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Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

|Date: 1 March, 2024

Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

Official figures released on 29th February show life-changing interventions in Greater Manchester are hel ...

Official figures released on 29th February show life-changing interventions in Greater Manchester are helping to bring an end to entrenched rough sleeping — despite intense continued pressure on local ...

1 March, 2024
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New plan to triple housebuilding delivery and add “billions” to Northern economy

|Date: 10 November, 2023

New plan to triple housebuilding delivery and add “billions” to Northern economy

A “once-in-a-generation” plan to tackle the North of England’s housing crisis and provide more and better ...

A “once-in-a-generation” plan to tackle the North of England’s housing crisis and provide more and better homes for the region has been revealed. Homes for the North’s blueprint will treble the number ...

10 November, 2023
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The Hill Group and Gravesham Borough Council form new partnership to build affordable homes in the Borough

|Date: 5 September, 2023

The Hill Group and Gravesham Borough Council form new partnership to build affordable homes in the Borough

The Hill Group has formed an Investment Partnership with Gravesham Borough Council to accelerate the deli ...

The Hill Group has formed an Investment Partnership with Gravesham Borough Council to accelerate the delivery of affordable homes for local people in Gravesend and the surrounding area. The Gravesham ...

5 September, 2023
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Consultation begins on exciting plans for 300 new affordable homes in Moss Side

|Date: 20 July, 2023

Consultation begins on exciting plans for 300 new affordable homes in Moss Side

Moss Side residents are being encouraged to help shape ambitious plans for the future of their community, ...

Moss Side residents are being encouraged to help shape ambitious plans for the future of their community, which will bring around 300 much-needed affordable homes to tackle local housing shortages. Th ...

20 July, 2023
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The Royal Borough of Greenwich directs total of £10m to help residents with the cost of living

|Date: 14 July, 2023

The Royal Borough of Greenwich directs total of £10m to help residents with the cost of living

The Council has directed £10m in total to Greenwich Supports, following another injection of £4.75m agree ...

The Council has directed £10m in total to Greenwich Supports, following another injection of £4.75m agreed by the Cabinet on Wednesday 12th July, to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis and support i ...

14 July, 2023
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Cambridgeshire’s first “real-life” bricklaying apprenticeship Training Hub opens to combat the skills gap and housing shortage

|Date: 22 May, 2023

Cambridgeshire’s first “real-life” bricklaying apprenticeship Training Hub opens to combat the skills gap and housing shortage

NHBC, the UK’s leading new home warranty and insurance provider, has unveiled its latest Training Hub adj ...

NHBC, the UK’s leading new home warranty and insurance provider, has unveiled its latest Training Hub adjacent to the Histon Football Club in Cambridge, to produce the next generation of skilled house ...

22 May, 2023
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Budget 2023: Boroughs warn at least one child in every London classroom is homeless

|Date: 15 March, 2023

Budget 2023: Boroughs warn at least one child in every London classroom is homeless

On average at least one child in every classroom in the capital is homeless, according to new analysis fr ...

On average at least one child in every classroom in the capital is homeless, according to new analysis from London Councils. The latest figures gathered by the cross-party group reveal worsening homel ...

15 March, 2023
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Shelter report shows London remains ‘epicentre of homelessness crisis’

|Date: 11 January, 2023

Shelter report shows London remains ‘epicentre of homelessness crisis’

London Councils has responded to a new report from the housing charity Shelter showing that one in 58 Lon ...

London Councils has responded to a new report from the housing charity Shelter showing that one in 58 Londoners is homeless, with the capital’s homelessness pressures the most acute in the country. Cl ...

11 January, 2023
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More than one million homes with planning permission not yet built

|Date: 20 February, 2020

More than one million homes with planning permission not yet built

More than a million homes granted planning permission in the past decade have not yet been built, accordi ...

More than a million homes granted planning permission in the past decade have not yet been built, according to new analysis by the Local Government Association. Latest figures show that 2,564,600 unit ...

20 February, 2020
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Theresa May announces government will abolish the council housebuilding borrowing cap, sector responds

|Date: 4 October, 2018

Theresa May announces government will abolish the council housebuilding borrowing cap, sector responds

In her speech to the Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced that the Gove ...

In her speech to the Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced that the Government will lift the borrowing cap on councils to help support more housebuilding. Here we garn ...

4 October, 2018
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Dagenham green: a landmark new neighbourhood for East London

Work begins on new prison at Gartree

Local partners celebrate the completion of new homes in Holmewood

Esh Construction completes £13m Springmoor Grange School

Construction milestone celebrated with MP visit to Woldgate school

79 new affordable homes under construction at former coach depot

Hightown opens new social housing development in St Albans

The road to Net Zero: how to decarbonise local authority buildings.

New affordable homes open at Brentford waterside

Construction gets underway for £9.5m leisure centre in Litchfield

Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

Greater Manchester tackles long-term rough sleeping but local services face intense pressure

New plan to triple housebuilding delivery and add “billions” to Northern economy

New plan to triple housebuilding delivery and add “billions” to Northern economy

The Hill Group and Gravesham Borough Council form new partnership to build affordable homes in the Borough

The Hill Group and Gravesham Borough Council form new partnership to build affordable homes in the Borough

The Royal Borough of Greenwich directs total of £10m to help residents with the cost of living

The Royal Borough of Greenwich directs total of £10m to help residents with the cost of living

Cambridgeshire’s first “real-life” bricklaying apprenticeship Training Hub opens to combat the skills gap and housing shortage

Cambridgeshire’s first “real-life” bricklaying apprenticeship Training Hub opens to combat the skills gap and housing shortage

Budget 2023: Boroughs warn at least one child in every London classroom is homeless

Budget 2023: Boroughs warn at least one child in every London classroom is homeless

Shelter report shows London remains ‘epicentre of homelessness crisis’

Shelter report shows London remains ‘epicentre of homelessness crisis’

More than one million homes with planning permission not yet built

More than one million homes with planning permission not yet built

Theresa May announces government will abolish the council housebuilding borrowing cap, sector responds

Theresa May announces government will abolish the council housebuilding borrowing cap, sector responds