Tag Archives: Housing

A massive decline in the number of homes built for social rent over the past decade, revealed in a government report this week, could be addressed in part by increasing focus on quicker-to-build offsite homes. That’s the message from offsite construction flag waver, insulation specialist Actis, which is on a …

The Prime Minister’s announcement that the Government will lift the borrowing cap on councils to allow them to build many more homes is a victory for bold thinking and common sense, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).  Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “This is the …

Darren Bowkett, Operations Director at Ibstock Brick and Managing Director of Ibstock Kevington provides his insight on James Brokenshire’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference: “Once again, the Government has demonstrated its firm commitment to keep Britain building with James Brokenshire, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, …

 Top-ten UK housebuilder, Linden Homes has completed seven land acquisitions in recent months which, subject to planning consents, will allow the delivery of over 1000 new homes across the South and East of England. The acquisitions support Linden Homes’ strategy to maintain a relatively short-term 3.5-year land bank that will …

Insulation specialist Actis says increasing the number of offsite homes will form part of the solution to housing shortage issues raised in a report commissioned by The National Housing Federation and homelessness charity Crisis. The recent report, carried out by Heriot Watt University, says 340,000 new properties must be built …

Is the Mayor delivering homes for London? 66,000 new homes are needed in London, including 43,000 affordable homes. The Mayor’s Housing Strategy needs to improve housing delivery in London and build more homes for Londoners, especially affordable ones. His long-term goal is to ensure that half of all new homes …

*New homes starts fell year-on-year in first six months of this government *If growth in rate of building evaporates, shortfall could widen to 140,000 London, 30 April 2018 – Ministers are on course to miss their manifesto pledge on house building by more than 80,000 homes after construction slowed in …

London mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to fund a ‘developers’ toolkit’ to simplify the construction of offsite homes has been welcomed by pan European insulation specialist Actis. The project, towards which the mayor’s office will contribute £50,000, will see the production of a set of tools and guidance to speed up …

H+H Celcon blocks were used in an award-winning landmark self-build housing development in Plymouth. 24 one-bedroom homes were constructed in George Place: 12 were built for and by ex-servicemen; six homes were built for people with learning disabilities and six for general needs affordable rent. A quarter of the homes …