This week the Housing Secretary, Steve Reed, brought together key developers and housebuilders, alongside Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook, to work in partnership with industry leaders to ramp up housebuilding. Discussions focused on tackling the remaining barriers, including complex planning processes, …
Today we announced new measures to streamline complex planning rules, ease onerous regulatory burdens, and provide financial firepower to smaller housebuilders. These new reforms across land, regulation and finance will support them to play a vital role in delivering 1.5 …
There has been prominent coverage in the past few weeks of council tax premiums on long-term empty homes and second homes, including in The Daily Telegraph which is campaigning against the measure. The government is determined to fix the housing …
Today it has been confirmed by the Leader of the House of Commons that the Renters (Reform) Bill will return to the House on Wednesday next week, 24 April . This landmark legislation will provide a fairer private rented sector …
There remains much interest in our plan to unleash the economic potential of Cambridge, by building new homes and increasing the amount of lab space. Cambridge is a key part of our long-term plan for housing and we believe the …
There has been continued coverage around the Renters (Reform) Bill. This landmark legislation will provide a fairer private rented sector and deliver on the manifesto commitment to ban Section 21 evictions. The Bill is progressing through the House of Commons …
We regularly receive media enquiries about the progress of our remediation programmes and see coverage in the media. In addition to our media statements and regular data publications, this blog sets out various statistics relating to building remediation for journalists …
There has been widespread coverage across national and regional media of new changes to short-term lets rules. Under the reforms councils will be given greater power to control short-term lets by making them subject to the planning process. Meanwhile, a …