Rayner to back plan to build 180,000 social homes in next decade

Sector responds to government’s new five-step housing plan

The government has confirmed at least a 60% social housing target for its new £39bn programme, alongside publishing a new plan to deliver a ‘decade of renewal for social and affordable housing’. Grainne Cuffe runs through the sector’s reaction

Council could buy 66 new council houses and flats at Moredon Rec construction

All of the houses and flats that a developer hopesto build on the edge of Moredon recreation grounds could bought by Swindon Council to be used as…

Rayner’s housebuilding pledge in crisis

Planning approvals in England drop to lowest in a decade as Labour fights to hit 1.5m target

Major update on Labor’s $10bn housing plan

Labor has revealed a major update on their signature housing policy as the government continues its ambitious plan to build 55,000 affordable homes over the next four years.

Government pledges boost to social housing delivery

At least 60 per cent of the government’s £39bn affordable housing programme for the next decade will be allocated to homes for social rent, the government pledged today. The announcement forms part of a long-term strategy to deliver 300,000 social and affordable homes over ten… The post Government pledges boost to social housing delivery appeared first on Construction News.

Housing Minister announces new measures to speeding up social homes

Developers who use the State’s new standardised design templates for social homes will be granted planning permission ‘an awful lot quicker’, the Housing Minister has said. James Browne’s comments came as he brought to Cabinet yesterday a suite of new measures aimed at speeding up the delivery of social homes. Among the plans approved by ministers is a proposal to condense the approval process for social housing projects from four stages to one.…