Roger Humber

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    Zero carbon agenda could destory SMEs: Ways and means

    2009-10-16T00:00:00

    If the government is really serious about reducing overall carbon emissions, it doesn’t do to be too precious about the means to the end. Just make sure SMEs can bear the burden

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    At least the Rock’s rolling

    2009-02-27T00:00:00

    But one mortgage lender isn’t enough

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    Taylor Wimpey merger will mean fewer homes

    2007-03-27T12:25:00

    Housebuilders are consolidating to remain profitable in the face of restrictive planning policy. The end result - fewer homes in the areas where they are needed most, says the House Builders Alliance's strategic policy adviser.

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    Creeping up on us

    2006-04-13T00:00:00

    Unworkable eco-rules are being imposed by stealth

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    The trouble with PPS3 …

    2006-01-20T00:00:00

    Not enough on greenfield and too much power for councils.

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    Roger Humber

    2005-03-04T00:00:00

    On why the second draft of PPG3 is even scarier than the first …

  • Comment

    Barker but no bite

    2004-06-25T00:00:00

    After Kate Barker's review of housing supply, the industry looked forward to tough changes sparking a housing bonanza. Get one thing straight - it isn't going to happen

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    Why are we so stiff?

    2003-10-31T00:00:00

    Takeovers and an over-complex planning system have forced small housebuilders out – and robbed the industry of its ability to respond to changes in demand

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    Logic of the madhouse

    2003-07-25T00:00:00

    The government is trying to improve housing supply by making housebuilders' job so onerous that they would rather build their homes in China than Chingford

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    The housing block

    2003-06-06T00:00:00

    Forget about the Treasury's five tests for joining the euro – the fact is we can't do any such thing until we solve the undersupply of housing. This is why...

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    Come back, Peter Walker

    2003-04-25T00:00:00

    To meet the ever-increasing housing demand in the South-east, Prescott needs radical solutions. He could do worse than look to an old Tory for inspiration

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    A shot in the dark

    2003-02-21T00:00:00

    The cavalier way ministers have dealt with planning reforms could mean that the promised bright new dawn in planning turns quickly into a long cold night …

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    The truth hurts

    2002-11-08T00:00:00

    At last week's urban summit, John Prescott went in for a spot of housebuilder bashing. In fact, the real villain of the housing fiasco can be found closer to home

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    Blame Prescott

    2002-09-13T00:00:00

    The deputy prime minister has decided to deliver us from the housing crisis he did so much to bring about. So, er, why isn't he building more homes?

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    Falconer-free planning

    2002-06-08T00:00:00

    Bye-bye Byers, and farewell Falconer, too – which is a splendid opportunity for people of goodwill to create a planning system that actually works. So, let's take it

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    Opinion

    2002-05-10T00:00:00

    I am old enough to remember the first prefabs and the shame that people felt if they had to live in one, but I have not forgotten either the tragedy that necessitated their construction: the Blitz, the post-war housing shortages, the desperate economic conditions in the early days of the ...

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    Blind man's bluff

    2002-04-05T00:00:00

    The government's response to Britain's chronic housing shortage isn't so much bad as nonexistent. Falconer is just pretending nothing is wrong

  • Features

    2200 housing associations have 5 years to comply with 37 performance indicators. Can they handle it?

    2002-03-01T00:00:00

    In our new regular section on housing, Victoria Madine reveals how housing associations have been given five years to comply with the Egan agenda, and overleaf, Roger Humber bemoans the forced nationalisation of housebuilding

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    Our new police state

    2002-03-01T00:00:00

    The government has taken control of housing, and the result is more mergers and takeovers – and a disastrous slump in the number of homes being built

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    A right Charlie

    2001-10-26T00:00:00

    Charlie Luxton, TV's latest wunderkind, should stop spouting misguided opinions that play into the hands of the anti-housing, pro-Tory home counties

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