All Housing articles – Page 2
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OpinionThe Housing Forum CEO role is a chance to shape the future of housing
As it seeks a new boss, the Housing Forum is well-placed to become a powerful voice for change, writes Ben Derbyshire
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FeaturesHTA Design: Building the case for better housing
As part of Building Design’s Designing Tomorrow’s Housing campaign, Ben Flatman visited HTA Design to hear how one of the UK’s most experienced housing practices is responding to today’s complex challenges
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FeaturesNansledan: can design codes and long-term stewardship deliver better housing?
As part of Building Design’s Designing Tomorrow’s Housing campaign, Mary Richardson visits Nansledan, the Duchy of Cornwall’s urban extension to Newquay. While its traditional architecture divides opinion, she finds that the project raises important questions about stewardship, planning and designing new housing at scale
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OpinionThe great allocation myth: why so few homes are actually built where we plan them
Looking back at research from the 1990s and comparing it with today’s data, David Rudlin explores the persistent failure of site allocations to deliver housing
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NewsSatish Jassal Architects and Malcolm Fryer Architects secure approval for South Woodford housing and community scheme
Commissioned by Holy Trinity Church, the Redbridge scheme includes new homes, community facilities and a vicarage on a backland site next to a locally listed church
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NewsNewly-built council homes to be exempt from Right to Buy for 35 years
Pennycook announces further reforms, including changes to use of receipts, eligibility and discounts
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NewsGovernment launches National Housing Bank with £16bn to invest in delivery
Bank will be a subsidiary of Homes England and will make long-term investments in building new homes
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NewsReeves to announce £39bn Affordable Homes Programme and 10-year social housing rent settlement
Treasury also confirms CPI plus 1% annual rent rises and a consultation on convergence in a major win for the affordable housing sector
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OpinionHousing space standards: is it time for a more flexible approach?
Félicie Krikler explores how compact living, done well, could expand choice and improve affordability
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NewsHTA gets green light for relocatable homes pilot scheme in east London
18-unit scheme seeks to address the growing demand for temporary housing
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OpinionUrban design doesn’t pay: so why am I starting my own practice?
David Rudlin reflects on the challenges of setting up his own practice, the broken economics of urban design, and why many in the profession persist despite the odds
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NewsHousebuilders will face ‘delayed homes penalty’ if they fail to build to promised timeframes, Rayner announces
New planning reform working paper will set out latest proposals in bid to hit 1.5m homes target
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OpinionEngland is failing to plan for its ageing population – the spending review must put that right
The government’s spending review must treate housing for older people as core infrastructure and deliver targeted funding, writes Bruce Moore
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NewsDon't scrimp on design for new towns, taskforce chair tells housebuilders
Michael Lyons tells UKREiiF conference that working on government’s 10,000-home developments will come with ‘clear expectations’ around design and mix
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FeaturesWhy Nicholas Boys Smith’s ideas still matter in the age of Keir Starmer
Mary Richardson speaks to the founder of Create Streets about popular taste, the design challenges facing Labour’s housebuilding push, and why architects still struggle to engage with what ‘normal’ people really want
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OpinionDelivering homes under pressure: Westminster’s response to the housing challenge
Setareh Neshati explains how Westminster City Council is responding to growing housing pressures by working with a diverse group of architects to deliver community-supported, affordable homes as part of its Fairer Westminster strategy
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NewsLondon green belt development could include new towns, Sadiq Khan confirms
Mayor’s office engaging with New Towns Taskforce but says homes must count towards targets
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OpinionTurning on the housing tap
David Rudlin explores how a tangle of regulations, rising land costs and policy overload could be holding back the housing the country needs
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NewsDowen Farmer Architects submits plans for 90-home grey belt scheme in Broxbourne
Proposals include a new SEN school designed by e-gg
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FeaturesWhy most new homes still fail to meet the latest standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom Lowe reports