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The housing (right to transfer from a local authority landlord) (England) regulations 2013
Posted on: 13 November 2013
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This paper is statutory guidance for tenant groups who wish to explore their right to transfer their social housing stock away from the control of the council and to a private registered provider.
Housing Transfer Manual: Period to 31 March 2015
Posted on: 13 November 2013
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This guidance is for local authorities and tenant groups who are looking to transfer their housing stock to a private registered provider.
The great house price bubble?
Posted on: 13 November 2013
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With house prices hitting record highs at the same time as living standards continue to be squeezed, BBC Panorama reporter Adam Shaw goes in search of affordable homes for ordinary working families. He meets dual income households priced out of home ownership altogether and talks to one of the thousands of people being helped onto the property ladder by the government’s controversial Help to Buy scheme. New research examines the number of UK households at risk of falling into unsustainable debt with each half percent rise in interest rates. This programme was first broadcast on 11 November 2013 and is available to watch for 12 months.
London demand
Posted on: 12 November 2013
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London needs 50,000 new homes a year, the equivalent of 18 new Olympic Villages and roughly double the current building rate, to address its growing housing crisis, according to international real estate adviser, Savills, in a new report. The report argues that homes are needed across all tenures. Over a third (31%) of the requirement is for affordable homes (including anything not at market price), 27 per cent for market sale, but the biggest requirement (41%) is for homes available to rent.
The politics of housing
Posted on: 8 November 2013
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Evidence suggests that recent governments have been less effective than their predecessors in tackling the underlying problems in the housing market. The Social Market Foundation was commissioned by the National Housing Federation for their Hothouse 2033 project to analyse the last hundred years of housing supply policy. This research assesses why this might be the case, seeking to answer two questions: To what extent have successive governments since 1918 succeeded in addressing housing supply challenges? What factors explain whether governments have pursued and achieved these objectives? The report also looks at how this might be changed.
Taxing issues? Reducing housing demand or increasing housing supply
Posted on: 7 November 2013
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This report from the Policy Exchange examines the barriers to home ownership, including the pros and cons of introducing new land and property taxes. The report argues that the best way to bring down the cost of home ownership and tackle market volatility is to scrap increases in property taxes, urging policymakers instead to focus on building 1.5 million new homes by 2020.
Residential Property Focus
Posted on: 7 November 2013
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This report from Savills for the fourth quarter of 2013 describes a UK housing market that is diverse and fragmented, where conflicting signals on activity and price growth confuse those who are trying to put together the jigsaw puzzle of house price forecasts.
Living space. Space for living. An exhibition by Holder Mathias
Posted on: 7 November 2013
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Holder Mathias designs homes for individuals, giving them the ability to personalise their own space for their preferred way of living. For the past twenty years they have also been involved with the design for leisure, retail, health and fitness. This knowledge influences the current thinking for the private rented sector (PRS), helping to reinforce tenant experience and brand identity. Holder Mathias can help clients design, develop and build homes that ‘work’ for the new generation. Contemporary IT has provided the PRS tenant with direct links to a host of services, from dealing with a blocked sink to ordering a pizza. The projects displayed in this exhibition demonstrate different approaches to residential design that have been developed by Holder Mathias Architects. The designs, which include communal facilities and services, illustrate how London could develop a more aspirational PRS product. The exhibition runs at the Building Centre until 28 November 2013.
Housing Rights website
Posted on: 5 November 2013
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The Housing Rights website aims to provide accurate information to recent arrivals and to advisers about entitlements to housing, based on people’s immigration status.
UK residential land
Posted on: 1 November 2013
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Prospects for the industry are strong, with investment analysts upbeat on the housebuilder sector, anticipating higher returns to come.
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