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NewsNew housing agency to boost infrastructure funds
Homes and Communities Agency sets out its investment plans
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NewsUK's largest PFI housing upgrade completed
First stage of Islington refurbishment scheme finishes
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NewsTelford Homes in the black despite tough market
But housebuilder scraps interim dividend after making only small profit in 鈥榙ifficult鈥� conditions
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NewsHomebuying discount urged for 鈥榞ood鈥� council tenants
Think tank wants 鈥榩ositive鈥� behaviour rewarded by extra help in buying council home
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NewsTenants should look for work or lose their homes, says report
Conservative think tank says giving council housing to the needy has created ghettos
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NewsHomes and Communities Agency opens for business
New super-agency headed by Bob Kerslake has a budget of 拢17.4bn over next three years
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NewsBeckett's speech: 'Long-term future rather than announcements'
Havering council's leader Michael White reacts to Margaret Beckett's speech at the Thames Gateway Forum
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News'Housing agency grasping the nettle of the Thames Gateway'
Valli van Zijl, regeneration director at Southern Housing Group, comments at the Thames Gateway Forum
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NewsTories: 'Regional bodies should not impose [housebuilding] targets'
Shadow Thames Gateway minister Stewart Jackson on regional housing targets and incentives for councils to build
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NewsHouse prices fall 8% in a year
Housing market survey finds average property price down 8.1% in past 12 months
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NewsHi-vis kilts keep Scots builders safe
St Andrew's Day is celebrated with unusual safety kit by Connaught workers refurbishing Glasgow homes
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NewsBanks row over TW debt deal
鈥楽mall and vocal minority鈥� of Taylor Wimpey lenders demand equity stake in return for rescue package
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Housebuilders voice fury at Darling鈥檚 mortgage delays
Anger grows over chancellor鈥檚 failure to press ahead with Crosby report recommendations
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NewsRenew boss cautious over emergency Budget
Brian May, chief executive of Renew, has said he will reserve judgment on the merits of this week鈥檚 pre-Budget report
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Report urges Labour to turn back clock on planning reform
Housing minister welcomes proposals to review recent changes to requirements
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NewsCrest Nicholson forced to shed another 20% of staff
Refinancing deal drives housebuilder to close three offices in massive restructure
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NewsHomes and Communities Agency: Quite an entrance
Get out the champagne 鈥� On Monday, the long-awaited housing superagency finally opens for business. Joey Gardiner considers the bedraggled legacy of English Partnerships, an organisation Rouse fears will turn up to the new body鈥檚 opening night with 鈥榠ts clothes tattered and its lipstick smudged 鈥︹��
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NewsThe recovery unit
The Homes and Communities Agency must invest in land and infrastructure in order to be in shape for an eventual upturn, says the former chief executive of the Housing Corporation
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NewsHousing Corporation boss Steve Douglas: Outgoing (to say the least)
Housing Corporation boss Steve Douglas thinks some housing associations will go to the wall, is sceptical about the affordable homes target, but is nevertheless brimming with optimism for the public sector. We spoke to him on the eve of his departure
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HCA may be lead developer, says Kerslake
Leaders of the housing and regeneration superagency being launched next week are considering turning it into a large-scale direct developer of homes during the housing downturn, it emerged this week.聽