Housing – Page 288
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Erinaceous ‘overpaid’ on Medway contract
Failed property consultant Erinaceous was systematically overpaid for work carried out on a four-year housing maintenance contract in Kent, an investigation into alleged fraud has found.
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Credit crunch claims two more housebuilding firms
Capricorn Homes and Dalesmoor Homes go into administration as future darkens for small companies
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Developer pulls out of £100m Croydon scheme
Credit crunch forces Hyde Housing Association to withdraw from project to build 500 homes and a pool
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Report warns of 'eco-slums'
Local Government Association attacks the way eco-towns programme is bypassing the planning system
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World's first revolving tower set for Dubai - images
Each floor of the 80-storey skyscraper will spin around a central core
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Tougher flooding regulations required for new homes
Homes being built without flood resistance is "scandalous" says author of report into 2007 floods
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May house sales down 37% as lending falls 56%
UK house sales collapse as credit crunch drives down mortgage lending
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Government faces legal challenge over Hertfordshire housing targets
Hertfordshire council is challenging East of England Plan to build over 80,000 homes in the county
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Report says eco-town developers must try harder
Eco-town Challenge Panel is critical of many schemes' efforts to reduce carbon emissions, and gives them a month to improve
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Housing starts down by 50%
Just 9,589 homes started on site in May compared to 20,019 the previous year according to the NHBC
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Iain Duncan Smith: social housing is a stepping stone
System of benefits and social housing is acting as a roadblock to getting people into work says Tory MP
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Now's the time to buy land says Notting Hill Housing's Kate Davies
Too many housing associations bought land at the top of the market says Notting Hill Housing chief executive Kate Davies
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Lend Lease struggling to finance Olympic Village
Problems of securing private sector funding raises possibility of further financial support from government for 2012 Village
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Vinoly tower at heart of new Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station will be reborn as a green electricity centre under plans put forward by Real Estate Opportunities
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Barratt shares soar 25% after lender agreement
City reacts positively to news of agreements as shares rise across housebuilding sector
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Banks throw beleaguered Barratt a financial lifeline
Company’s lenders grant housebuilder reprieve as other refinancing options are ruled out
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Flint rows back from 3m home commitment
Housing minister Caroline Flint (pictured) declined to reaffirm the government’s promise to build 3 million homes in England by 2020 in advance of her keynote speech to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s annual conference in Harrogate this week.
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Now the lifeboat’s sinking – Housing associations
With homeowners and housebuilders struggling to keep their heads above water in ever stormier economic seas, many hoped housing associations would come to their rescue. Some hope. Illustration by Neil Webb
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in May 2008
This month’s data shows private sector registrations have halved in a year
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Contracting helps spread housing risk at Galliford Try
Group will continue to work on affordable housing sites thanks to contracting workload, says urban regeneration director David Wood