Tag Archives: Housing

You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live. Is our housing sector broken? I don’t just mean in terms of its output, which the last few CPA and PMI surveys …

The UK construction industry is set for a gradual recovery in output for the next two years, according to the latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association, which predict total construction output growth of 2.1% in 2025 and 4.0% in 2026. The increase follows two challenging years that have particularly …

You can never plan the future by the past Depending on your point of view, you can get media validation for whatever you believe if you look hard enough and choose the right paper/website/radio show. A quick type of the sentence “Rayner planning reform December 2024” into the search string …

And did those feet in ancient time, Walk upon England’s mountains green? For a party that started out as the champion of the downtrodden worker, the Labour Party is rather fond of gold. As in Golden Rules which have to be met before certain things happen. In some cases, these …

Jewson Partnership Solutions has launched its second AVAIL Housing Hub, its aim is to help housing providers in Leeds – it opened at the end of September. This follows its launch of its first AVAIL Housing Hub in Newcastle earlier this year, the one-stop-shop building and maintenance hub in Leeds …

Construction output is forecast to fall from a record-high level and contract by 6.4% in 2023 according to the CPA’s Spring Forecasts. This is a downgrade from a fall of 4.7% expected in the Winter, driven primarily by sharp falls in the two largest construction sectors – private new housing …

A new survey of 2,000 UK adults has revealed their thoughts on the housing crisis and the government’s attempt to support homebuyers and the wider economy. It found: 51% consider the housing crisis to be one of the main issues facing the UK 62% believe housing policy has been neglected …

Development on brownfield sites will be made easier under planning reforms set out by Robert Jenrick MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, today (March 12). Councils will be encouraged to take a more innovative approach to home building – by ensuring redevelopment of high streets is …

Builders merchants trade association the Builders Merchants Federation has welcomed the appointment of the Rt Hon Christopher Pincher as the Minister for Housing, following Boris Johnson’s first post-election Cabinet reshuffle. John Newcomb, Chief Executive, the Builders Merchants’ Federation, said: “I congratulate Chris Pincher on taking up the housing portfolio at …

The appointment of construction industry renaissance guru Mark Farmer as the government’s champion of Modern Methods of Construction has been welcomed by insulation specialist Actis. “The author of the ground-breaking, government commissioned Farmer Review of the Construction Labour Model, which called on the industry to ‘modernise or die’ in 2016 …