Housing Comment – Page 8
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Get Britain planning
If the government is to effectively revamp the country’s planning system, it must have local authorities at its core
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One step forward, one step back
George Osborne’s National Infrastructure Commission announcement was good for the long-term health of the industry but voter-friendly policies on starter homes risk deepening the housing crisis
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Tomorrow’s skyline will be our legacy
Our capital city is set to be transformed by residential towers
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A city of a million small sites
The UK is glued to top-down ideas of housing regeneration. Sharing work among smaller developers would prove more fruitful
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Drawing battle lines
Under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, the Labour Party differs wildly to the Conservatives in its answer to the housing crisis and attitude to social housing. It will be interesting to see how the government responds to the new rhetoric
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We need answers
World events rumble on and we must focus on the problems we can fix. Jeremy Corbyn is right that radical action is needed to resolve the housing crisis, but his plan to print money will drag us back to the 1970s
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A lack of understanding
Construction delivers around 7% of the country’s GDP. So why does this Conservative government seem so intent on running the industry that has underpinned the economic recovery into the ground?
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The long and winding road
Housing is now recognised as one of the small handful of public policy issues that is absolutely essential for the government - and broader society - to solve. But this is just the start…
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We need another brick in the wall
Brick and labour shortages are exacerbating the housing crisis, we need to be looking for sustainable solutions
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Will the budget undermine housing delivery?
What impact will the Conservative’s cut to rents paid for affordable housing have on delivery?
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Out of the frying pan, into a flat
Overheating in homes, particularly in city flats, is increasingly common
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Who are we building for?
London property should be open for international purchasers but the balance now is wrong
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The future of associations is rooted in their history
The reduction in housing association rental income won’t be as hard-hitting if associations keep their cool
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Planning’s not the problem
Despite the chorus of approval these measures will do little to boost supply of homes in the short term
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A solution to the home ownership crisis?
A new social enterprise aims to help those struggling to raise a deposit
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Housing: Use your imagination
In the quest to create more homes, we need to help and incentivise local authorities to think outside the box to identify sites for development, and perhaps even more critically, redevelopment
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Policy review
What will the Conservative’s right to buy and starter homes initiative mean for UK housing?
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Right to buy and development
What impact would an extended right to buy have on housing association development programmes?
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Housing associations are taking back control
When it comes to asset management more and more HAs are ditching partnerships with contractors and managing their own affairs, but what are the risks?