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Affordable Housing
Building and keeping cheap homes.
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Southend deprivation gulf revealed just a few miles apart
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (419+ words) “STARK” inequality divides Southend neighbourhoods just a few miles apart. New Government deprivation data has revealed a gulf between the most and least deprived areas in Southend, raising concerns about the impact on residents’ life chances. The English Indices of…...
Industry unconvinced by Tory plan to scrap Future Homes Standard
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (513+ words) Conservative Party proposals to scrap the Future Homes Standard as part of a package of measures to cut home-building costs got a cool reception from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Kicking off…...
HAVERING’S GREEN BELT MUSN’T BE THE PRICE FOR HOUSING FAILURES,WARNS LOCAL MP
9+ hour, 38+ min ago (330+ words) The government promised 1.5 million new homes but Housing Secretary, Angela Rayner recently admitted that there is only a “slim chance” of meeting her own target. Meanwhile, housing starts under Sadiq Khan have dropped 84% in the ten years he has been…...
Milton Keynes advances £1.3m demolition of Bletchley’s Brunel Centre for housing
8+ hour, 19+ min ago (628+ words) The 1970s shopping precinct will be razed to make way for a high-density, mixed-use development linked to the East West Rail transport hub. The Brunel Centre, once a cornerstone of retail in Buckinghamshire, is slated for a £1.3 million demolition next year…...
I’m a landlord selling my homes worth £1.5m – tenants are too much trouble
9+ hour, 56+ min ago (1200+ words) Jacqui Coombes said a series of difficult tenants plus a challenging financial landscape mean she is looking to get rid of her 13 properties Jacqui Coombes, 66, owns 13 properties across Bristol – but said she will soon have to sell them. “What motivated…...
Would the Conservatives' plan make new houses £50,000 cheaper?
1+ day, 36+ min ago (631+ words) Conservative shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith has said his party, if it was returned to power, would take £50,000 off the cost of building a new home in England and Wales by cutting back on regulations. The £50,000 figure claimed by Griffith reflects…...
Conservatives to unveil radical proposals to scrap Future Homes Standard and environmental quangos
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (350+ words) Measures to boost housbuilding to include replacing Section 106 and CIL payments with combined levy The Conservative party is set to unveil a series of radical measures to boost housebuilding including scrapping the Future Homes Standard. Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith will…...
UK student housing crisis deepens as luxury accommodation providers collapse
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (277+ words) The sudden collapse of a high-end student accommodation block in Dundee has left dozens of students scrambling for housing, exposing the fragility of the UK’s financialized purpose-built student accommodation sector. The sudden upheaval in Scotland is emblematic of a wider…...
Birmingham council defends plans to slash affordable housing
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (875+ words) The deputy leader of Birmingham Council has defended plans to lower an affordable housing target after concerns were raised by a coalition of organisations. The council has had a target of 35 per cent affordable housing on all schemes over 15 homes…...
Weston-super-Mare man fears eviction from Bournville flat
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (437+ words) An 80-year-old man from Weston-super-Mare said he fears eviction after allowing his homeless daughter to move into his housing association flat. John Pride, who lives at a retirement property in Elliot Close on the Bournville, said he has spent the…...