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Future Places programme participants / press release

Five areas to take part in placemaking programme

13.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Bradford, Greater Exeter, Great Yarmouth, Gateshead and North Northamptonshire have been named as participants in a new programme to recognise and support high-quality placemaking in England.

Building social housing could have saved £1.8bn in rent

18.02.2019

Laura Edgar

New analysis suggests that £1.8 billion would have been cut from the housing benefit bill had the government built 100,000 social rent homes in each of the past 20 years.

Money announced for housing on public sector sites

14.02.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | jobs | lga | public sector land

The latest round of the government’s One Public Estate programme has been announced, with more than 100 local public sector partnerships set to receive a share of £15 million.

More than 150,000 social rent homes lost in six years

07.02.2019

Laura Edgar

Over the past six years more than 165,000 homes for social rent have been lost in England. This breaks down to 140,828 council homes and 57,869 housing association homes.

Rough sleeping rises in London

31.01.2019

Laura Edgar

The number of people sleeping in London increased by 13 per cent (146 people) in 2018. In the rest of England there were 220 (6 per cent) fewer people recorded as sleeping rough.

Commission calls for 20-year social housing programme

08.01.2019

Laura Edgar

A call has been issued today (8 January) for the government to build 3.1 million new homes over a 20-year period. The programme would extend the offer of social housing to more people.

Programme launched in support of local placemaking

13.12.2018

Laura Edgar

The RTPI, Local Government Association (LGA), Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) and the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) have launched a programme to encourage high-quality placemaking in England.