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好色先生TVCouncils holding 拢8bn of builder contributions meant for vital infrastructure, says HBF
Local authorities hit hard by the housing crisis are sitting on the highest sums of affordable home funding
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FeaturesInvestigation: how are councils assessing the risks of uPVC cladding in low-rise housing after the Barnet fire?
When a fire in 2023 destroyed four terraced houses Barnet Council brought the housing sector鈥檚 attention to an overlooked fire safety issue: the use of uPVC cladding in low-rise homes. Have other councils heeded its warning? Olivia Barber launched a Freedom of Information investigation to find out
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好色先生TVDLUHC targets 8,000 new homes through latest 拢80m brownfield funding pot
Local authorities encouraged to bid for funds to bring derelict sites back into use
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FeaturesWhat happens to development plans when a council goes 鈥榖ankrupt鈥�?
When a section 114 鈥榖ankruptcy鈥� notice is put in place, a council鈥檚 non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding聽鈥榞oes to the back of the queue鈥�. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building
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好色先生TVNottingham City Council declares itself 鈥榖ankrupt鈥� over 拢23m budget black hole
Council also issued a section 114 notice two years ago when it unlawfully used housing revenue funds to support other finances
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好色先生TVFusion21 launches 拢250m repairs and maintenance framework
Framework to supply housing assocaitions and local authorities across country
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好色先生TVGovernment to unveil planning overhaul
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick to spell out plans later today
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好色先生TV'Think of local communities', Brokenshire tells housing developers
Housing secretary says focus shouldn鈥檛 just be on numbers of homes being built
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好色先生TVGalliford Try to build new Ealing council HQ
Contractor signs deal to build 拢275m mixed-use scheme including 470 homes
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好色先生TVScape boss calls for more council homes as number built falls of a cliff
Government data shows number of homes built for social rent has slumped 78% in a decade
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好色先生TVGovernment's housebuilding target in danger of becoming a 'pipedream'
DCLG data shows net additional housing grew by just 2% in 2017/18
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好色先生TVLendlease sues council that scrapped 拢2bn housing deal
But Haringey says its agreement was conditional and only owes contractor 拢500,000 for half the costs
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好色先生TVMinisters extend probe to non-ACM cladding
Government set to ban aluminium composite material cladding but looking into other potentially flammable finishes
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好色先生TVLeeds mixed-use scheme gets green light
City council approves development of six-acre site in Leeds鈥� South Bank district
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好色先生TVShortlisted regions for 拢840m government transport fund revealed
Ten areas in the running for cash boost
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好色先生TVKeepmoat posts record turnover
Housebuilder set to build more than 4,000 units as it reports profit up by 22%
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好色先生TVMud flies as council rows with housebuilders over 'wrong kind of soil'
Scottish authority says soil Taylor Wimpey delivered for primary school job was聽鈥榰nsuitable鈥�
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好色先生TVHalf a million homes planned on Green Belt, say campaigners
Group says more brownfield land should be used to meet housing targets
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好色先生TVEnfield looks for development partner for 拢6bn Meridian Water scheme
North London council scraps 鈥榤aster developer鈥� plan for regeneration project
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好色先生TVGovernment publishes revised National Planning Policy Framework
Consultation results in new rules to empower councils and hit ambitious housebuilding targets