s council home building programme, Greenwich Builds, has been awarded a grant ...

Royal Borough of Greenwich’s council home building programme, Greenwich Builds, has been awarded a grant of £38m by the Mayor of London, as part of the first round of the new Affordable Homes Programm ...

7 September, 2021
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Double London housebuilding to tackle housing crisis

|Date: 16 August, 2021

Double London housebuilding to tackle housing crisis

New analysis shows London needs 90,000 to 100,000 new homes each year to tackle the housing crisis — doub ...

New analysis shows London needs 90,000 to 100,000 new homes each year to tackle the housing crisis — double the number currently being built according to the Government’s most recent data. The joint r ...

16 August, 2021
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Businesses call on government to put net zero and nature at the heart of planning system

|Date: 14 June, 2021

Businesses call on government to put net zero and nature at the heart of planning system

More than 100 prominent business leaders have written to the Prime Minister calling for the net zero tran ...

More than 100 prominent business leaders have written to the Prime Minister calling for the net zero transition, nature’s recovery, and climate resilience to be at the heart of the UK’s new planning s ...

14 June, 2021
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Over 1.1 million homes with planning permission waiting to be built

|Date: 10 May, 2021

Over 1.1 million homes with planning permission waiting to be built

More than 1.1 million homes granted planning permission in England in the last decade are yet to be built ...

More than 1.1 million homes granted planning permission in England in the last decade are yet to be built, new analysis by the Local Government Association reveals. The LGA is calling for councils to ...

10 May, 2021
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