council housing

Khan settles on cash for 11,000 council homes

24.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Plans worth more than £1 billion with 26 London boroughs have been agreed on, so that more than 11,000 new councils homes can be built in London over the next four years.

£10m cash boost for London council’s planning teams

23.10.2018

Laura Edgar

council housing | Housing | London | sadiq khan

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched a £10 million fund that aims to ‘beef up’ councils’ housing and planning teams to help them build more homes.

Housebuilders struggling to meet social housing demand, reveals survey

26.03.2018

Laura Edgar

Despite affordable and social housing being a top priority in England, housebuilders are struggling to meet demand as a result of local authorities not commissioning enough to be built, a new survey has suggested.

City of Wolverhampton Council's modular housing pilot / press release

Wolverhampton constructs council homes offsite

25.01.2018

Laura Edgar

council housing | Housing | modular housing | West Midlands | wolverhampton

The first of the City of Wolverhampton Council’s council homes to have been constructed offsite will be dropped into place at Fallings Park at the end of this month.

Arthur Harbinger-Grudge contemplating planning

Planning the urban future in 1960s Britain and all that...

09.01.2018

Chris Shepley

A rueful Arthur Harbringer-Grudge recounts the loss of much that he once held dear. Chris Shepley reports

Necessity is the mother of construction for councils

04.01.2018

Janice Morphet

council housing | England | housebuilding | Housing

A study of council housebuilding is full of surprises, says Janice Morphet – not least that more and more councils are building again

Government urged to let all councils borrow to build

30.11.2017

Huw Morris

The government should allow all local authorities to borrow to build houses as the number of plots with planning permission yet to be developed is now enough for 400,000 homes, according to a senior councillor.

Social housing sales up – stats

27.11.2017

Laura Edgar

Local authority housing sales increased by 9 per cent in 2016-17 compared to the previous year, according to government statistics.

Report: Councils should be able to buy land at cheaper prices

13.11.2017

Laura Edgar

Some councils should be designated ‘special housing zones’ in order to flood the market with new homes for sub-market sale or rent, according to a new report.

Restrictions must be lifted to make way for more council homes

23.10.2017

Ian Graves

As the government begins to talk seriously about backing council house building once again, Ian Graves says it's more than just money and promises that are needed

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