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Evaluating the extent of rough sleeping
Posted on: 23 September 2013
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The Department for Communities and Local Government has published guidance to help local authorities and local agencies evaluate the extent of rough sleeping in their area.
Access to and use of buildings – dwellings
Posted on: 19 September 2013
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Parts M and K to the Building Regulations require that people, regardless of disability, age or gender are able to gain access to buildings and use their facilities, both as visitors and people who live or work in them. This guide is intended to provide practical advice to National House Building Council customers on how to achieve compliance with the functional requirements of the regulations and give further guidance on the options offered in the Approved Documents.
Housing with care matters
Posted on: 18 September 2013
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The latest newsletter from the Housing Learning and Improvement Network.
The housing crisis: Thousands of affordable homes axed
Posted on: 18 September 2013
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Housebuilders and councils in Britain’s biggest cities are failing to comply with affordable housing targets, and even ripping up legal commitments to build cheaper homes, according to a three-month study by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. The study found that 60% of the biggest housing developments currently in the planning system are falling short of local affordable housing targets, preventing thousands of cheaper homes being built.
New Homes Bonus pooling
Posted on: 17 September 2013
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This short briefing paper from the Centre for Cities explores what the New Homes Bonus pooling means for housing and growth.
Social housing in the East: Challenges for the region and implications for the UK
Posted on: 17 September 2013
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The report from the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research explores the realities of the new financial and welfare reform regimes for housing associations in the East region. It provides a grounded assessment of the challenges to be faced and the choices to be made. It suggests that the likely outcomes are some distance from what is required in housing supply terms in the region and that further thought must be given to the practical realities of the Government’s planned programmes.
London housing challenge
Posted on: 16 September 2013
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London Councils has issued a discussion paper which argues that more than 800,000 new homes need to be built in London within the next eight years and current construction levels would leave the capital with a housing shortage of 550,000. The group, which represents all 33 local authorities, has carried out a new analysis of Department for Communities and Local Government and Greater London Authority official housing statistics.
RICS Economic Research: Summer 2013
Posted on: 16 September 2013
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This note from RICS examines managing house price inflation with macroprudential tools.
Delivering large scale housing: Unlocking schemes and sites to help meet the UK’s housing needs
Posted on: 12 September 2013
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A new report from Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) outlines 15 key measures needed to boost house building. The report, published today, highlights how the new homes can be built in the places where they are most needed by unlocking existing large scale housing schemes and potential sites across England and Scotland. The recommendations focus on five pinch points: community engagement, land, infrastructure, finance, and leadership and governance.
Prime London Residential Market
Posted on: 12 September 2013
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The latest edition of Spotlight, published by Savills, focuses on the expansion of London’s prime residential markets. It considers whether the stellar growth of prime central London can continue and examines how prime London has expanded through gentrification, regeneration and the spread of equity to neighbouring locations.
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