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Government plan to consolidate housing standards
A government plan to cut red tape by consolidating housing standards into Building Regulations is an environmental ‘step back’, sector bodies have warned. In…
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Budget Round Up – Housing
This is a useful update from the CIH: Budget: £150m loan fund for regenerating housing estates Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:02 GMT George Osborne…
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New space standard planned by Government
The government confirmed that it will develop a national space standard for councils to replace the myriad of standards currently used across the country.…
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Is the housing market propped up with initiatives?
Analysts at Mintel have warned that the sustained improvement in the housing market could be hampered by any removal of government initiatives designed to…
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Is Help to Buy value for money?
The Government has failed to determine if its £3.7bn Help to Buy scheme will deliver value for money for the taxpayer, according to a report from…
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New Planning guidance
The final version of streamlined online planning guidance was published by Nick Boles yesterday, as he ‘reaffirmed’ the government’s commitment to green belt protection.…
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More build to rent homes – bidding open
Housing Minister, Kris Hopkins, has announced plans to offer tenants a greater choice of newly built homes to rent under round two of the Government’s Build…
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Council for Mortgage lenders give evidence to the Lyons review
The public sector should play a much greater role in house building, the Council of Mortgage Lenders has argued in its evidence to the…
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New Homes Bonus – annual report
Housing Minister Kris Hopkins has published the final allocations for this year’s New Homes Bonus payments, totalling over £900 million, to be shared among England’s 353…
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Poor VFM may equal penalty in bidding for grants for new build homes
The Homes and Communities Agency has hinted providers that fail to meet value for money rules may be penalised when bidding for grant under…
