Attacking Housebuilders – Understandable but Are We the Right Target?
Philip Barnes, group land and planning director at Barratt Development plc, asks some pertinent questions about land supply.
Future Housing Review is an independent think tank tackling issues around Government housing policy
Here are some housing issues that are of particular interest:
- reforming shared ownership and developing graduated ownership as a new brand of tenure
- adopting standard-form documents to fast-track section 106 negotiations
- campaigning to secure reform of the section 106 framework
- campaigning to challenge the voluntary right to buy agreement
Graduated ownership – the new shared ownership?
Nigel Turner, director of Future Housing Review, suggests that there’s a good Plan B for shared ownership.
A problem shared
Emma Maier, editor of Inside Housing, looks at recent trends in shared ownership. Despite its many flaws, the potential of this type of affordable housing delivery is huge.
Changing the Culture of Planning
Tony Pidgley CBE, Chairman of the Berkeley Group shares some thoughts on changing the culture of planning. There’s no lack of passion or commitment from most politicians he knows. So what’s wrong?
Resignation shock – my blog now unreliable.
May 2020 – I think I have proved that we are indeed the party of the working people. As for solving the housing crisis … they said it couldn’t be done, but I’ve proved the cynics wrong on that one as sure as eggs is eggs.
Birmingham’s new homes development model
Waheed Nazir explains how Birmingham City Council has set about incentivising private sector developers to build homes for sale in challenging areas with a weak housing market.
Speeding up section 106 negotiations for affordable housing
The FHR proposal for speeding up the section 106 process and reducing administrative burden on local authorities.