social housing

Labour would link housing affordability to income

19.04.2018

Laura Edgar

A Labour government would redefine affordable housing, suspend the Right to Buy scheme and ‘transform’ the planning system so it has a ‘duty’ to deliver affordable housing.

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.

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Shortfall of 600 rental homes a week, says charity

19.02.2018

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | England | Housing | joseph rowntree foundation | social housing

Nearly 600 low-cost rented homes need to be built every week if the ‘broken’ housing market is to be fixed and low-income families are to escape poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

Ireland round-up: New guidelines published on planning and critical water projects; Ministers moot land-banking powers for new housing agency

19.01.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 13 January-19 January, 2018

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Statistics record summer fall in Welsh new home starts

11.12.2017

Laura Edgar

Cymru | Housing | housing starts | planning | social housing

The number of new residential developments started in Wales between July and September 2017 fell by a fifth to 1,511 dwellings compared with the previous quarter, according to latest statistics.

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.

Appeals round-up: Rural worker’s dwelling could save £6 per cow a day; Occupancy condition on green belt home discharged after 35 years

17.11.2017

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 November-19 November, 2017

Ireland round-up: Europe’s biggest zinc mine seeks extraction consent; EIB lends €85 million for key Limerick urban development

17.11.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 11 November-17 November, 2017

Appeal: Social housing allowed following overshadowing row

14.11.2017

Matt Moody

Environmental | Housing | overshadowing | social housing | South East

Test Valley Borough Council will not have to pay costs after refusing nine social housing units against the advice of its planning officers, after an inspector described the level of harm to living...

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.

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