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NewsPlans submitted for 1,200-home Birmingham tower scheme
Simpson Haugh-designed scheme to include buildings up to 49 storeys
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CommentGood placemaking that endures is much more than a numbers game. Just look at King鈥檚 Cross鈥�
The delivery of much-needed new homes requires patient, joined-up thinking that takes into account factors other than profit and speed, says former HS2 design director Kay Hughes
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NewsHousing association slams ISG claims of 拢7.7m unpaid bill as 鈥榮purious鈥�
Home Group says听it has acted 鈥渋n accordance with contract terms鈥� and is confident of winning case in High Court
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NewsPlans for 1,500-home 鈥榮mart town鈥� pulled over viability concerns
拢2.3bn coastal project designed by Poundbury-architect L茅on Krier have been withdrawn
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NewsCrest Nicholson board 鈥榤inded to recommend鈥� Bellway鈥檚 improved 拢720m takeover offer to shareholders
Would-be buyer now has until 8 August to make official bid
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NewsLabour removes 鈥榣evelling up鈥� from department and ministerial titles
DLUHC to be return to former name MHCLG as Angela Rayner describes phrase as a 鈥済immick鈥�
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NewsHousing association to reduce development to 600 homes a year
Landlord increases projected spend on existing stock from 拢500m to 拢770m over the next 10 years
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NewsStrong rhetoric on planning but no surprises as Keir Starmer launches Labour manifesto
Policy document light on new policy and bets big on growth听
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NewsSunak pledges to revive Help To Buy at Conservative manifesto launch
Party also pledges to get major infrastructure projects signed off within 12 months
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CommentIt鈥檒l take 10 years to solve the housing crisis 鈥� but here鈥檚 how we might do it
The UK housing crisis is so entrenched that it needs to be put onto a war footing and fought through a cross-party accord, says Jackie Sadek
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FeaturesYour guide to the May 2 elections: what鈥檚 at stake for construction
Three new metro-mayoral positions will be among those filled as local and regional elections take place next month. Carl Brown reports.
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FeaturesA vision for 150,000 homes but no water to supply them. Does Gove鈥檚 Cambridge plan stand a chance?
The housing secretary wants to build nearly three times as many homes as the target set by Cambridge鈥檚 own planners. Is there something he knows that they don鈥檛? Daniel Gayne reports
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Features鈥業鈥檓 extremely demanding鈥�: Greg Fitzgerald on delivering the Vistry growth plan
The Vistry boss talks about bonuses, subcontractor price cuts, offsite construction - and whether Vistry can really follow through on its expansion strategy
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NewsBudget 2024: RIBA calls package 鈥榓 missed opportunity鈥�
Institute desribes housing funding as a 鈥渄rop in the ocean鈥� and laments lack of a retrofit strategy听
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NewsStewart Milne owed its bank 拢108m at time of collapse
Housebuilder offered to 50 firms in doomed last-ditch effort to find buyer
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CommentGove appears to have woken up to the housing crisis 鈥� but his solutions are half-baked
To tackle the housing crisis we need strategic leadership but this is beyond the current government, writes Brendan Kilpatrick
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FeaturesRise of housebuilding 鈥榮uperleague鈥� predicted in wake of Barratt鈥檚 deal for Redrow as analysts brush off regulatory worries
Yesterday鈥檚 拢2.5bn move has analysts wondering who might be next to join forces听鈥� and reduce risk of being picked off themselves
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Features鈥楾he figures on starts are terrifying鈥�. What鈥檚 really happening to the 拢11bn Affordable Homes Programme
The government has admitted that it will not hit its development targets. Joey Gardiner听asks what鈥檚 really going on and looks at how the situation can turn around