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Design and Sustainability Business Plan 2013-15
Posted on: 3 July 2013
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The Homes & Communities Agency has published a plan which outlines how through working with partners and responding to the needs of customers, it aims to improve design and sustainability across its outputs and that of its partners. The Plan includes references to work to improve environmental sustainability of existing stock.
First steps to home ownership in London
Posted on: 3 July 2013
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FIRST STEPS is the official intermediate housing programme from the Mayor of London helping low and modest income Londoners to buy or rent at a price they can afford. On this site you can find all the FIRST STEPS properties in one place.
Building an effective safety net for home owners and the housing market
Posted on: 2 July 2013
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This new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation evaluates the options for market and policy reform to provide an effective safety net for individual home-owners and for the UK housing market as a whole.
HCA Corporate Plan 2013-15
Posted on: 28 June 2013
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This Corporate Plan is focused on the remaining years of the spending review (2013-2015). The Homes and Communities Agency’s activity in future years will depend in part of decisions made as part of the 2015/16 Spending Round, including the response to the Heseltine review and the introduction of the single local growth fund from 2015. For this reason, the outcome of these and their implications to the HCA will be covered in next year’s Corporate Plan or, if appropriate, through an addendum to this plan published later in the year.
More good homes and a better United Kingdom
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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The independent RICS Housing Commission took practical evidence from the property profession, not-for-profit housing sector, investors, developers, stakeholders and public interest bodies to form recommendations about what Government and industry should be doing to drive investment in affordable housing to ultimately build the right homes for everyone in the United Kingdom. This report sets out the Commission’s recommendations. Register on the RICS website to view the report.
Housing associations and the delivery of affordable housing in London: An issues paper
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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A new report by the Assembly’s Housing and Regeneration Committee has highlighted four key risks the housing association sector faces: including adapting to a new business model; delivering the Affordable Homes Programme by the March 2015 deadline; accountability to tenants; and the lack of clarity about funding levels post-2015.
Technical Extra (NHBC)
Posted on: 26 June 2013
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The latest issue of Technical Extra, the technical guide to key issues affecting NHBC Standards, is now available. One article highlights how basement claims could have been avoided.
Rebalancing the housing and mortgage markets: critical issues
Posted on: 14 June 2013
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This report, produced for the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association, aims to review the complex and important issues around the future of the UK housing and mortgage markets, and to raise questions about the unintended (or at least unacknowledged) implications of the new regulatory regimes. It is hoped the paper will contribute to a much needed debate about the government and industry objectives for the future of the UK housing and mortgage markets, and the measures required if those objectives are to be met.
One size does not fit all: Diverse opportunities in London’s rental market
Posted on: 14 June 2013
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Almost half of London’s population now rents their property compared to a national average of 30%, according to a new independent research paper written by Professor Michael Ball, University of Reading, for property consultants Cluttons. The report, shows that in volume terms, there has been an 80% increase in the number of private tenancies over the last decade, with most of the increase occurring since 2005.
Relish: Residents 4 Low Impact Sustainable Homes
Posted on: 14 June 2013
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The purpose of this project is to reduce energy use in existing occupied homes through low cost, sensible refurbishments giving maximum return, in terms of energy savings, per pound spent. Our ambition is to create a new standard for low carbon retrofitting, similar to the Code for Sustainable Homes, which has brought about major changes in the new build sector since its implementation. A recent report tracks the progress of the last 14 months, where the Relish team have been busy implementing Relish principles and collating information and results from a much larger project than in stage one.
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