housing

February 2, 2012 - Communities with ambitions for economic growth may share a cash boost of nearly £1billion to get their projects off the ground and improve their local areas. The announcement forms part of a wider package of measures announced by Housing Minister Grant Shapps, highlighting the vital and central role that housing is playing in getting the country's economy on the road to recovery. more >

January 9, 2012 - Proposals to develop the final phase of new homes on the former Park Prewett Hospital site near Basingstoke have received a boost after partners reached a deal to progress the project. more >

December 12, 2011 - The HCA has urged community business leaders to prevent housing from being excluded from multi-million pound plans for economic growth. more >

November 23, 2011 - Developers should be free to build across green belt land if less than half of local people lodge an objection, a think-tank says. Policy Exchange said the Government's housing policy failed to do enough to provide homes where people wanted to live - in cities and the suburbs. Read more on the Reuters website Access the report online... more >

November 23, 2011 - Research from the University of Sheffield has found that people are willing to pay up to £29.91 per month, or around £360.00 per year, for greener urban spaces. more >

November 14, 2011 - New housing will be the 'prime target' of a £50 billion plan for growth to be announced by the Government at the end of this month, a Sunday newspaper reports. According to the Sunday Times, ministers at the Treasury and the business department are drawing up plans for a housing and road building boom to stimulate economic growth amid fears of a double-dip recession. more >

November 7, 2011 - Inter Ikea Systems, owner of the popular furniture chain, has announced plans to build an enormous 26-acre, environmentally friendly suburb next to London’s Olympic Park. Strand East, located in East London, will include 1,200 homes, a 350-room hotel, 480,000 square feet of offices, as well as shops and restaurants. more >

November 7, 2011 - Details of a £500 million fund to help kick-start housing and infrastructure development have been announced by the Government, along with a list of provisional allocations to each of the 38 local enterprise partnerships introduced by the coalition Government. more >

November 7, 2011 - Government plans to cut feed-in tariffs in December could severely affect Peabody's solar programme, the housing association has warned. Read more in The Guardian The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced plans to cut Feed in Tariff payments by more than half. The proposal would see the payments for electricity generated by solar panels fall from 43.3p per kWh to just 21p. more >

October 24, 2011 - Grasping the opportunities for growth presented by a sustainable construction and property sector will be the main priority for the new Green Construction Board. more >