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New watchdog set up to ban dangerous building materials03/03/2021
Over three and half years after the shocking loss of life in the Grenfell Tower fire, the Government is finally to set up a regulatory [...]
New housing complaints services to be established25/02/2019
Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has announced a complete overhaul of the broken housing complaints system to ensure all residents have access to a redress scheme. [...]
HA new house starts up by seven per cent25/02/2019
The number of new homes started by housing associations rose in the second quarter to 10,511 new homes, according to figures released by the National [...]
Councils told they are responsible for removal of cladding from private tower blocks25/02/2019
A Government minister has told local authorities they are responsible for ensuring that dangerous cladding panels are removed from dozens of privately owned tower blocks. [...]
CIH calls for suspension of right to buy25/02/2019
The leading body for professional staff working in the social housing sector has called on the Government to suspend the right to buy for council [...]
£38 million to boost accommodation for London's homeless25/02/2019
Thousands of extra homes will be made available for vulnerable Londoners at risk of becoming homeless as a result of councils in the capital joining [...]
Bob Kerslake elected Honorary Member to RTPI30/08/2016
Sir Bob Kerslake has been elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) for his outstanding contribution to helping promote the value of [...]
Council rent cut exemption criteria published by DCLG20/07/2016
Councils have been advised of the limited grounds on which they can apply to be exempt from enforcing the annual 1% rent cuts for the [...]
Uncertainty over electrical safety standards following late amendment to Housing & Planning Act20/07/2016
A late amendment to the Housing & Planning Act saw a new power introduced to impose electrical safety standards on properties in the private rented [...]
Edward Lister appointed new chair of HCA20/07/2016
Sir Edward Lister is to be the new chair of the Homes and Communities Agency, which continues to have a key role in implementing Goverment [...]
Lewis fails to give clarity on target20/07/2016
The Housing Minister Brandon Lewis gave a televised address to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Housing 2016 conference in which he reaffirmed previous commitments post-Brexit, [...]
Fixed term tenancies extended but questions remain23/05/2016
The Government’s decision to relax its decision to replace ‘lifetime’ tenancies with fixed term tenancies is not as generous as it first seems. Faced with [...]
Bouygues UK appointed as constructor for major London regeneration scheme04/08/2015
The first construction contract for an ambitious regeneration project in Barking, being jointly delivered by East Thames and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham [...]
Ruling quashes policy on small site affordable housing04/08/2015
A policy to exempt small developments from having to make affordable housing contributions has been quashed by the High Court. In the far reaching ruling [...]
New programme director to deliver Tottenham’s ambitions27/07/2015
Progress on London’s biggest regeneration scheme is set to accelerate following the appointment of one of the UK’s leading experts as Tottenham Programme Director. Helen [...]
Lords Built Environment Committee to question DCLG Chief Planner15/07/2015
The House of Lords Committee on the Built Environment will this week take evidence from Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner at the Department for Communities and [...]
Tower Hamlets builds highest number of affordable homes in country25/06/2015
Figures released by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) show Tower Hamlets has delivered the highest number of affordable homes in the country. [...]
Planning projects in Tower Hamlets scoop four top awards09/02/2015
Planners at Tower Hamlets Council celebrated as projects in the borough scooped four top London Planning awards this week. Bow Cross, a regeneration scheme on [...]
Jury out on need for further housing standards 02/12/2014
It was confirmed at the recent Housing Standards Review briefing that the government would consider implementing further standards or regulations in the future if the [...]
New financial support will lead to new affordable homes in Ashford11/08/2014
Housing Minister Brandon Lewis today gave the green light to a new deal that will lead to new affordable homes in Ashford. The homes will [...]
London housing zones to create 50,000 new homes16/06/2014
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, and Mayor of London, Boris Johnson have announced that 50,000 new homes, across twenty new housing zones, will [...]
Andy Frankish, Mortgage Advice Bureau, comments on the growth in affordable housing12/06/2014
Andy Frankish, New Homes Director at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), comments on today’s DCLG figures on affordable housing: “The growth of affordable home starts is [...]
BPF warns that increasing threshold for planning designations risks encouraging bad practice09/05/2014
Increasing the threshold for putting local authorities into special measures could produce perverse incentives and lead to adverse consequences for the planning system, warns the [...]
CIH Conference 201424/04/2014
The CIH Conference programme is taking shape, with the largest audience in recent years expected New speakers are being confirmed daily for the CIH Conference [...]