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17 May Communities

Don’t listen to landlords – stronger protections for renters could be a catalyst for housing market reform

Government has finally – after many delays since it was first announced in 2019 – today introduced a bill which will pass much needed regulation for the private rented sector.

Valuing the Energy Performance of our Homes

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17 May Environment

Valuing the Energy Performance of our Homes

The Energy Saving Stamp Duty Incentive will provide a fair and flexible nudge for homeowners, valuing energy performance in the housing market and creating a strong, stable, sustainable competitive market.

16 May Political parties

Labour MPs Are Impatient For Michael Gove's Rental Reforms

Senior Labour MPs have urged Levelling-up Secretary Michael Gove to push through the Renters’ Reform Bill despite a backlash from Tory backbenchers.

15 May Economy

Conservative MP Wants Children's Clothing Tax Relief Extended To Ease Cost Of Living

A Conservative MP has called on the government to extend children’s clothing tax relief and come up with more “creative ideas” to win back voters who are feeling the bite of the cost of living after the party was faced with a tough set of local election results.

14 May Political parties

Tories Are Torn Between The NIMBY Faithful And Voters Who Are Desperate For Houses

The Conservative party has found itself at a crossroads on housebuilding, and whichever way they turn they risk alienating voters.

How we can tackle the rise of temporary accommodation

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04 May Communities

How we can tackle the rise of temporary accommodation

More social housing is the key to preventing the need for temporary accommodation. That is why I am supporting IKEA and Shelter’s Real Life Roomsets campaign to build 90,000 new social homes a year.

03 May Economy

Government Warned Help To Buy Boost Would Push House Prices Even Higher

Reports that Help to Buy could be revived by government to enable more first time buyers have been met with concern by MPs and experts that a return of the scheme would actually push prices higher and fail to address affordability.

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28 Apr Communities

Razing the neighbourhood: consequences and alternatives to council estate demolition

Post-war council estates suffer a barrage of stigmatising representations. Central and local governments, think tanks, and property companies call them ‘sink estates’ and ‘concrete monstrosities’. In television dramas and feature films, council estates are invariably grim and crime ridden. These representations have real-world effects. They establish social moods and opinions that encourage and justify the wave of estate demolitions that have beset London and other cities in recent decades.

Making the Most of What We’ve Got: Improving the Existing Built Environment

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04 Apr Environment

Making the Most of What We’ve Got: Improving the Existing Built Environment

Adapting our existing buildings and infrastructure is critical if we are to achieve a low-carbon future. But how can professionals working in the built environment show leadership to support this ambition? A recent gathering of construction industry experts in the West Midlands explored new ways to shape places fit for a net zero future.

29 Mar Communities

It’s time the government stopped stalling and scrapped cruel Section 21 evictions

In April 2019, the government announced: “Private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants from their homes at short notice and without good reason.”

New guidance empowers construction clients to help drive up standards, collaboration, innovation and value

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27 Mar Environment

New guidance empowers construction clients to help drive up standards, collaboration, innovation and value

Being a construction client isn’t just about creating the right building for the right price within the right timeframe. It is also an opportunity to solve some of the biggest economic, ethical and ecological problems we face today.

24 Mar Energy

Without more efficient housing stock the poorest households will be left out in the cold

The United Kingdom continues to be in the grips of an energy crisis. Millions of people are struggling to afford to pay for enough energy to stay safe, warm, and healthy at home.

23 Mar Home affairs

Many asylum seekers are living in shameful accommodation

We all feel happier, healthier and more secure when we live in habitable and secure homes. Which is why it’s vital that people, including families and children, who have experienced trauma live under a roof where they feel safe and can begin to rebuild their lives. People such as refugees.

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15 Mar Economy

CIOB response to today's budget

Eddie Tuttle, Director of policy, external affairs and research at CIOB said:

14 Mar Communities

Housing Developers At Risk Of Market Ban After Not Signing Building Safety Contract

Eleven housing developers face a ban from constructing new buildings in England, having failed so far to sign the contract committing them to remediating safety issues.

13 Mar Communities

Ukrainian refugees need long-term support as Homes for Ukraine placements end

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, a scheme which has highlighted the generosity of the British people and the hard work of councils to help more than 160,000 Ukrainians settle in the United Kingdom.

Built environment students join CIOB annual festival

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10 Mar Economy

Built environment students join CIOB annual festival

10 Mar Communities

Planning reform must give local communities greater control over what is built in their neighbourhood

Few subjects cause as much friction between front and back benches as planning and housing targets.

09 Mar Environment

There’s no silver bullet to meet growing housing demand

The challenges facing the housing market are well documented; too many people are living in expensive, unsuitable, poor-quality homes.

08 Mar Communities

Major Housing Developers Missing Crucial Government Safety Contract To Avoid Ban

A major housing developer at the heart of a government campaign to fix unsafe buildings has said it has still not received the final version of a crucial contract that they need to sign in the next five days or risk being “banned” from operating in the market, PoliticsHome has learned.

08 Mar Communities

Only planning reform can solve the housing crisis

The only way to solve the housing crisis is by building more homes – but the number we need is daunting. Centre for Cities’ new report shows that, compared to the average European country, 4.3 million homes are missing from the United Kingdom.

08 Mar Communities

Can we build beautifully and affordably?

In 2019, a petition on the parliamentary site entitled “Stop councils being forced to build twice the number of houses we need” emerged online. The summary of the petition ran: “We need new houses, but we want affordable new developments to fit into local infrastructure, to help build a sense of community and pride. The countryside is being swamped by huge housing developments. Small rural villages turned into suburbs, through ugly big out-of-town satellite developments.”

07 Mar Communities

We would do well to learn from Macmillan’s housebuilding success

As housing minister in the early 1950s Harold Macmillan hit his house building target, helping to pave the way for the Tory Party's 1955 election victory

06 Mar Communities

The UK’s housing crisis is political

For most of the past few decades, homeowners and renters have been on either side of the political spectrum – but change is afoot