Articles tagged with: Housing

03 May 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 Economy

CIOB response to today's budget

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

14 Mar 2023 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 2023 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 2023 Economy

Built environment students join CIOB annual festival

10 Mar 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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

05 Mar 2023 Home affairs

Leading Housing Campaigner "Frustrated" With Labour Over Lack Of Lisa Nandy Meeting

Housing campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa has said he is “frustrated” with Labour, having “never met or spoken to” shadow Secretary of State, Lisa Nandy.

04 Mar 2023 Communities

The Kwajo Tweneboa interview: "We’re meant to be in 2023. This is like Victorian slum housing”

Kwajo Tweneboa was forced to become an activist after watching his father die in a flat that was not fit to live in. He tells Tali Fraser about the pressure he’s under as he fights for a good home for all – and why he feels let down by Labour.

04 Mar 2023 Communities

We will bring a fresh approach to deal with the housing shortage

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When times are tough, we must ensure renters with pets have somewhere to go

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01 Mar 2023 Environment

When times are tough, we must ensure renters with pets have somewhere to go

Battersea’s Pet Friendly Properties campaign is encouraging collaborative solutions to ensure all tenants can access the joys of pet ownership.

23 Feb 2023 Communities

Ukrainian Refugees Have Struggled With Work And Housing Since Arriving In the UK

A new survey has found growing concerns among Ukrainian refugees about their future lives in Britain as housing and employment barriers continue to mount.

Off-grid housing stock is misunderstood and it’s putting decarbonisation at risk

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21 Feb 2023 Environment

Off-grid housing stock is misunderstood and it’s putting decarbonisation at risk

Business as usual cannot be an option - the Renewable Liquid Heating Fuel Bill is a chance to make real progress on decarbonising the country's off-grid homes.