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MetroHome introduced to help address the shortage of quality council homes

|Date: 1 February, 2019

MetroHome introduced to help address the shortage of quality council homes

In the face of rising shortages in council homes across the UK, Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group ...

In the face of rising shortages in council homes across the UK, Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has unveiled MetroHome, a new solution to help tackle the country’s social housing crisis. By ...

1 February, 2019
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Tata Steel announces vision to combat growing housing crisis

|Date: 21 January, 2019

Tata Steel announces vision to combat growing housing crisis

New white paper, ‘Neighbourhoods of the Future’, produced by Tata Steel in partnership with the Agile Age ...

New white paper, ‘Neighbourhoods of the Future’, produced by Tata Steel in partnership with the Agile Ageing Alliance, calls for a fundamental shift in the way housing development is considered in the ...

21 January, 2019
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Shelter report sets out vision for social housing

|Date: 14 January, 2019

Shelter report sets out vision for social housing

New Shelter report — Building for our future: A vision for social housing —calls on government to ‘delive ...

New Shelter report — Building for our future: A vision for social housing —calls on government to ‘deliver enough social homes over the next 20 years for the 3.1 million households who will be failed ...

14 January, 2019
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Report Opens Up New Community-Led Solutions to Housing Crisis

|Date: 10 December, 2018

Report Opens Up New Community-Led Solutions to Housing Crisis

A new report involving academics from the University of Sheffield has revealed how community-led housing ...

A new report involving academics from the University of Sheffield has revealed how community-led housing has the potential to generate a wealth of benefits amidst the housing crisis The Housing Future ...

10 December, 2018
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G15 Group Pledges a ‘United Front’ with London Boroughs to Turn the Tide on the Housing Crisis

|Date: 28 November, 2018

G15 Group Pledges a ‘United Front’ with London Boroughs to Turn the Tide on the Housing Crisis

A group of housing associations responsible for almost 600,000 homes has pledged to form a ‘united front’ ...

A group of housing associations responsible for almost 600,000 homes has pledged to form a ‘united front’ with London’s councils to build more affordable homes and launch a new assault on the housing ...

28 November, 2018
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Bristol City Council orders six ZEDPod modular homes at the city’s Housing Festival

|Date: 25 October, 2018

Bristol City Council orders six ZEDPod modular homes at the city’s Housing Festival

As part of its first Housing Festival, Bristol City Council is looking for quality solutions 'to test and ...

As part of its first Housing Festival, Bristol City Council is looking for quality solutions 'to test and deliver innovative and affordable housing over the next five years.' These solutions include t ...

25 October, 2018
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UK’s first iKozie micro-home community given green light by Worcester City Council

|Date: 19 October, 2018

UK’s first iKozie micro-home community given green light by Worcester City Council

An innovative solution to the UK's housing crisis took a significant step forward after Worcester City Co ...

An innovative solution to the UK's housing crisis took a significant step forward after Worcester City Council approved the country's first iKozie micro-home community. City Councillors backed plans f ...

19 October, 2018
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Planning system failing those in greatest need, new TCPA report finds

|Date: 16 October, 2018

Planning system failing those in greatest need, new TCPA report finds

Councils in the most deprived areas of England are meeting only a fraction of their requirements for affo ...

Councils in the most deprived areas of England are meeting only a fraction of their requirements for affordable housing because the planning system is not set up to deliver homes for people in the gre ...

16 October, 2018
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Mayor of London uses ‘full strength’ of planning powers to approve 441 new homes in Brentford

|Date: 23 August, 2018

Mayor of London uses ‘full strength’ of planning powers to approve 441 new homes in Brentford

A major development which will deliver hundreds of new homes – including 50% genuinely affordable housing ...

A major development which will deliver hundreds of new homes – including 50% genuinely affordable housing — has been given the green light by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. The Mayor approved plans ...

23 August, 2018
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Government announces strategy for new generation of Garden Communities

|Date: 16 August, 2018

Government announces strategy for new generation of Garden Communities

The new Garden Communities programme announced by Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire will see ...

The new Garden Communities programme announced by Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire will see more high quality homes built and green spaces created, expanding on government’s plans for mo ...

16 August, 2018
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