social housing

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.

News in brief: 88 homes approved in Bottesford; Guidance to ensure domestic abuse victims can access social housing issued

31.10.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 31 October, 2017

Ireland round-up: Budget boost for social housing in Ireland; Developer wins infrastructure funding

13.10.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 7 October-13 October, 2017

Budget boost for social housing in Ireland

13.10.2017

Roger Milne

Eoghan Murphy | Housing | Ireland | social housing

Irish housing and planning minister Eoghan Murphy has declared that this week’s Budget has removed the last significant obstacles to building more homes, more quickly and at more affordable prices.

Courtroom Gavel - legal changes that affect planners

Legal briefs: Hundreds of social homes in Kensington and Chelsea ‘lost through loophole’

06.10.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 30 September-6 October, 2017

Reaction to prime minister’s affordable housing cash boost

04.10.2017

Laura Edgar

Industry professionals have broadly welcomed £2 billion announced today (4 October) by Prime Minister Theresa May to go towards delivering more affordable housing, but this has...

May commits £2bn extra to affordable housing

04.10.2017

Laura Edgar

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the government will spend an additional £2 billion on affordable housing, as she commits to renewing the British dream of owning a home.

Corbyn: Houses ‘should not be for the speculative few’

27.09.2017

Laura Edgar

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has announced that his party will review social housing policy and propose a ‘radical’ programme of action.

Javid announces social housing green paper

19.09.2017

Laura Edgar

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has given notification that the government will bring forward a green paper on social housing in England.

Significant increase in new housing activity in Northern Ireland

10.08.2017

Housing | Northern Ireland | social housing

Work began on more than 1,800 new houses in Northern Ireland in the first quarter of 2017, an increase of 16 per cent on the figures for the same period last year, according to the latest official figures.

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