Housing Comment – Page 21

  • Jon Rouse
    Comment

    Wannabe landlords kill neighbourhoods

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    We’ve achieved a lot in my three years as chief executive of the Housing Corporation, but there is much more to be done – in particular, tackling the buy-to-let menace

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    Ian McGlinn vs everybody else

    2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

    You build your multimillion-pound dream home, but there are some defects. So you leave it empty for five years, then tear it down and sue everyone in sight, apart from the builder, which has gone bust. Do you win?

  • Tarek Merlin
    Comment

    Space race

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    There’s a yawning chasm between the type of homes developers are building, and the homes people want to live in. So how do we bridge the gap – and provide that all-important storage space?

  • Tarek Merlin
    Comment

    For goodness’ sake

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    The home buyer of the future is going to want to pay extra money for low carbon homes, because owning a good home makes people feel so much better about themselves

  • Nick Raynsford
    Comment

    Pre-nuptials

    2007-01-26T00:00:00Z

    The merger of English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation has finally been announced. But through the flurry of preparation, both need to remember their responsibilities and not get distracted by the future