All articles by Roger Humber

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    Zero carbon agenda could destory SMEs: Ways and means

    2009-10-16T00:00:00Z

    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

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    But one mortgage lender isn’t enough

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    Taylor Wimpey merger will mean fewer homes

    2007-03-27T12:25:00Z

    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

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Unworkable eco-rules are being imposed by stealth

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    The trouble with PPS3 …

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Not enough on greenfield and too much power for councils.

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    Roger Humber

    2005-03-04T00:00:00Z

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

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    Barker but no bite

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    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?

    2003-10-31T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-07-25T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-06-06T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

    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

    2003-02-21T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-11-08T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-09-13T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-06-08T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-05-10T00:00:00Z

    As Marx observed after Louis Napoleon seized power in 1850, in a toy-town repeat of the great Bonaparte's earlier coup: History repeats itself "first as tragedy, then as farce". The same thought came to mind on hearing Lord Charlie of the Ivory Dome's announcement that prefabs were the answer to ...

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    Blind man's bluff

    2002-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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    Our new police state

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    A right Charlie

    2001-10-26T00:00:00Z

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