Housing Comment – Page 7

  • Barny Evans
    Comment

    Zero carbon lives on in London

    2016-06-13T07:28:00Z

    How to make zero carbon work for homes in the capital

  • Chris Tinker
    Comment

    Housebuilding: For starters…

    2016-05-25T06:00:00Z

    The government’s pledge to create 200,000 starter homes by 2020 is ambitious, and must be paired with clear regulation from the off to avoid confusion and delays

  • Chris Tinker
    Comment

    Down the garden path

    2016-04-20T06:00:00Z

    The government still seems keen to invoke the garden city movement of the past to provide much-needed housing. Planning and innovation will be key to deliver high-quality results

  • Neil Orpwood
    Comment

    The NHS working with developers? It'll be tough

    2016-03-23T07:45:00Z

    The ‘healthy towns’ initiative is welcome, but there will be challenges along the way

  • Tony Pidgley
    Comment

    What makes good housing?

    2016-03-09T11:14:00Z

    When creating homes you have to put people first, then work on the buildings and spaces. Placemaking simply doesn’t work unless you start with a vision for the community

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Money where the mouth is

    2016-03-04T06:00:00Z

    The picture painted by the government of a fresh regeneration push as a fix to poverty ignores the complexity of the communities it is designed to help

  • John Stapleton
    Comment

    Sticking up for red tape

    2016-02-10T06:00:00Z

    The government’s promise to remove ‘red tape’ to help housebuilders could wipe out effective standards

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Modern times

    2016-02-05T06:00:00Z

    Will Westminster finally help address construction’s skills shortfall?

  • Chris Tinker
    Comment

    Housebuilding: In the balance

    2016-02-03T06:00:00Z

    The rate and extent of change to different housing policies designed to stimulate delivery could see their desired effects cancelled out. Maintaining stability of delivery is key for the sector’s growth

  • Ben Derbyshire
    Comment

    Time for a change

    2016-01-22T15:24:00Z

    Harry Rich was unable to drive the necessary reform at RIBA, his departure is an opportunity

  • Steve Douglas
    Comment

    Sink estates: Has their time come?

    2016-01-22T07:00:00Z

    We don’t plan and invest for the long term. £140m will help identify the issues on particular estates but it won’t tackle the root causes

  • Richard Steer 2014
    Comment

    A big year

    2016-01-12T15:01:00Z

    Construction starts the year at the epicentre of political and economic debate, and over the next 12 months it will be constantly under the spotlight - here are the hot topics to keep an eye on

  • Richard McCarthy
    Comment

    Dear minister...

    2016-01-08T06:00:00Z

    As the festive season draws to a close it’s time to look at the big challenges for 2016. What would our columnist say to a new built environment minister about the year that lies ahead for the construction industry?

  • Joe Thormton
    Comment

    2016 will see build to rent come into its own

    2016-01-08T06:00:00Z

    Politicians remain obsessed by the idea of home ownership but build to rent is where the real opportunity lies

  • Chris Tinker
    Comment

    Housebuilding: Home delivery

    2015-12-02T13:15:00Z

    The government is keen to move away from `generation rent’ but are the measures it is putting in place enough to deliver the homes the country needs?

  • Jack Pringle
    Comment

    Specs and the City

    2015-11-25T15:27:00Z

    The City of London has progressed past its original Square Mile perimeter physically. Now what businesses want culturally from the urban landscape has also changed

  • Steve Douglas
    Comment

    Housing association reclassification - what it means

    2015-11-13T16:09:00Z

    The ONS’s decision to put £60bn of housing association debt on the public sector books is no cause for panic

  • Jay Das
    Comment

    Who’s counting?

    2015-11-12T06:00:00Z

    Despite decades of changes to planning law, the number of homes we’re building has barely increased. Does the Housing and Planning Bill hold out the hope that this time things will be different?

  • Richard Steer 2014
    Comment

    Footing the bill

    2015-11-10T14:34:00Z

    The new housing bill would cut permanently the regulation on converting office or light-industrial sites into housing, circumnavigating both local authorities and affordable housing obligations. So who would be the winners and losers?

  • Steve Douglas
    Comment

    Councils can find a way to make Right to Buy work for them

    2015-11-05T06:00:00Z

    Housing associations can help councils ease the pain of ‘forced’ housing sales