Over 2m over-55s live in poor-quality housing that puts their health and wellbeing at risk, according to new research by the Centre for Ageing Better and Ipsos MORI. The report, The impact of Covid-19 on [read more…]
A supported living development in Ashby de la Zouch is set to install an exciting new invention for housebuilders. Specified by Willmott Dixon, BeadMaster’s innovative cover plates will be fitted in 65 new homes at Springfields. [read more…]
Defying forecasts of a housing market slump in 2020, the latest data from Rightmove and Knight Frank show that UK house prices are holding remarkably firm since the lockdown. With asking prices for newly-listed houses [read more…]
Desperately-needed new social homes could go unbuilt unless councils are granted an extension to the time they are allowed to spend money from Right to Buy sales, the Local Government Association warns today (Tuesday 28th [read more…]
Planning reforms are key to fixing the housing crisis, but more attention is needed on supporting local authorities to improve their ability to respond to planning demands, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) [read more…]
Leading north-west property developer, Torus, is breaking ground on a new Wirral development in a continuing effort to increase access to affordable housing options in the Borough. Developing on the former site of Lyndale School, [read more…]
Tim Lowe, Founder of LOWE, says that housing needs to be at the top of every political agenda but with realistic targets and not overpromises of action that simply cannot be delivered. “We are in a [read more…]
The Housing Forum is writing to all main party candidates standing in the General Election in England, urging them to place quality house building at the heart of their political agenda. Addressing politicians representing Conservative, [read more…]
Builders and developers across the UK registered a total of 15,343 new homes during October according to NHBC’s latest statistics, a year-on-year increase of 6% (October 2018: 14,494). 10,688 were registered in the private sector [read more…]
Rotherham Council’s Cabinet is set to formally approve plans to build 171 new homes in a £30m investment intended to breathe new life into three rundown town centre sites. The Council’s Cabinet will consider the [read more…]
Copyright © 2020
